Low Back Dress Butt Crack
Donnell Simon
Please help! I have searched the internet high and low and I can't seem to find what I am looking for. My dress is backless and very sleek. The material is a good thickness, but I would be a lot more comfortable having another layer (just in case the light hit it right). I have found backless shapewear with a thong bottom (may still see my butt) and leotard style bottom (will end up with a double butt cheek-not cute). Ideally, I need a dress style or biketard (with mid thigh legs).
If any of y'all know something else that may give me a bit more coverage in the butt area, I would be so appreciative to hear! That is my biggest concern with this dress. I could do without the rest of it if needed.
Yeah I didn't know if I could maybe get spanx bike-ish shorts and cut the back? The material may end up coming undone then... I'll have to go to a store like you said and see what my options are. Thanks for your input!
If you can't find what you're looking for, could you layer normal bike-short style spanx over a thong backless body shaper? I'm not sure if that would leave a line though where the two pieces overlapped.
Selecting the optimal (shirt) back length depends primarily on if you plan to wear the shirt tucked-in or untucked. Other factors such as how high you wear your pants, the size of your belly, and the desired number of buttons on the front should also be considered.
A tucked-in shirt should come to the bottom of the butt or slightly below. Generally speaking, the longer a shirt, the more securely it will tuck into the pants, and the straighter it will stay aligned at the front.
The back length of the shirt will directly affect the number of buttons on the front. With standard Top Button Placement and a Standard Posture setting, the Back Length measurement will yield the following number of buttons on the front:
Aloha Sewists, and welcome to the Alterations section of the Kim Dress Sewalong! Throughout these posts we will be going through as many pattern alteration tutorials as we can physically crush in, relevant to the Kim Dress. But it doesn't end there - the extra great news is that a lot of these tutorials will be applicable not only to the Kim, but to a huge amount of other patterns too as we tackle most of the common issues surrounding pattern fitting.
Please note: We are using itty bitty replica's of the pattern pieces to illustrate the alterations as simply and clearly as possible - please make sure that you alter your real-life pattern pieces, complete with notches, pattern info and grainlines!
There are a number of tell-tale signs to let you know that a full butt adjustment is in order - firstly, and most obviously, if you already know that you have a full, muscular, or particularly juicy booty! Other indications might include:
For example, your waistline measurement is 26" making you a size UK 8. However, your 38" hip measurement is 2" larger than the 36" hip dictated by the size UK 8. You'll need to increase your total hip measurement by 2", making that a 1" increase to the skirt back pattern piece (which then doubles as you cut two skirt back pieces).
Start by taking your Variation 1 skirt back piece and marking out the side seam allowance (shown in blue), as well as a point about 8-10" down from the waistline (shown in pink x). It is across this width that the butt is at its fullest, and where we'll need to be creating some more space.
Draw a horizontal line through your marked point all the way from the centre back and out to the side seam. Stop when you hit the seam allowance line, draw a little circle to indicate a pivot point (or hinge) and continue the pink line from the circle out to the edge of the side seam.
When you've spread the skirt out by an 1" (or by however much you need to increase your hip measurement by) both horizontally and vertically, tape it all down, redraw the centre back seam and the waistline at the dart.
You'll see that in doing this, you will have increased the hip measurement and the centre back length (to allow for a more exaggerated curve at the derrire), all the while keeping the side seam and hem the same.
To keep the waistline the same, we simply need to redraw the dart - draw a new dart point exactly in the middle of your split dart, and redraw the dart legs by joining your new dart point with the original waistline notches. The dart itself has become wider, but once it's all sewn up, the waistline will remain the same measurement.
Tip from the top: Always check your adjustment by making another toile to check the fit. Once you're happy with your newly adjusted pattern, copy it out onto some card for extra safe keeping! Although this is a straightforward adjustment to make, no one wants to have to do it twice...
They live in NY and she want me to make her friend a Mad Men dress (not available for fittings)
So I will have to just wing it with the measurements I asked for a hip measure across the fullest part of just the back side.
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Even though I am a pants girl, I doubt I even look great in them. I like my butt in underwear and bathing suits because I try my darnedest to keep it in shape! And it is the best I can get it. But when it comes to pants, where oh where is my Back?? Baby wants Back!!
My rear appears flat and shapeless in most every Jean or trouser. I have a few pairs of trousers that work better than jeans do. But most boyfriends are a sag story from behind unless they are freshly washed.
Haha. I don't have much of a butt, however I can't say I've ever considered it a figure challenge. I think it's just in the last few years that having a round butt has been considered desirable and sought after or that is my perception anyway. I think if it is still defying gravity, you are doing well! Maybe ponte or scuba pants might be good for showcasing that.
Hey, wait a minute..! I have to disagree loudly with the statement that "it's just in the last few years that having a round butt has been considered desirable..". Maybe the open public approval has been recent but as a long time owner of one,for decades, it's been one of the most consistently complimented components of the package!
Luckily for us all, some like more, some like less, and some are too busy looking at some other part they like better!
Ah... well the grass is always greener. I have always been pleased with my lack of butt it made pants and miniskirts very easy to wear. I tend to wear lighter colors and volume on the bottom to fill things out a bit.
I used to have a nice found bottom but woke up one day in my early 60's to find it gone. I blame gravity. I understand your problem very well. Skinny jeans aren't bad but for other styles and trousers it is very very hard to find a fit.
Have you tried undergarments that are supposed to lift and shape? I find that they can help somewhat.
Pancake butt here. Always had a flat rear; at this point (I'm 56) I am resigned that I always will. And a pants girl, always. I do own one skirt... One dress too! My rearmost challenge is the excess fabric that droops half way down my thighs like deflated balloons, from where a backside should be.
Jeans are better for me than trousers. My,current favorites are Gap real straight, their faded wash. The higher percentage of cotton means no baggy butt syndrome. Jeans with poly blend seem the worst for baggy butt, even higher end and even if they're mixed with stretch. My old Paige Hidden Hills flares are OK but benefit from the miracle of the semi tuck, the asymmetrical and the high-low top. Boyfriend cardis and blazer jackets, Gentlewoman style, also disguise my derrire. 26-28" is Enough for me at 5'6" with short waist.
Ah, no jeans at work: my go-to for trousers is Theory. The friend of the vanishing rear. I do have Calves, at 15" they're like my butt slid all the way down to my lower leg. So some of the slim-leg are too tight on the calf when they fit waist/hips/thighs.
isabel, yes, I meant in popular culture, of course. There always seems to be some body type or part that is considered aspirational/fashionable and this is just the first time I can recall booty having it's time in the sun, so to speak. At an individual level there has always been much more diversity in what people find attractive than is portrayed in the media. Thank goodness for that, or I might find myself an unwilling celibate. The trick is just to find the partners who are enthusiastic about your particular arrangement of anatomy.
Another flattie here! Like sharon and Day Vies, I've never really considered it a probem. Jeans and trousers always seem easy to fit for me, and I spend most of my life in them. Having said that, I do tend to like a little coverage at the back, so perhaps I'm a rather more concerned than I thought.
i've got no butt, never had, wear pants almost exclusively. and frankly i like the butt i have. i like how pants flow over it. but other than wanting to be taller, i've always been pretty happy with the body i have.
Heh, I've never had much of a butt. I got comments from a classmate when I was in junior high letting me know that, and one of my best friends reminded me of it last year. For better or for worse, all my padding seems to be on the sides, sigh. But I've never despaired for lack of booty, really -- I'm not unhappy with my behind. I'm much more self-conscious of the hips and thighs, as you know. I've yet to see those become fashionable.
However, I do have to say that running has helped my butt more than anything. Cycling seems to help my legs (at least cellulite-wise, nothing seems to eliminate the saddlebags). But you have no issues in that area -- lucky you! The grass is always greener, isn't it?
I sometimes wonder if it looks a little weird to have significant hips but no butt, but I don't exactly loose sleep over it. I just don't worry much over my rear view unless something is really unflattering (I'm looking at you, Rag & Bone Dre jeans in that unfortunate wash) or ill-fitting.
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