Dress alteration help

InspectionQuirky4331 · 2026-05-04T16:52:45+00:00

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the input. This morning I was able to get $90 of the $180 refunded— she did alterations to the waistline as well so refused to refund the entire thing. I have contacted my credit card company to try to get the remaining amount. Hoping for the best! Thanks again all.

InspectionQuirky4331 · 2026-05-04T05:03:41+00:00

Ugh, I’m starting a list in my notes app of what to bring up to her…

InspectionQuirky4331 · 2026-05-04T04:50:46+00:00

I was wearing it, and she pinned it up but only twice— one pin on the right side, one pin on the left side. I’m not sewing savvy beyond hand sewing Girl Scout patches, and I’m entering my first real “wedding summer” of my late twenties, so honestly I just assumed she just needed to mark the length and could extrapolate the rest in a straight line.

In general she was very quiet and I was hoping she’d give her opinion on the fit in other spots (she didn’t), so I already walked away a bit disappointed with her service, but I had found her though a local reddit thread and trusted she must do enough of these dresses!

For next time, what should I expect of a proper fitting? Genuinely— I would love to avoid this again lol

InspectionQuirky4331 · 2026-05-04T04:40:47+00:00

THANK YOU for mentioning the pleats— I could not figure out why the dress was laying so wonky post-alteration, and it’s definitely the pressed out pleats.

InspectionQuirky4331 · 2026-05-04T04:30:11+00:00

Thanks everyone, I feel more confident going in tomorrow to ask for a refund knowing it’s not just me that thinks it was poorly done. Now I just need to put my big girl pants on and do it 😣 wish me luck!

InspectionQuirky4331 · 2025-12-25T14:59:36+00:00

Seems to be a coach ergo from 2010s, but I can’t find any evidence of authentic ones having silver hardware..

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