STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Kitty · Hermes

Does this look too tight?

shopgirl82 · Chanel

i think it looks totally adorable and i don't think it looks too tight, as long as your comfortable in it, i say keep it!

member · Hermes

Like you said, it looks a little tight in the chest area - like it's pulling. Did you try the next size up? It's really cute!

Kenneth Cole

I think it is adorable!!!!

Are you wearing something heavy underneath?

Kitty · Hermes

This is a large, so there is no next size up :(

I'm just wearing a regular long-sleeve shirt underneath.

Ack. I don't know what to do.

kittenheels · Coach

It does look a bit snug in the chest. But, it is really adorable. Are you sure you aren't wearing a bulky top or something?

Kitty · Hermes

nope...just a gap long sleeved shirt.

kittenheels · Coach

Would a bigger size be too big in other places? It's an adorable coat.

Kitty · Hermes

kittenheels wrote:

Would a bigger size be too big in other places? It's an adorable coat.

If there were a bigger size, yeah, that's what I would assume. It seriously doesn't feel tight at all..it just pulls the tiniest bit at the chest, but the waist band thing fits PERFECTLY.

Anyway, this is F21, and they only go up to a large - which sometimes isn't very large at all.

I think it may have to go back..sorrow.

-- Edited by Kitty at 23:05, 2006-09-04

Alegria · Kate Spade

That sucks that it pulls like that. Do you think that you can have the buttons moved so it doesn't pull? Is there enough room for that?

erin · Chanel

oh man it's so cute. i would def see if there's room to move the button. otherwise, if your local f21 still has em, maybe try another large? they are pretty inconsistent...

ILoveChoo · Hermes

were you planning on thios being you main coat or just an occasional thing? I wonder if wearing a minimizer bra might give you enough extra room to make it lay flat? It so cute...I really want it to work for you!

atlgirl · Gucci

I agree that it looks a bit tight in the chest. Damn! Otherwise it's fabulous on you. I'd check with a tailor before returning and see if there's an easy fix for the problem. Otherwise, I'd return it and look for something even more fabulous. :)

littlebean · Kate Spade

erin wrote:

oh man it's so cute. i would def see if there's room to move the button. otherwise, if your local f21 still has em, maybe try another large? they are pretty inconsistent...

I definitely agree with the suggestion to try another large in the store... Personally I think that it's just barely too tight and I may not have noticed if you hadn't said something, so it seems like you should be able to find a more generously cut large in the store that will work.

killa · Dooney & Bourke

I have that jacket and I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it. You have to keep it and make it work. I bought my regular size and it is a little snug in the chest, but I think if I sized up, it would be way too big. I think, the way it is designed, it should be fitted on top and flare out toward the bottom.

Alikat · Kate Spade

Definitely try another large on - it may fit better F21 is so inconsistent.

zeitgeist4 · Gucci

littlebean wrote:

Personally I think that it's just barely too tight and I may not have noticed if you hadn't said something, so it seems like you should be able to find a more generously cut large in the store that will work.

Ditto.

Plus, do you plan on wearing it buttoned up all the time? Because if it will be unbottoned most of the time I don't think it would be a problem.

Kitty · Hermes

Don't know if anyone cares...but...

Took the coat to my seamstress last night and she said she can give me an extra inch w/ the extra material available. I think that should be enough. Fingers crossed!

squishy · Coach

Kitty wrote:

Don't know if anyone cares...but...

Took the coat to my seamstress last night and she said she can give me an extra inch w/ the extra material available. I think that should be enough. Fingers crossed!

yay!!

i might want to look into this too... do you know what she's doing to it?

Kitty · Hermes

Yeah, letting out the seems on the sides and around the shoulders - there's some extra material there. She's also moving over the buttons a tiny bit. Overall, it's about an inch. She said ideally she'd be able to take it out 1.5 inches, but there wasn't enough material.