Costume too big! Help!

Brea · 12-02-2007, 03:16 AM

I just got my BEAUTIFUL new costume in the mail...it's a week before my performance and I have discovered that I am not as fat as I thought I was so what do I do now? The belt looked like it fit but when I actually danced in it to test it it started sliding down me. Bra is kinda bizarre...fits around me relatively OK but the cup area just forward of the armpits is baggy. Almost like one size too big. I'd like to take in an inch on the bra and belt and figure out what to do about saggy sides of bra? I am pretty decent with the safety pins but...also does anyone else feel that halters are more secure? This new costume has those regular bra straps that I am always worried are going to come off my shoulders.

nightdancer · 12-02-2007, 04:10 AM

Talk to your teacher and find out who she knows that can sew. I know that in mine we have one extremely talented seamstress, and there are several others within the dance community here in VA that are as well.

If that doesnt work out, and I am sure it will, a bridal seamstress should be able to help you out. They will be used to working around rhinestones and keeping patterns, etc, even.

(Carolyn, if you are reading this, yes, I mean you

)

Brea · 12-02-2007, 04:24 AM

I AM the teacher. Just not a very sewing oriented one!

Good idea about bridal seamstresses though- I didn't even think of that! I was kind of hoping safety pins (if I used a lot of them) would work...I can't imagine how much a seamstress would cost!

nightdancer · 12-02-2007, 04:28 AM

oh, oops, lol. I know that *actually didnt, but is faking it* I know that when my friend Claire got married last summer, her tailoring bill was about $40 an hour. She had about 3 hours worth of work done. I would imagine that yours wouldnt take more than 2 hours or so.

Brea · 12-02-2007, 04:46 AM

Quite all right, nightdancer!! You weren't to know. That doesn't sound too bad (especially if it will give me confidence in my costume for the show, yeesh). Thanks for the suggestion!

Lydia dubai · 12-02-2007, 07:13 AM

Hi Brea...forget safetypins no good and very risky...the belt ...ad another skirt inside if you have one that is matching or open the lining and put some cottonwool between lining and belt ...also you can ad a piece of fabrick and make it like a skarf that hangs on the side ..put the skarf on your hip push the cornerpoint inside tuck it in pull it treu .like 10 centimeter..pull it from the inside till you can push the 10 centimeter again back between the belt and your skin from the hip.ooooooo sounds difficult sh.... but i hope you understand its realy easy and very handy ...tick it good so its sit study and can not move around

bra...open the side lining where you feel its baggy...put cotton between the lining and bra only the downpart not strait under your arm otherwise the bra ,,stands away from your skin....you can change the straps and make it a halter so its sits in your neck and can not slide off your sholders and ofcourse change the hooks a bit...i hope this helps even do the mail sounds clumsy.....i wish teachers like the ones you hade explain a bit how to make or alter costumes its realy inportant....have a great day Lydia

Brea · 12-02-2007, 07:33 AM

Hi Lydia,

Thanks! That is some great information! I wish my teachers had taught me these things as well...*sigh*

Ranya · 12-02-2007, 12:15 PM

I second all the suggestion made and also give my two cents to it: always ALWAYS when you buy a costume, you should contact the seller and send them your exact measurements (in centimetres or inches etc). Sometimes the costumes are billed "S, M, L, XL" but of course you are never sure what that really looks like. If it is a good seller, he/she will take your measurements and compare them to the different sizes he/she offers and tell you which one you should order.

Brea · 12-03-2007, 04:42 PM

Bizarrely, I DID send them my measurements. I am not entirely sure why I am having difficulties, unless I somehow lost weight between ordering and receiving the costume.

Salome · 12-03-2007, 06:41 PM

Dart it. Dart the belt in two places and the bra sides and that ought to tighten it up.

12-02-2007, 03:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	Costume too big! Help! I just got my BEAUTIFUL new costume in the mail...it's a week before my performance and I have discovered that I am not as fat as I thought I was so what do I do now? The belt looked like it fit but when I actually danced in it to test it it started sliding down me. Bra is kinda bizarre...fits around me relatively OK but the cup area just forward of the armpits is baggy. Almost like one size too big. I'd like to take in an inch on the bra and belt and figure out what to do about saggy sides of bra? I am pretty decent with the safety pins but...also does anyone else feel that halters are more secure? This new costume has those regular bra straps that I am always worried are going to come off my shoulders. __________________ www.breamorgiane.com Last edited by Brea; 03-26-2008 at 04:39 AM.

12-02-2007, 04:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	I AM the teacher. Just not a very sewing oriented one! Good idea about bridal seamstresses though- I didn't even think of that! I was kind of hoping safety pins (if I used a lot of them) would work...I can't imagine how much a seamstress would cost! __________________ www.breamorgiane.com Last edited by Brea; 03-26-2008 at 04:40 AM.

12-02-2007, 04:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	Quite all right, nightdancer!! You weren't to know. That doesn't sound too bad (especially if it will give me confidence in my costume for the show, yeesh). Thanks for the suggestion! __________________ www.breamorgiane.com Last edited by Brea; 03-26-2008 at 04:40 AM.

12-02-2007, 07:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	Hi Lydia, Thanks! That is some great information! I wish my teachers had taught me these things as well...sigh __________________ www.breamorgiane.com Last edited by Brea; 03-26-2008 at 04:40 AM.

12-03-2007, 04:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	Bizarrely, I DID send them my measurements. I am not entirely sure why I am having difficulties, unless I somehow lost weight between ordering and receiving the costume. __________________ www.breamorgiane.com Last edited by Brea; 03-26-2008 at 04:40 AM.

12-02-2007, 04:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
nightdancer Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Below the Mason-Dixon Posts: 236	Talk to your teacher and find out who she knows that can sew. I know that in mine we have one extremely talented seamstress, and there are several others within the dance community here in VA that are as well. If that doesnt work out, and I am sure it will, a bridal seamstress should be able to help you out. They will be used to working around rhinestones and keeping patterns, etc, even. (Carolyn, if you are reading this, yes, I mean you )

12-02-2007, 04:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
nightdancer Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Below the Mason-Dixon Posts: 236	oh, oops, lol. I know that actually didnt, but is faking it I know that when my friend Claire got married last summer, her tailoring bill was about $40 an hour. She had about 3 hours worth of work done. I would imagine that yours wouldnt take more than 2 hours or so.

12-02-2007, 07:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lydia dubai V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dubai United arab emirates Posts: 1,348	Hi Brea...forget safetypins no good and very risky...the belt ...ad another skirt inside if you have one that is matching or open the lining and put some cottonwool between lining and belt ...also you can ad a piece of fabrick and make it like a skarf that hangs on the side ..put the skarf on your hip push the cornerpoint inside tuck it in pull it treu .like 10 centimeter..pull it from the inside till you can push the 10 centimeter again back between the belt and your skin from the hip.ooooooo sounds difficult sh.... but i hope you understand its realy easy and very handy ...tick it good so its sit study and can not move around bra...open the side lining where you feel its baggy...put cotton between the lining and bra only the downpart not strait under your arm otherwise the bra ,,stands away from your skin....you can change the straps and make it a halter so its sits in your neck and can not slide off your sholders and ofcourse change the hooks a bit...i hope this helps even do the mail sounds clumsy.....i wish teachers like the ones you hade explain a bit how to make or alter costumes its realy inportant....have a great day Lydia

12-02-2007, 12:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ranya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cairo, EGYPT Posts: 535	I second all the suggestion made and also give my two cents to it: always ALWAYS when you buy a costume, you should contact the seller and send them your exact measurements (in centimetres or inches etc). Sometimes the costumes are billed "S, M, L, XL" but of course you are never sure what that really looks like. If it is a good seller, he/she will take your measurements and compare them to the different sizes he/she offers and tell you which one you should order.

12-03-2007, 06:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
Salome Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Corvallis, Oregon, USA Posts: 1,834	Dart it. Dart the belt in two places and the bra sides and that ought to tighten it up.