experience with train removal

catherine21083

Does anyone have an y experience with removing a chapel train? I am seriously considering a dress with a chapel train after considering one without, and since I am getting married in Las Vegas and would prefer to not drag it all over the place and the style wouldn't look right with a bussel, I want to look into having it removed. Can this be done? Was it pricey? Is it something someone with tremendous experience should do? This is a big factor on choosing which one any help would be appreciated! Thank you!!

QueerFemme

It can be done. Cost will depend on the details on the dress. Keep in mind, removing the train can also change the structure of the dress. They often won't hang the same way, so make sure you are realistic about how much it will change the overall look.

CMGragain

Only a good seamstress can answer your question.  It all depends on how the dress is made.  If there is lace, this will be expensive.

Dignity100

When I was looking at dresses, I asked about train removal and talked to a seamstress about it - she actually recommended a permanent bustle.

Maggie0829

@ShesSoCold removed the train on her dress for her wedding and she was very happy with the outcome and it looked great.  She may be able to offer some advice/opinion on this since she has done it.

What kind of dress do you have?  Have you considered just getting your dress permanently bustled instead of chopping off the train?  Doing so may not be as expensive as removing it all together.

theexactlee

Every single dress I tried on had a train and I always asked about having it removed. Each time the store brought out their seamstress who said it would be no problem and usually it would cost $150-250 extra. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Also, I was not interested in a permanent bustle, I wanted that train gone.

ShesSoCold

Thanks @maggie0829! 

Yes, I did remove my train. As PPs said, it all depends on the dress to begin with and absolutely use a good seamstress. My seamstress caps all alterations at like $250 so I'm not sure how much just the train removal would have been.

My dress was a lacy tight-ish a-line/almost barely mermaid kind of shape and removing the train did change the way the fabric on the back fell. Not necessarily in a bad way, just different. If I remember, I can post before and after pictures when I get home from work. 

What style/shape is the dress you're considering?

msuprincess04

My dress had dramatic side draping that extended through the train, and when I asked about removing the train, I was told it would significantly alter the back of the dress and the way the draping worked. So, I ended up not doing it.  I'd check with a seamstress

dbacksgirl

Our wedding will be in Vegas and I wanted no part of a long train.  The seamstress cut it off and sewed down the pleats at the top, near my waist so they lay flat.  It looks amazing and she charged me $150 for cutting, hemming, tacking the pleats and moving and reattaching the appliques.

catherine21083

I am looking at one that is tulle on the bottom but it does have some sweeping but it looks to stop as the train begins. I am going to have to talk to the stores seamstress I guess...this is what I'm leaning towards.....
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Strapless-Ruched-Beaded-Ball-Gown-with-Draping-V3448

ShesSoCold

Well the styles are very different, but before/after pics of mine might help you see how different the back may look. Sorry for the after but that's the best one I could find that showed how the back hung.

I'm no seamstress, but I'd think cutting the train off with really change the shape of that dress. It won't be as full and will kind of fall flat. Maybe someone else can describe it better...

cowgirl8238

Looking at that dress I don't see how the shape would work out without the train.  I know they sell those puffy slips to help keep the dress puffed out.  As the PPs covered, your best asking a seamstress.

As a side note my gown is taffeta and has pick-ups with a bubble hem.  I hated the "train" they put on it.  My seamstress was able to give me an under bustle (not the traditional "all the fabic in a ball off your ass" bustle) and it looks fantastic.  I had it permantly bustled for the wedding day!  (The train looked so weird I almost didn't buy the dress at all, but once she bustled it I was IN LOVE!!!!)