https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 22:50:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-502348 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:59:57 +0000 Patty 502348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If only it'd gape at the bust--that would be a compliment LOL! </p> <p>Strong shoulder / weak tummy maybe!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-502108 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:49:45 +0000 D'Ellen 502108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Patty, me too...and I'm reading Angie's comment with interest. I have always had the gaping problem...even before I was this chunky around my mid-section. I have a smallish bust and a strong shoulder line. I would never have associated my broad shoulders with the gape. Tell us more, Angie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-502098 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:43:36 +0000 taylor 502098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Even me, ( with my small front) deals with this from time to time...fashion tape is the key:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-502076 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:32:50 +0000 Angie 502076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This often happens when you have a very strong shoulder line - despite having a small bust. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-502014 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:53:45 +0000 Di 502014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm going to sew a tiny snap on the sweater I just bought with that problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501993 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:31:58 +0000 Patty 501993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Any thoughts or experiences with fused interface on both button and holes sides?? Just wondering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501899 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:16:25 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 501899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oops, sorry about double post- could not delete the second one! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501898 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:16:06 +0000 ironkurtin 501898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I purchased some very nice pins on etsy that I use in the bosom gap. You can have them made out of your spare button from the sweater as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501895 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:13:14 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 501895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed Patty, knitwear = nightmare for me owing to fit issues; I have a similar problem with sizing re my shoulders versus my hips.<br /> Here's what I do if the sewing/pinning/taping doesn't work. Do you ever wear scarves? I use them a lot to sort out front-of-body stuff. For winter, I choose VERY THIN (muslin) cotton or rayon long scarves (in winter colours of course) that squash down to nothing under an overcoat, and are meant to look wrinkled anyway. Because the scarf is of lightweight material, I leave it on all day as part of the outfit, indoors or out. PS&gt; I would make sure the ends hang no lower than the hem of the sweater.<br /> Self-ruffled or permanently wrinkled scarves are great because they seem to arrange themselves without much effort. A long thin casual chain(s) or pendant lying OVER the scarf - or a casual brooch - can help to keep the scarf in place.( or, you can pin it to the sweater.)<br /> The scarves in the pics below are mostly too thick fabricwise for this purpose , but they do show how I style a scarf to fill in the front line of my torso.<br /> <a href="http://www.millionlooks.com/images/how-to-choose-scarves.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.millionlooks.com/im.....carves.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A405BwwM_zE/TYKGug40RcI/AAAAAAAADgM/MN5Ya7pBc78/s400/8a.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A405.....400/8a.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5xledR2Ubsw/TvqOcf-n8UI/AAAAAAAAHaA/t9yJwisjl64/s1600/W-Ruffle-Scarf-Book.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5xle.....f-Book.jpg</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501893 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:11:56 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 501893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed Patty, knitwear = nightmare for me owing to fit issues; I have a similar problem with sizing re my shoulders versus my hips.<br /> Here's what I do if the sewing/pinning/taping doesn't work. Do you ever wear scarves? I use them a lot to sort out front-of-body stuff. For winter, I choose VERY THIN (muslin) cotton or rayon long scarves (in winter colours of course) that squash down to nothing under an overcoat, and are meant to look wrinkled anyway. Because the scarf is of lightweight material, I leave it on all day as part of the outfit, indoors or out. PS&gt; I would make sure the ends hang no lower than the hem of the sweater.<br /> Self-ruffled or permanently wrinkled scarves are great because they seem to arrange themselves without much effort. A long thin casual chain(s) or pendant lying OVER the scarf - or a casual brooch - can help to keep the scarf in place.( or, you can pin it to the sweater.)<br /> The scarves in the pics below are mostly too thick fabricwise for this purpose , but they do show how I style a scarf to fill in the front line of my torso.<br /> <a href="http://www.millionlooks.com/images/how-to-choose-scarves.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.millionlooks.com/im.....carves.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A405BwwM_zE/TYKGug40RcI/AAAAAAAADgM/MN5Ya7pBc78/s400/8a.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A405.....400/8a.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5xledR2Ubsw/TvqOcf-n8UI/AAAAAAAAHaA/t9yJwisjl64/s1600/W-Ruffle-Scarf-Book.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5xle.....f-Book.jpg</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501854 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:22:48 +0000 modgrl 501854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do not button them, ever. Use a tie or obi belt if you get desperate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501851 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:20:57 +0000 catgirl 501851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This drives me mad, and my solution has been to abandon my cardigans. Not a very helpful suggestion, I realize. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501841 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:12:47 +0000 Patty 501841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I gotta say Mo and DL---sewing sounds like a good idea on the sweaters I like buttoned!</p> <p>(Thanks for responding to a dumb question) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501834 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:55:50 +0000 Anonymous 501834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have this problem. My solution is to just go up a size and cuff/hem the sleeves, and for the sweaters I already have, if I always wear them buttoned, I just sew them shut. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501106 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:50:05 +0000 sarah 501106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have this problem, too, so I don't button them - OR I only button one button in the middle-ish, a trick I learned from MaryK.</p> <p>For button down shirts, I use fashion tape - works like a charm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501102 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:44:59 +0000 Mo 501102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have this trouble with a couple tops and sweaters - and I don't have a big bust or gut - I think it's just the way the item is cut. I've never done the fashion tape but might look into it. I have done the discreet safety pin and also sewing the placket shut on tops where it's more decorative than functional. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501098 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:42:27 +0000 Ana 501098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This happens to me with very fitted button down shirts. They fit perfectly everywhere (even my shoulders!) except that one stupid button on the chest. I use Matchsticks fashion tape. Fabulous stuff, worth every penny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501093 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:38:08 +0000 Sona 501093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hollywood fashion tape. just ask MaryK. a girl's best friend!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sweater-button-gaping#post-501073 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:21:59 +0000 Patty 501073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Happy New Year ladies!!<br /> We traveled home for the holidays and we are now back at our house, life carries on--except it's colder here so I am wearing my button front sweaters to layer.<br /> I remember now why I don't like to wear them--they gap at the buttons ( I look like my gut is busting out of them--gut not boobs!) so I wear them loose. I swear I am not getting my sweaters (2) too small--they fit in the shoulders, the arms are long enuff, the buttoned front gaps!!! How do you deal with this? I don't want to use tape for something like this--if I wear them a lot (depends on need and tolerance LOL). I stretch it out around the tummy area to get more girth out of the hem but it goes back--grrr. I'd like to wear them, done up, under my coat to go out but that only highlights this effect when the coat is open. And if I button it in the middle it looks odd also. I do admit I bought them separately but never thought to try to button them--just checked the sleeves for enuff length which is usually the clencher for a buy.<br /> You find this happen to you? </p>