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Emmer80
Beginner October 2012

Dress alterations - zip to lace up?

Emmer80, 1 of July of 2012 at 13:10 Posted on Planning 0 4
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Hi

I have ordered my dress and i know it will need altering due to me being only 5ft tall Smiley smile The only thing I was disappointed about with the dress was that it was a zip up not lace up. People I have spoken to have said that a seamstress would be able to change my dress, which is a-line style to a lace up back quite easily. Has anyone on here had this alteration done and if so how much did it cost? If its not possible I will be happy to leave my dress as it is as i love the front of it and how it fits.

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Latest activity by ESW, 1 of July of 2012 at 22:10
  • K
    Beginner April 2013
    Kadypants ·
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    I have been told he same thing, at he moment I'm deciding between two dresses, one has a lace-up back and one a zip. I really want lace-up but I think I prefer the zip dress, I was advised in the shop that it would be about £150 to change to a lace-up back. But I'll be watching this thread with interest, as I'm not very brave and would like to know if the results of this alteration would be successful.

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  • SuperDuff
    Beginner November 2013
    SuperDuff ·
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    My dress is zip and I will be changing it to lace up. The lady I bought my dress from said that the seamstress she recommends would be able to do it for probably £100 ish.

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  • moonpie1985
    Beginner July 2012
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    My dress was a button back, and I changed to it to a panel/corset lace up instead.

    The lace up gives a really good shape to my waist and is noticibly more defined than with just the buttons.

    It cost just £60 to have it changed

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  • Emmer80
    Beginner October 2012
    Emmer80 ·
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    I was the same as this and decided on the zip dress as I prefered the look of the dress.

    Think I'll contact a few seamstresses and get a price for the alterations

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  • ESW
    Beginner September 2012
    ESW ·
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    I had mine changed from zip to hoops and lace same as coset but not a panel it is satin hoops sown into where the zip was, had to have this as I still have half the zip left. I was quoted £60-100 for coset back, found another independant seamstress and she charged me £35 to change the zip and let the hips out slightly!

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