How would you hem this?!

[sunnyd]

Uhhhh something I never thought about until now. My dress has no seams. Anywhere! It''s also long (damn short legs!!). So how would you hem it? I know a seamstress would figure it out, but I''m curious. Do I need taller shoes?!

 

[sunnyd]

No sewers in the crowd?

The edge is scalloped too, so it''s not like it can be folded up. Oh no!

 

[doodle]

This is the exact reason why I wound up wearing 6" platforms on my wedding day even though I can''t walk in heels. The only options they gave me all involved having to re-tat areas of lace on my dress, which is getting a LOT pricier than I wanted to, so I just got taller shoes and called it a day. Best of luck to you--I''m curious to see if they can do anything with yours for a reasonable price!

 

[VRBeauty]

Uhmm... how high would those heels need to be?

 

[OUpearlgirl]

They''ll have to re-attach the lace and everything. It will get fairly costly, I''m sorry to say!

 

[Diamond Confused]

Where are you located?

 

[Clairitek]

I am not a seamstress by any means but this is the only idea that comes to me about your situation:

Have the seamstress carefully trim off the scalloped edge and maybe an inch of the skirt, then remove the part of the skirt you dont need for length and reattach the scalloped edge. You might have to deal with having a seam along the hemline but it might be a better alternative than wearing huge heels. I know it would probably ruin the look of the lace bits going down the gown.

If those lace bits are appliques then I bet your seamstress can do what I described with removing the scalloped edge and taking it up from there and then she can cover part of the seam with some of the appliques to make the look more fluid.

I hope this makes sense!

 

[Winks_Elf]

The proper way of hemming that gown is to remove the bottom scallop and the fortuny pleating. However, since it is only the front of the gown that needs to be hemmed, it''s not like the entire embellishment has to be removed. The back will be addressed with the bustling.

 

[sunnyd]

Yikes!! This all sounds expensive. I don''t think it''s horribly long, but then I''ve only worn it in a bedroom at my parents'' house. Sounds like it''s time to schedule a fitting!

Thanks for the input. In the meantime, I will be shoe shopping... darn.

 

[mayachel]

It may not be as bad as you think. As winkself said, check out the underside of the lace...you may (hopefully) see little white threads where the scalloped edge has been basted on...ie: loosely tacked. All that would need to happen is for it to be undone (which you could easily do yourself) and then have the seamstress cut the edge to the height required, and reattach. It is VERY common for bridal dresses so don''t let anyone charge you an arm and a leg, cause it is also very easy. This is all assuming it is basted...

 

[sunnyd]

Okay good. I''ll have to look next time I''m over there. Jeez it was daunting enough finding shoes the first time!