Dress alteration

About £15 to £20, at a guess. I recently had the sleeves of a raincoat shortened and it cost £30.
Personally, I would take it back unless you really like it.
Maybe have a go at it yourself.

Boz I can scarcely sew a button on!

Send it back.
Don’t you ever take up trousers? My granddaughter can do that and she is 11. Wouldn’t this be an excellent time to try?

I think alterations are very expensive. This long look is so exasperating as the dresses are on very tall models. If it is a pencil skirt dress it is easy to shorten and may be altered cheaply. If it is the current flouncy/dipped back hem style, it will be difficult and pricey. Good luck.

You can buy iron on webbing for taking up skirts and trousers. It’s very easy to use. It used to be called Wonderweb. I sew so would just take it up. Do you know any sewers who could give you a hand?

It is SO easy to take up a hem. I would look on Youtube and DIY.

I really really really would like the BBC to make us a series on altering clothing, NOT A COMPETITION THOUGH. It would be a welcome respite from all those repetitive antique/property shows in the middle of the day. Dream ? on…

?? That’s a very good idea Granmarder10.

Wonderweb is wonderful. I do a lot of sewing and would happily take up almost anything at the hem. It's when something that needs lifting at the shoulders that real skill comes in.