Elongation of skirts and dresses

From season to season, designers provide us with our own choice of skirt length. And yet, looking at this or that collection, you can see that many of them prefer mini or midi skirts, and some also maxi. The choice is really ours.

Having disassembled dresses and skirts in our wardrobe, we can see that some of them require transformations, because we consider ourselves quite economical and practical, and therefore, we are in no hurry to part with the thing just because its length does not correspond to the model that we would like to wear. see myself. What to do? Pick up scissors like Chanel did and cut off excess... And if there is nothing to cut off, but on the contrary, you need to lengthen it? Then go to a studio or become a designer yourself.

The possibilities of lengthening the skirt are quite wide: ruffles, frills, flounces, folds, borders, pleats, appliqués, scallops, teeth, inlays, fringes.

David Koma

Elie tahari

Photo from above - Oscar de la Renta
Photo below - Peter Pilotto

If there are remnants of the material from which the skirt or dress is made, then you can make the lengthening with a detail with folds laid on it, and it is not necessary that they go along the entire width of the skirt. You can cut the bottom part obliquely, then we get a model similar to Elie Tahari.

If a different material is used for the lower part of the skirt, then, first of all, it must be of a quality suitable for the base material. The color can even be contrasting. The model will be interesting if the fabric for the lower part of the skirt will also be used for trimming the upper part of a dress or suit. The bottom piece can be connected to the skirt in different ways. For example, you can sew directly to the bottom edge of the skirt or to its lining, or you can dream up and do something like Milly.

Elie tahari

Mary Katrantzou

Milly
Sophie Theallet

It is possible to lengthen the product along a curly line. An excellent option for imitation can be a model from the Emilio de la Morena collection, which uses not only a curly line, but also lace.

Emilio de la morena

Jonathan Simkhai
Shoshanna

The easiest way to lengthen a product is ribbon or lace. In this case, the strip of the sewn-in material can be positioned anywhere on the skirt, and in this case even not one strip, but several can be used. Look at Burberry Prorsum or Oscar de la Renta.

Burberry prorsum

You can get a very original product if you use fringe as an extension. In this case, the length of your outfit can be from midi to maxi. The trend of the 2015-2016 season is the finishing of all wardrobe items with fur. By lengthening the product with a fur insert, you will get the most fashionable item in your wardrobe.

Andrew Gn
Zimmermann

The models from the Tom Ford and PPQ collections tell us that a complete change of our skirt is possible if we make multistage ruffles or flounces.

PPQ
Tom ford

As you can see, there are many options. And if you dream up yourself, there will be even more of them.

Skirt lengthening is a creative process that will transform your garment. It only takes time, hard work and, in some cases, not much money.