Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
You’ve seen the extraordinary buttons for Shell’s dress already, but I haven’t really told you about how it fastens. It closes with a zip under the false buttons. Yes, that’s right, I caved and did the ultimate wedding dress cliche. It’s a cliche for a reason though: buttons by themselves would have a hard time holding such a fitted strapless bodice, and would be a pain to fasten, so the zip is necessary, but brides love that buttons up the back look. Since it isn’t a historical technique, a zip under buttons is not something I have ever had occasion to do before. It also isn’t something that you can currently find any instructions or guides on how to do on the internet. So I did a few trial runs, and guessed, and went for it. It came out very well: when the dress is on and the buttons are fastened its almost impossible to tell there is a zip under them. This was very important to Shell. Initially she was almost as anti zip-under-buttons …
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Fashions-from-The-Delineator-1911-347x500.jpg)
Terminology: What is marquisette? - The Dreamstress
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://itsallfrosting.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/ursula-damage-control.jpg)
wedding It's All Frosting
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_23121-375x500.jpg)
Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Shellthedreamstress.com6_.jpg)
Shell6 - The Dreamstress
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SZD8tB6YqXo/U_95P2ZXRyI/AAAAAAAADNA/ZRBUk5_4ixw/s1600/Dior%2BSilvia%2BDress%2BMain.jpg)
Diary of a Chain Stitcher
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_21821-500x375.jpg)
Portfolio: Shell's Wedding Dress - The Dreamstress
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Elephants-Kangaroos-thedreamstress.com9_.jpg)
Kangaroos & Elephants Oh My! - (almost) first me-made dress - The Dreamstress
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hollander-L.P.-Date-Made-1916-1917-USA-Evening-Gown-Of-Cream-Silk-Satin-and-Orange-Silk-Taffeta-pearl-beads-chenille-yarn-GMD-1982.016.015-back.jpg)
The Dreamstress - Page 115 of 722 - sewing, history, and style
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dress-sold-February-10th-2021-Bellows-Falls-Vermont-05101-Renaissance-inspired-Figured-barege-trimmed-in-purple-silk-velvet-ribbon-1866-1867-Augusta-Auctions.jpg)
The Dreamstress - sewing, history, and style
![Shell's dress: a zip and buttons - The Dreamstress](https://tanitisis.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_3865.jpg)
Tanit-Isis, Tanit-Isis Sews
from
per adult (price varies by group size)