Ms.V came in one cold wet disgusting weekday. She took out a straw and an egg from her purse. "I want you to push this egg through this straw so it will come out intact on the other end." I stared blankly at her.
Okay, that didn't happen. What really did happen was this: Ms.V had ordered a wedding dress online a while back and received it just recently. Her wedding day was to take place in Mexico in less than two weeks. The dress was absolutely gorgeous and to die for, albeit one really important thing: it was at least 3 sizes too small for her and way too long.
Alterations on wedding dresses are common and almost no bride can pull a dress off the rack and claim that it fits perfectly. Usually, the dress requires a snip here and a trim there to make it fit the curves of the woman who'll be wearing it.
We had Ms.V put on the gown for us.
The front looked close to perfect but the backside was a different story. Ms.V needed another extra 4 inches at the widest point to be able to zip up the back zipper. At that point, I knew we had a huge problem. The first thing I normally do if a garment needs to be "let out" is to check the appropriate seams for enough fabric. There simply was nothing on Ms.V's dress to work with.
So much for letting out.
Anda and I scratched our heads and scratched again. We looked at each other and we looked at the dress. Then back at each other.
"Well, she's got to shorten her dress at the front. Why don't we take that piece and do something with it?" I said with a trace of doubt.
"We could do something with it. The idea of adding fabric is brilliant but how on earth do you add it on so that it will not interrupt the flow of the dress and make it fit the contours of her back?" Anda replied.
We were determined to figure this one out. We are known to do "magic" here and we weren't going to let this dress rob us of that reputation.
My mom and our team of talented seamstresses and tailors put their heads together and came up with a wonderful solution:
First fitting. Our idea worked!
Thanks to the concealing wrap style back, you wouldn't even know that we did work on the dress.
Ms. V looking so stunning in her gorgeous embellished gown. I love the train of this dress! So classy and flattering!
