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japple

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8. How was the finished product? I hope the wedding was wonderful and that

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 06:57 PM

Nov 2014

your dress was all that you'd hoped for.

I'm laughing over your "this will also be the dress for my funeral." I'm going to be buried in my 2004 Subaru!

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Dressmakers, Tailors, Dress designers - Looking for advice [View all] No Vested Interest Oct 2014 OP

I don't see why it couldn't be shorten. But take it to a tailor and get an sinkingfeeling Oct 2014 #1

I need to know before I make final purchase & remove it from the store. No Vested Interest Oct 2014 #2

Have you looked at yourself in the dress with the hem length you want? procon Oct 2014 #3

Thanks for your perspective, and you do understand what is concerning me- No Vested Interest Oct 2014 #4

I see no reason why this wouldn't work PennyK Oct 2014 #5

Yes- but bring it to a seamstress to have it done correctly Marrah_G Nov 2014 #6

Here's how it turned out - After two false starts with other outfits, No Vested Interest Nov 2014 #7

How was the finished product? I hope the wedding was wonderful and that japple Nov 2014 #8

Thanks for asking. I was pleased with the alterations, and, perhaps more important, No Vested Interest Nov 2014 #9

Happy to hear that the alterations were pleasing and that it was comfortable to you. I don't japple Nov 2014 #10

Age- my son just turned 50, so I'm more at granny stage than the average No Vested Interest Nov 2014 #11

It sounds as though we're at the same place. Congrats on the marriage of your son! japple Nov 2014 #12