#Dress cinch clips how to

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I am happy to answer all your questions and help your experience with dress clips be fun and functional. Good luck! Please contact me if you have questions. Just send me a piece of fabric that measures at least 3 inches by 6 inches and specify which color clip ends you want (bronze or silver). I also make custom dress/shirt clips from your own, matching fabric. The one shown in the photos is a crocheted clip in “dark pink.” To have a look at my lace, crocheted and metal dress clips, go here.

So, you can see that how far you get each end of the clip from the middle of the garment in the back (or your spine), determines how much shape you can put into a garment, and how much fabric you take up.įor some more, different, before and after photos, go here. To this (which looks like a fitted dress/shirt): So we went from this (which looks like a night gown): The amount of shape you can put in a garment is determined by how far from the mid-line you place each clip end. I realize this is too much and that this is not a good look for this garment (but it may work on some garments, depending on its size and your size), but I just want to make the point that the size and type of dress/shirt clip does not determine the amount of shape you can put in a garment. Notice how the clips are pulling the side seams way around to the back. So just to illustrate what is possible, let’s move each clip end all the way around to each side seam. See how there is much more fabric gathered in between the two clip ends? The garment is now pulled in much more and is much more shapely. Okay, so let’s move the clip ends out to 6 inches, on each side, from the middle vertical (up and down – the spine) line. We are starting to see some shape to the garment. Notice how the garment is gathered more between the clip ends and the garment is pulled in more. Now let’s move the clip ends out some and fasten one 4 inches to the right of the mid-line and then the other one 4 inches to the left of the mid-line. The clip is even sagging some, because it is not pulled out any by the garment.

Notice how there isn’t much gathering between the two clip ends and it does not take the garment in much. Now let’s place the middle of the clip at the mid-line that runs up and down (vertically, which is your spine), and let’s fasten each clip only 2.5 inches, on each side, from that middle vertical line.

Then let’s mark the horizontal line which represents your waist. So let’s mark the vertical (up and down) middle of the garment with a sharpie. You will always start by placing the middle of the clip on the middle of the garment – which is your spine. Let’s start with a big, loose, boxy garment. Here are the basics of wearing and adjusting a dress/shirt/jacket/sweather clip. It is also why I do not make stretchy clips to sell in my shop. I personally think the stretchy ones look too juvenile, like something a child would wear, but that is just my opinion. You can use a stretchy clip if you like the look of it, but it does not change the functionality of a clip very much. You get to choose the color/metal.įirst of all, you do not need a stretchy clip for it to work properly. I use gold or bronze clips (I can’t find the gold ones anymore!). These are dress clips-a white lace one and a black crocheted one: If you have an outfit that every time you put it on you stand in front of the mirror and cinch the waist in at the back with your hand to make it fit correctly and look better, then this is the thing you need.ĭress clips are fastened at the back of a garment, right at the waist, in order to take in the garment and make it fit better and look better. It took some time and experimentation to get the hang of it.

#Dress cinch clips how to

I too, years ago when I first started wearing them, did not know how to wear them. I am writing this because I have had several customers at my Etsy Shop not understand how to use, wear and adjust a dress clip.