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I have no idea if mine was or was not or what they type of hem was called. But the trim lace was seperate from the dress lace so you carefully detach the hem lace and move it higher. Good luck!
A friend of mine had this done. The seamstress removed the scallop-edge, shortened the dress and sewed the edge back on. I think it's pretty common, just time consuming and increases the alterations price.
Did the trim lace come seperately? Or did the seamstress remove it and move it up?
I have no idea either. But I am having mine ordered in petite (3" shorter) and I will probably still need it hemmed. It has a detailed scalloped lace edge to it that will need to be removed and moved up. Not sure if that's what you're talking about but it is done all the time. :o)
Oh ok. Well that makes me feel a little better. Hopefully the lace can just be easily removed. And the largest alterations package includes EVERYTHING...so that should fall under everything.
Wow. I shouldn't have read this. I don't even know what a hollow hem is and now I'm worried my dress alterations are going to be a nightmare because I'm a shorty. Blergh.
Oh no, I didn't mean to scare anyone! Don't listen to me! I am an OCD worry wart. I'm sure it will be fine!
I'm sure it's doable to move it. Even if it as not sewn on separately, it would still be possible for a talented alterations person to move it for you.
i'm sure it will be fine, you could always call the dress store and ask....
I have a lace dress with scalloped edging like you. My bridal salon has always said that they could alter then length no problem. I think they take fabric from above the scallop edge and fold over and sew so the edging still shows. I may be wrong, but I don't think they will cut the lace bottom off and reattach.
First, the dress is beautiful. Second, I always say that there is no sense in worrying until there is something to worry about! Try to relax - your worries might be totally unjustified!
My dress has a lace hem too. A good seamstress will have no problem hemming your dress without losing any detail. When I first asked my consultant (who was the owner of the store) she gave me one of those sly "oh we have our tricks" responses, and I trusted her. Then once my actual dress was in and I went back to try it on, the owner's mother helped me and she spilled the beans, it was cute :) Just like everyone is saying- they carefully cut along the hem lace, cut the dress to the correct length and re-sew the pretty hem back on. Apparently you'll never know the difference.
You might remember on an episode of Say Yes to the Dress, they kept getting a girl's veil wrong. So they were down to the wire and they went to the seamstress with 2 veils and said "we need this lace put on to that veil", and she had it done in a couple hours.
I don't think you need to get taller shoes. You can alter the scallop hem by moving it up. Also, I can definitely attest that adding anything under the dress will raise the hem significantly!
The alterations on my lace dress were no big sweat - I think this is something they run into a lot. Happy thoughts! It's a beautiful dress!
Thank you bees! I feel much better now! And thanks for the dress compliments. I love it and can't wait for it to come in!
My sister got a lace dress that also had a sash. She ordered it hollow to hem (b/c mom & I told her to). The bridal salon tried to get her to just order it, saying it would be $75 cheaper. Their solution to hemming was to cut it at the waist. Since there's a sash, it would be the easist way--the seam would be covered by the sash. The other alternative is to move the lace from the bottom. They tell me it's very common to do so.
Agree with Iswimibikeirun; If there is a seam at the top they told me they would just pull it up at the seam or if there is no seam hey would just remove the scallop @ the bottom and sew it back on. It's very common. My dress is lace and that is waht they will be doing!
mrs mossman, where did you buy your dress? I bought mine at The perfect Bride in Rocky River! If you want to take your dress somewhere else besides the salon for alterations try Julianne's in Olmsted Falls. They are a wedding dress consignment store, but their alterations department is awesome.
Good luck, the dress is beautiful!
I couldn't get hallow to hem for mine (apparantly I am too short, funny cuz I thought that was the whole point!) Anyway, the seamstress removed the bottom edge of lace, cut the excess length and then resewed the bottom edge as other bees have said. It looks great, you would never know they did it! I do wish my bridal salon had an alterations package like yours does, I think at $500+ I would have fallen into the biggest package!
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Sooo when my dress was ordered (It's the Allure 8558) the dress was a bit long, but my consultant and I figured that smoe heels and some added tulle underneath would be just fine and there was no reason to pay the extra cost for a hollow hem.
Well the closer the dress gets to coming in, the more concerned I am that the dress is going to be too long and because of the lace we won't be able to shoten the length... especially since the shoes I tried the dress on in were 4in heels...i thought they were 3.5 so I thought that height or a 4 would be what I would need...so now I need 4 -4.5 in heels...not only are the dream wedding shoes I found no longer an option...but holy sore feet batman! Those are gonna be some serious w-day heels!
Ok well long story short, I am jsut wondering if anyone has even had a lace dress shortened/hemmed without ordering it as a hollow hem?? How did it turn out?
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