Man, I am toying with the idea of converting this dress into a skirt - the boning in this dress is rather pointy and the material is a bit thin and pokes into my soft bits when I try to sit for a long period of time.
Should I hang onto it and see if I reduce my soft bits?
Day Vies replied 10 years ago
Playful and super cute! Love the shape and the colors!
ManidipaM replied 10 years ago
Mmm. Considered opinion: if you hv enjoyed it quite a bit as a dress, alter away. That way you hv had it as meant to be plus get a skirt you know you will love.
pil replied 10 years ago
Can the boning be removed?
I like how you have styled it here!
Joy replied 10 years ago
I also wondered if the boning could be removed. It looks cute with the denim jacket.
I would just try taking the boning out first. Or shortening it.
cinnamon fern replied 10 years ago
Not a seamstress, but for some reason this post reminded me - have you gotten the pencil skirt I sent you?
Thistle replied 10 years ago
Pretty and playful. I would turn it into a skirt. I know the boning of which you speak, and if it is anything like the dresses I have had with it, the dress shape relies on the boning to keep its shape. And nothing, no matter how cute, is worth soft bits pain!
shedev replied 10 years ago
It's a cute dress and will be a cute skirt. Our clothes shouldn't cause discomfort.
amiable replied 10 years ago
I think it would be great as a skirt! (And the uncomfortable bits would be removed in the process)
chewyspaghetti replied 10 years ago
It would be a great skirt!
lyn* replied 10 years ago
OH! Taking out the boning hasn't really occurred to me at all! Maybe I will take a look at that!
@ Cinamon Fern - No luck yet in the mail, but I have messaged you for your email address so I can pay you back shipping, regardless. I hope it eventually comes through the mail, but that's the luck with customs +/- where I live. Sometimes things just spontaneously pop up really fast and sometimes they take forever and a day!
Sarah A replied 10 years ago
I am all for cutting that pesky boning out. A small slit at the bottom of the channel should do the trick.
I dont know if I have mentioned it before but I adore that two buckle belt... it works fabulously with everything you pair it with! :)
rachylou replied 10 years ago
Oh, I am not used to seeing you out of your work clothes. I feel like it's a whole different Lyn! Great outfit, but yes to getting rid of the pain.
cinnamon fern replied 10 years ago
Lyn, now I see your message! Oops, I have a bunch of others I haven't seen until now too.
lyn* replied 10 years ago
Teehee :)
Carole replied 10 years ago
Oh, please don't chop off your pretty dress! It's so cute. Could different underpinnings help?