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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 15:11:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Anonymous on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-616170 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:55:17 +0000 Anonymous 616170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Skirts with a back zip are MUCH easier/less expensive to alter. Sometimes side zip ones are impossible to do without making the skirt off-kilter, regardless of pleats. shoppingisfun on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-616163 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:42:05 +0000 shoppingisfun 616163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Could you just exchange it for a smaller size? Seems like a lot of work/money to have it altered. You could always take it to a tailor and get an estimate though. ETA: sorry, just read that you bought the smallest size. There are similar skirts out there, so maybe just shop around and find a different one! ManidipaM on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614729 Tue, 08 May 2012 05:18:56 +0000 ManidipaM 614729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Nicole, if the skirt situation is really quite desperate for you, what you could try is adding a *new* seam just opposite the elastic. Basically a case of simply folding in the fabric from waistband to hem and sewing up. It won't be a very noticeable seam thanks to the pleats. nicoleb on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614494 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:58:02 +0000 nicoleb 614494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks so much for your help! It did feel like doom when i really started examining it lol K. Period. on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614492 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:56:19 +0000 K. Period. 614492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yikes. Ruched elastic in the middle sounds like doom. It would have to be taken in on both sides to keep that centered, and with a zipper on one side and it being lining, that's an expensive alteration. I'd take it in for an estimate, but I'm guessing that you are talking at least $30. nicoleb on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614487 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:44:12 +0000 nicoleb 614487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am not a card holder. That sounds dangerous (for me). I'll go look at the waist right now and see if i can get a picture! ETA: Ok it was pretty hard for me to get a decent picture. There's a side zipper that is attached to the skirt + lining on one seam so i would *think* it'd be best to take it in from the other side seam. But then i noticed there is some ruched elastic in the middle of the waistband so that would make that off centered right? My head is spinning. Maybe i should just return it. @_@ marianna on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614475 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:26:15 +0000 marianna 614475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Not sure if you're near a Nordstrom, but they do complimentary alterations if you're a card holder. sarah on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614472 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:24:25 +0000 sarah 614472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Nicole, maybe you can post close-ups of the waist? K. Period. on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614454 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:01:02 +0000 K. Period. 614454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What does the existing seam look like? Typically, anything with pleats is an expensive alteration. However, it may be that the seam placement allows them to put a new seam in a few inches closer in--if the pleats line up the right way. Would the skirt be lopsided if you took a few pleats off on only one side? Or is it pretty much the same thing all the way around, which might allow you to do a simple alteration on just one side to take it in? nicoleb on "K/R aka, would this be a difficult/spend-y alteration?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-aka-would-this-be-a-difficultspend-y-alteration#post-614446 Mon, 07 May 2012 23:44:51 +0000 nicoleb 614446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Before i went on SYC i ordered <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/trouve-pleated-chiffon-miniskirt/3213538?origin=keywordsearch&resultback=0">this skirt</a> in the ivory color in the smallest size. Received it today and the waist is 1 1/2 - 2" too big for me. I'm wondering because of the pleats would this be a difficult alteration? I don't want it to cost me too much. Is it worth it or should i return and keep my eye out for a similar skirt? My main issue is it seems like a lot of times skirts like this that are in my price range are too short. Unless i'm just not looking in the right places.