BigBeautifulMe
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I ordered a dress from Sanctuarie. The dress is here.
Scroll down and look at the length on the 4X (I wanted it tight). It says 55" unstretched. There's also a note on the page that says "** NOTE: This is a full-length dress; on a person 5'5", it would go down past the ankles."
Now, I'm 5'2". So I want it ankle length, or a tiny bit shorter. So I measure a dress I have made of similar fabric that's the length I want. It's 50" long, and a couple inches above the ankles. Now, taking that into account, AND taking into account what they said about it going down past the ankles on a person who's 5'5", I asked for it to be shortened by 5". I also put a note in the customer comment area that explained what I was trying to achieve, my height, etc. and said if it didn't look like this would be something close to an ankle length dress with the info I provided, to please let me know.
I got the dress in the mail today. It's 39" long, unstretched! :doh: I could wear this thing as a top. It would be SCANDALOUS as a dress.
Also, the v-neck in front comes down practically to my belly button! I know they said the v-neck was low cut, but that's just ridiculous, and that's not at all how it looked on the photos they provided.
*Sigh.* I'd thought I'd found a bash dress I could actually rock - not so much.
I wrote them an e-mail - I hope they make this right. Alteration sales are supposed to be final - but I really don't think this is my error. Can someone chime in?
Thanks.
Scroll down and look at the length on the 4X (I wanted it tight). It says 55" unstretched. There's also a note on the page that says "** NOTE: This is a full-length dress; on a person 5'5", it would go down past the ankles."
Now, I'm 5'2". So I want it ankle length, or a tiny bit shorter. So I measure a dress I have made of similar fabric that's the length I want. It's 50" long, and a couple inches above the ankles. Now, taking that into account, AND taking into account what they said about it going down past the ankles on a person who's 5'5", I asked for it to be shortened by 5". I also put a note in the customer comment area that explained what I was trying to achieve, my height, etc. and said if it didn't look like this would be something close to an ankle length dress with the info I provided, to please let me know.
I got the dress in the mail today. It's 39" long, unstretched! :doh: I could wear this thing as a top. It would be SCANDALOUS as a dress.
Also, the v-neck in front comes down practically to my belly button! I know they said the v-neck was low cut, but that's just ridiculous, and that's not at all how it looked on the photos they provided.
*Sigh.* I'd thought I'd found a bash dress I could actually rock - not so much.
I wrote them an e-mail - I hope they make this right. Alteration sales are supposed to be final - but I really don't think this is my error. Can someone chime in?
Thanks.
