Post # 1
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Busy bee
The first dress I bought was Amsale Candace in, unfortunately, ivory. I still love the dress, even though I have bought two others. However, when I posted a picture of me in the dress many of you agreed with my initial fear… it is too low cut. My boobage is hanging out way too much.
I was looking through the 2011 Amsale pictures and found a dress called Rosalie (I think that’s the way it was spelled) and began to wonder if I could make my Amsale more like it. So what I’m asking is what do you think? Could it happen?
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Post # 3
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Helper bee
I think a seamstress could work some magic with that. If you haven’t hemmed it already you could hopefully raise up the waist line and then bring together the pieces around the chest.
Post # 4
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Buzzing Beekeeper
I think you could work with it, but what about just putting a little insert where the cleavage would be? A little lace or something could make it more modest.
Post # 5
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Sugar bee
how about a little lace panel or something?? i would think a seamstress could take apart the top and put it together to be less revealing 🙂
Post # 6
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Busy bee
They have one like that, if I can find the name of it… I’m not a big fan though because I still don’t think it would look right or go with the dress.
Edit: The one I was thinking of is called Reese and it has a beaded panel in between the cups. I think my boobs would look obscene, even with a lace type panel.
Post # 7
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Bumble Beekeeper
I think that if you find a good seamstress, it could totally be done.
Post # 8
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Sugar bee
can you post the pic of you in the dress??
Post # 9
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Busy bee
Yeah… I was kind of hoping to avoid it. Last time I did everyone kept saying all they noticed were my boobs.
I’m not wearing shoes in the pictures so there is plenty of length to work with.
Post # 10
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Sugar bee
hrmmm yea i notice them but i think with some altering it could be fixed…. have you talked to a seamstress?
Post # 11
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Blushing bee
I’m sure a seamstress could remake the entire top, but it would cost quite a lot. If you were to keep the top, the other possibility would be to add an extra couple of inches of trim to the edges of it. The place where the new fabric joins the existing top could either be a feature, like the top edge on this dress:
…or it could be cleverly disguised with some ruching or draping (every second dress has some sort of ruching at the moment anyway!)
Post # 12
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Wannabee
Does anyone know about how much Amsale dresses retail for? Trying to figure out my budget and don’t want to get excited about a dress I may not be able to afford.
Post # 13
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Busy bee
I don’t think there’s too much boobage there, but obviously you have to be comfortable with it. Even if you can get the seamstress to give a little more coverage it might be comfortable. The other thing I am thinking is you might look more covered if the straps were a little thicker.
I think its beautiful on you though!
Post # 14
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Worker bee
@alemurray: they start at about $5,000 – $6,000 and go up from there…the more elaborate ones are more like $7,000 to $8,000. The Christos line, also designed by Amsale, is less…starting at about $3,700…
Post # 14
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Worker bee
@alemurray: they start at about $5,000 – $6,000 and go up from there…the more elaborate ones are more like $7,000 to $8,000. The Christos line, also designed by Amsale, is less…starting at about $3,700…
Post # 14
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Worker bee
@alemurray: they start at about $5,000 – $6,000 and go up from there…the more elaborate ones are more like $7,000 to $8,000. The Christos line, also designed by Amsale, is less…starting at about $3,700…
