https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:33:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2388190 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:17:28 +0000 Janet 2388190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa, that’s a really good skirt! It’s never been in my local store, so it was not on my radar. Not terribly edgy, I agree, but perhaps worth a try, especially since it’s on sale. </p> <p>I did order the larger size olive skirt from the source Ang posted above. I was tempted to try it in black, but the black was sold out in that size. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2388178 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:30:16 +0000 LJP 2388178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this today and thought of you . Nothing as edgy here but looks like a great cut . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2388069 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:36:55 +0000 Roberta 2388069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would remove the waistband first and see if the new waist fits. Since there are darts front and back, you have the option of opening those as well. Then find a piece of wide gros grain ribbon you like and use it as the facing. Since it is a military olive color, you could find a military style ribbon to go with it. Ribbon is great because it has no raw edges and you can straight stitch it over the other fabric. Since the skirt has no stretch, that would be even easier.</p> <p>The skirt is really handsome and I hope you can make it work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387993 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 20:04:12 +0000 LJP 2387993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I’m SO tempted to order this in black . I’d love the olive , in fact prefer it that colour but doubt it would get worn . At least I can wear a black skirt to work . PM’ ing you a few questions …. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387992 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:53:13 +0000 Lisa 2387992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no suggestions to add but I wish you luck with your skirt alterations! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387984 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:56:36 +0000 Janet 2387984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, so some points about it stretching, this fabrication has no stretch! </p> <p>Dana, I feel this so hard. I’m letting go of some other items that I haven’t worn in many years, that I think are not as great of a fit with my evolving style anyway. Still, it kinda smarts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387983 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:54:59 +0000 Janet 2387983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ang, good job! You are a better internet sleuth than I am. Now wondering if I order that, should try it in black or stick with the olive? I have been thinking of adding a black skirt, but really I’m just looking for a neutral. Perhaps the olive would do just as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387981 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 16:59:42 +0000 Ang 2387981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks like this little boutique has it in a larger size:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://thefindmoabutah.com/products/gios-poplin-cargo-skirt">https://thefindmoabutah.com/pr.....argo-skirt</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387973 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:19:51 +0000 Dana 2387973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have any tailoring advice, but I have sympathy for you. I've had more clothes than I care to admit that I've bought at a thinner weight and only wore them a couple of times.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387963 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:43:50 +0000 cjh 2387963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie’s suggestion, or similar I’ve seen on YouTube, is excellent. The video shows the inside edge ends up being a raw edge, but perhaps adding a piece of grosgrain ribbon or putting a binding over the raw edge would make the inside feel more finished after cutting off the top edge and waist band, plus stabilize so it doesn’t stretch out while wearing. I wouldn’t be afraid to try this. Mark and cut carefully as shown in the video.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387947 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:12:31 +0000 Indigoprint 2387947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you do not intend to show the waist, I have had success with adding a V shaped insert at the side seams or waist.<br /> Depends on the garment as to where I place the insert. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387945 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:32 +0000 Carol 2387945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Juice! Juice for a week! Ha ha...no, but that is what the&nbsp; raw food experts told me to do the week before my wedding. I fully believe in the power of juicing for healing, but not for&nbsp; weight loss. That will come right back a month later.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I am not a seamstress. But if you are not too attached to the skirt in the long run, you could try "stressing" the top by stretching it with a form, or two things pulling in opposite directions. I bet if you did that for a few days, it would fit better.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387942 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:49:09 +0000 Irina 2387942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t know if it helps but I once had a pair of wool pants that I loved. They eventually became too tight. I took them to my seamstress and she inserted silk ribbon on each side seam gaining about 3 inches in width. I wore my “new” tuxedo pants for another couple of years.&nbsp;<div>Alternatively, you can try inserting v-shaped elastic in the side seams (cutting the waistband, too).&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387941 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:36:29 +0000 LJP 2387941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sure - if that's the only place you need the extra room. It will let the skirt sit lower down on your hips by an inch. I suppose it's worth investigating if it was a expensive piece. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387932 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:07:58 +0000 Janet 2387932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wouldn't it be possible to just lose that waistband altogether? In the technique like the video Angie posted?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387928 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:49:28 +0000 LJP 2387928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s tricky with the double topstitched waistband . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387922 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:37:14 +0000 Janet 2387922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great feedback! That video was very helpful, Angie. </p> <p>Here are closeups of the waistband and zipper — looks to be a nylon zipper, and I don’t mind losing the set-on waistband since I don’t tuck tops anyway. The skirt is quite long, so I don’t mind losing some of the length. </p> <p>I have a sewing machine I have never used, but I took a one-day introduction to machine sewing class a couple of years ago that was a good re-introduction to the basics (I learned in middle school). It’s possible I could do a simple hack myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387920 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:22:07 +0000 RobinF 2387920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe the waistband can be removed and replaced with elastic?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387918 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:19:07 +0000 LJP 2387918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Where is the zipper and what kind of waistband does it have ? Great skirt - but hard to comment when you can’t see the waist area . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387917 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:58:41 +0000 Angie 2387917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great skirt for you,<b> Janet</b>! Worth altering, and expert sewer<b> Sharan </b>makes excellent suggestions.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>This might help, and is like what <b>Sharan</b> is describing:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZrJfOFNec">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZrJfOFNec</a></p> <p></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387913 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:36:25 +0000 Suz 2387913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope you can find a way to adapt it, Janet. It's so frustrating when a beloved item doesn't fit right any more.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387910 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:05:39 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2387910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From your description of the fit, Janet, I wonder if the waistband can be removed and a facing added instead, a few inches down from the current waist. Your tailor might be able to do that. You wouldn't have to remove the zipper, and a coordinating fabric could be used for the facing, since it will only show when you take off the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/too-small-skirt---a-hopeless-case#post-2387908 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:55:50 +0000 Janet 2387908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A couple of years ago, during a brief moment when I’d lost a few pounds, I bought a great cargo skirt. Of course, I promptly gained those pounds back and have had trouble getting rid of them again. I can get the skirt on and zip it, but it ends up sitting very high on my waist/torso (I’m narrowest right under the bra band), which is not comfortable. The skirt has no real stretch. </p> <p>I can’t find it available online anywhere to try it in a larger size, and everything I see available now in a similar style has way more faff up near the hip and waist. Gathered waistlines, pockets sticking out, etc. I like that this style has some detail at the bottom (mine doesn’t seem to flare out like the stock photo here) and a clean waist and hip. </p> <p>I would really enjoy a solid neutral casual summer-weight midi skirt, and this one would be ideal if I were only about 7 lbs smaller. Does anyone have any ideas to alter something for more room? Or am I just stuck with it in my holding zone. I even wondered about having some inches taken off the top and inserting a shorter zip, but I am not enough of a seamstress to know. I may take it to my tailor to see if she has any ideas, but she’s not always interested in doing anything too complicated. </p> <p>Any ideas? </p>