Gaping dress

I have a dress that does this, my sewing skills are non existent... It has a couple of safety pins either side of the badly behaved button and those safety pins have survived a good 7 years of washing, where my sewing wouldn't last a week lol

I put poppers on strategic parts of my dresses, which always gape at the same spot.

There maybe a point in the dress which takes a bit of strain when you sit- usually the waist causing the buttons to fail. Smaller buttonhole and maybe a hook and eye on the inside of the waist seam if there is one to avoid pulling.

Question is, do you like the buttons?🙂. If you do, make the button holes smaller, if not, swap them?

Thank you both! I’m determined not to shove this dress away without wearing it!!

I’d change the buttons, assuming you can find slightly bigger ones that you like.* Buttonholes are a fiddle!

*BTW an online co. called Totally Buttons has a massive selection, I’ve used them more than once and delivery is v quick.

I would try making the button holes smaller, a little at both ends.