I used to have a dress like this, and I absolutely loved it. It was a crepe/viscose fabric in black with a floral design. It cost me about £12 from price drop, yes I paid postage on top but it still worked out costing less than £20. It was a bit long and I'd often catch the hem and eventually it got a bit tattered so I got shot of it. I regret not attempting to take the hem up, but I'm no seamstress. Wouldn't mind another one though. If it's Kim it's probably sweaty polyester/elastin and that price is blinking ridiculous!Well l have had sundresses the same as these for years and even now would not pay £54.96 +£4.95 p&p, get real QVC!!
You can get one here on the market for under a tenner. It probably wouldn't last for wearing next summer, though because of the cheap material and construction, whereas Kim's would go on until Doomsday!Markets all over the country sell this style for under £20.
My mum used to do a lot of dressmaking, and regularly used shirring elastic. I remember it being spelled like that because it was written across the packet of it that she had. She used to pronounce it "sher -ring"(rhymes with burring or erring) so I presumed that was correct. Whenever I hear the word now, shopping channels/sewing bee etc, they always refer to it as sheering. I doesn't matter of course, but it'll always be shirring to me! Bit random I know sorry!I still have a sheering top dress in cottong, but as I'm busty and its impossible to wear a bra with this style, my ****s become as 'one' and go through a door before me !!
On a positive note, around 10-15 years ago I did own a few Kimmy maxis. They had shoe string straps and were ditzy prints, which I wore for many summers. Then the prints became manic and not to my taste, so I didn't buy anymore.
It's shirring for me too. When they say sheering, it sounds so wrong.My mum used to do a lot of dressmaking, and regularly used shirring elastic. I remember it being spelled like that because it was written across the packet of it that she had. She used to pronounce it "sher -ring"(rhymes with burring or erring) so I presumed that was correct. Whenever I hear the word now, shopping channels/sewing bee etc, they always refer to it as sheering. I doesn't matter of course, but it'll always be shirring to me! Bit random I know sorry!
Amazon clothes are much better than they used to be. They don't use Chinese sizing any more (at least on the clothing I have bought.) It's cheap and cheerful, not much lasting quality though.Vienna I hope you are recovering from your op and that the infection is under control.
Just had a Google and preshirred (yes Merry you are correct) is readily available on line. And Amazon are selling these dresses for about £30 although I’m never certain what Amazon’s clothes would be like.
I made a few of those too!Back when I was a student I would buy ready-shirred dress lengths from Bond Street Fabrics in Blackpool.
One straight seam and you had a sundress for a couple of quid (shoulder straps optional). Somewhere there'll be similar fabric available. As long as the width is enough to skim your hips and tummy it's an easy project. The shirring part is more of a skill but not impossible.
You can get tiered skirt fabric like that as well. Only one seam needed, and voilà, a skirt similar to the £90 jobs Helene Berman sells.Back when I was a student I would buy ready-shirred dress lengths from Bond Street Fabrics in Blackpool.
One straight seam and you had a sundress for a couple of quid (shoulder straps optional). Somewhere there'll be similar fabric available. As long as the width is enough to skim your hips and tummy it's an easy project. The shirring part is more of a skill but not impossible.
I don't doubt it. £90 for a cotton skirt with an elastic waistband is daylight robber imo.Helene probably makes hers the same way.
Minus the static cling that HB's creations always haveYou can get tiered skirt fabric like that as well. Only one seam needed, and voilà, a skirt similar to the £90 jobs Helene Berman sells.