The big day of a wedding requires a lot of preparation and planning for a perfect day. Despite all the effort in creating the “perfect day” one fashion malfunction can impact the rest of the day. You can’t plan for fashion malfunctions, but you can use a couple of tips to be prepared in case of an emergency fashion malfunction according to wedding planners and stylists.
The bustle of the wedding dress is integral to the design structure supporting your fabric of choice, but they can break when worn throughout the day. The best course of action is to reinforce the bustle with monofilament during your fitting with your seamstress.
One option is choosing a dress style with strong bustle option like ribbons instead of buttons. This should prevent the bustle from breaking but if it still happens on the wedding day you can fix it with large safety pins or a simple sewing kit.
Another common snag is a stuck zipper that can create more problems trying to fix it and you should handle this issue with care. The first step is checking to make sure you’re not snagging any fabric, you can fix it by slowly easing the fabric from the zipper teeth.
If the zipper isn’t snagging on fabric, you can try to ease the zipper with a clear wax strip or a white crayon gliding it over the teeth of the zipper. If the zipper breaks completely, the last-ditch option is using a sewing kit to sew the bride into the dress.
Wearing white is befitting of a bride but wearing all white can be prone to stain easily. One easy solution is using a stain removing solvent depending on the content of the stain. One versatile option is getting a stain removal kit like Madame Paulette Personal Stain Remover Kit with three targeted solvents for various stains. Stains can also be concealed using chalk that should be color matched to your dress color shade.
Brides tend to get a new pair of shoes for the big day without wearing them too much beforehand and can be slippery. It’s easy to make shoes less slippery by gently wearing the bottoms with sandpaper on the pivot point or front of the shoes.
Another issue with shoes can be scuffed which can be fixed with some white chalk for lighter fabrics. For heavier fabrics like leather, you can use a permanent marker for black or white-out corrector fluid for white.
The hem of the dress can be damaged simply by walking so it’s best to try and maintain the cleanliness of the hem throughout the day. You can remove dirt using a simple terry-cloth towel and use a makeup wedge sponge in a brisk sweeping side to side for more stubborn stains..
