Customizing The Waistband
We default create our skirts with a 2.5"-2.75" Waistband, but we've had amazing response to our 1" tall waistbands and we'd be happy to make your skirt with either height! Let us know at checkout and if you don't say which, we will default use the taller waistband! We can also create a waistband with no elastic in it if you'd prefer, though we haven't tested such fit. Either change is complimentary for our Atelier line.
Customizing Lengths
One great reason to get a custom made piece is we can hem your skirt shorter for no additional cost. Just let us know how many inches you want removed from the length of the skirt in the notes at checkout.
If you want length added to this piece we would charge an extra fee for that as it takes adjusting our cutting pattern and uses more fabric. You'd need to add this additional add-on listing to your purchase so we can make that change happen!
Fabric Selection
Swipe to see all our in house prints that we can offer you! Include the note at checkout of which print you would like.
If you'd like to explore other prints, we get nearly all our fabrics from Shavali Fabrics in Downtown Los Angeles. Their site includes over 100 solid spandex colors and hundreds of prints to pick from. If you'd like to include a note at checkout for one of their solids or prints just let us know 'Shavali *insert solid color here*' and we will coordinate with them to get your color cut for us! Check their available colors here!
And if you'd like to select from their prints available here you can include the name of their print at checkout as 'Shavali *name of print*' and we will get it made for you! No need to buy fabric from them and send to us, we handle everything!
We also can offer any of our prints on stretch velvet. And if you'd want a burnout velvet (which we consider a printed velvet for the purposes of selecting our options) from Shavali select from their burnout velvets available here .
We also offer Solid Stretch Velvets.
Please note every print and dye lot can be slightly different so we can not guarantee that every piece will match other items of ours that you may own.
If we are not able to create what you desire we only offer store credit.
We do not refund to card/paypal/etc
Depending on the style you can go down or up based on your own personal preference for fit and look. Different body shapes may also fit better in a different size. Our pieces tend to have very nice stretch.
If you're unsure of what to size off of, the chest for tops/dresses tends to be the most important measurement to check as our pieces have such a good stretch that even if you're more rectangular shaped with a waist nearly matching your bust, the waist of the garment will very likely stretch to fit!
Also the larger a garment gets the more it can stretch as it has even more spandex in it! So smaller sizes can stretch 3-5" while larger sizes can stretch 5-10".
Are you Petite? You likely will want to size down in spandex dresses and tops as they're so stretchy. So if our models with similar measurements to you but tall are wearing a given size you may prefer to go down one size in spandex. Knitwear cardigans and tops may be similar but if something says it has less stretch than our usual knits we wouldn't recommend sizing down. And of course additional hemming may be necessary for things with skirts.
Are you Tall? We don't recommend sizing down as the garments will be shorter on you. We wouldn't recommend sizing up as the shoulders and body may be too large for you. We recommend ordering the size comparable models are wearing.
When we have combined sized styles it means you should still buy the size intended for your measurements. However combined sizes tend to be oversized so you can go down if you'd like a less oversized fit. (It's best to only go down if you are the smaller of the two combined sizes, if you're the second size in a combo size you may hate the tighter fit)
Care: Nearly everything we make is recommended to be hand washed on cold water and dried flat.
For BEST care: Dry Clean if you have a cleaners you like and trust.
We personally throw almost everything in the wash (often with color catcher sheets) inside out on cold; then we drape over our chairs or on a drying rack to let it all dry. This is the best way to care for most RTW Apparel.
Stretch Vinyl: Spot cleaned and sprayed with vodka if you don't want to dry clean yet (Vinyl doesn't do well around ANY kind of heat)
Spandex/Ponte de Roma: Cold Wash, hang or dry flat (hanging to dry can cause it to stretch out). We also recommend color catching sheets when washing Spandex or Ponte as color in the fabric can be shed over many washes.
Velvet: We've turned our velvet pieces inside out and washed them in delicate wash on cold and in garment bags, then laid the piece across our bed to dry. Velvet hates heat so never put in the dryer. We've been fine steaming velvet with a hand steamer. Best care is to dry clean.
Check the listing below as we can customize the pattern before cutting to add length to any part of your piece!
Add this listing into any Atelier Purchase if you want us to adjust our pattern to add length to a piece. And let us know in the checkout notes or with an email of what you'd like to have added and how much you want added!
Here's the catch: We limit this to 5" in length in any given adjustment. This price is for our digital pattern adjustment. Once we make an adjustment to a given style we can save that pattern as your custom piece and won't have to pay this exact fee again. We would just have a minor fee on future orders for the additional fabric on skirt pieces.
We also can't guarantee that adding length won't affect fit on crops, any adjustment around the waist area will change the fit of a piece, and we won't test any fit changes on Atelier pieces.
If you'd like us to add length to the body of a dress or pinafore this add-on would also allow for that change.
Or feel free to use our Atelier Custom Form Request if you want more help before grabbing a custom made piece! We are always happy to help!