Everybody likes strapless dresses and one shoulder dresses. There is not a single garment that says “glamour” like the strapless dresses and one shoulder dresses do. After all, it’s what all the vamp ladies wear, and every Bond’s girlfriend appeared wearing one at some point. There is, however, one big danger associated with the strapless dresses and one shoulder dresses, and we are not talking about appearing overdressed or being found wearing sneakers with the dresses. No, the big danger is that the dress can just fall down. This is mostly the case with cheaper strapless dresses and one shoulder dresses, and if you are a regular visitor of online dress boutiques, you probably won’t experience this problem as much, snagging a good dress at a discount, luck you. Still, if you find yourself pulling the dress up every five minutes, you should know there’s a simple (well, relatively simple) way of reinforcing cheap strapless dresses and one should dresses to make them more reliable.

The core concept of engineering a strapless dress to hold tight is to add a structural element that will support the dress from below, namely, from your waist. You also have to add several elements that will hold the dress vertically, propping it up. If you are familiar with couture terminology, you will instantly recognize the boning (vertical support) and ribbon belt combination that is so common in older dresses. So what materials will you need for this engineering feat? Certainly not the expensive ones. So, what you’ll use in your attempts to make your strapless dress more reliable, is: 1-2 yards of boning sufficient to fit the bodice of your dress, typically fabric covered plastic boning works best; grosgrain ribbon, enough to wrap around your waist, plus 10”; and the usual sewing paraphernalia, such as fabric scissors, pins, needles, thread, and so on. Now that you’ve hypothetically gathered all the materials, on to the action.

First, you are going to want to remove the old boning, if there was any. It’s not good anyway, so why keep it there? To remove it, make small holes at the bottoms of the boning channels and push the boning out. Second, take the boning you got for this occasion, and push it into the fabric channels which the old boning used to occupy. You will need two piece of boning or more at the front and back, and it’s also a good idea to add a piece of boning on each side, too. If your dress didn’t have any boning, and subsequently no boning channels, you will not have to make new ones. If you bought fabric covered boning, you will be able to just sew it to the dress lining, and don’t forget to close the tops of each piece of boning so it doesn’t slip out or poke you. That’s it, you are done!

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