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Walking Down Stairs in Dress

plainjane0415plainjane0415 member
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This is probably a really stupid question, but I will have to walk down 3 steps during my bridal march.  My dad and I will be walking down a long bridge type thing, and then down these three steps that will lead to the ceremony arch.

My question is, should I have my dress hemmed just a tad shorter than normal so that I won't have to worry about lifting it up as I go down the stairs, or is there a certain way I can walk down the stairs to not trip on my dress. 

I go back to my seamstress on March 28th just to have her check the hem.  So, I feel like if I need it a tad shorter, I can tell her at that time to adjust, I'm just not sure if it will even be needed.

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Re: Walking Down Stairs in Dress

  • Maggie0829Maggie0829 member
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    I think I would be more worried if I had to walk up the stairs.  At least when you walk down the stairs, when your foot hovers over the space above the lower stair, the fabric of your dress is floating too and it will be hard to step on the dress.  Unlike when you walk up the stairs and you lift your foot but your dress doesn't lift with it.  I hope that made sense.

    Would it be possible to try walking down some stairs at your fitting?  This way you will have an idea of what it will be like and you will see if your hem needs to be a bit shorter.

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  • plainjane0415plainjane0415 member
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    I didn't even think about walking up them, but it's a good thing I won't have to.  That would probably be a disaster.

    I will ask and see if there are any steps I could practice on the next time I go.  The seamstress I'm going to has a studio in her home, so she would probably let me practice there if she has steps... I'm not sure if she does.

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  • emster86emster86 member
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    I have to walk down about 15 stairs. Didn't even think of this. I guess I just figured if I had to I would use one hand to kind of hold the side of the dress up some. 

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  • southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    I would just get it hemmed as normal. It's only 3 stairs and you have your dad's arm to hang onto. I'm with Maggie that I'd be more worried about walking up the stairs than down. 

    I went to a wedding a few years ago that was outdoors in an sunken amphitheater. The stairs weren't evenly spaced and made of giant rocks and dirt. The bride managed in her super tight trumpet style dress and heels. Her dad was really stable on the way in and her DH was really stable on the way out. I will forever commend her for not falling on her face - no way I could have done it.
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  • plainjane0415plainjane0415 member
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    Thanks ladies!  You have once again eased my mind. :)
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  • labrolabro member
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    You'll be fine! I had to manage some stairs at the venue in my dress and going up was much  more challenging than going down. You may need to lift your dress slightly with your hand (if at all) but it isn't going to look odd or weird or anything, plus you'll have your dad's arm supporting you!



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  • mrscomposermrscomposer member
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    Just think about Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars.  Apparently she told herself to think 'kick...walk...kick...walk..." but then it switched to 'cake...walk...cake...walk...' and she got distracted about cake and forgot why she was supposed to think that.

    You can 'kick walk' your way down stairs.  Up is more tricky.  I stepped on my dress going up the stairs to the sanctuary stage and just about biffed it.

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  • plainjane0415plainjane0415 member
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    Cake is distracting... I can so see why her mind wandered! lol

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  • Dreamergirl8812Dreamergirl8812 member
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    I had to step off a little boat onto a dock and then walk up a small, cement path. I told my seamstress ahead of time and I think she took like 1/2" off the front. I just practiced a little during my fittings and everything was fine.

    The only things I remember from that walk was my FBIL (14 y/o with down sydrom) seeing me in my dress and then holding his hand over his heart, and doing everything I could not to look at  DH, because I was afraid I would cry. Just clung to my dad and walked as best I could.

    I wore flats, too. I think that was crucial.



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  • artbyallieartbyallie mod
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    Downstairs isn't a problem because there's no way for the dress to get underfoot when you're stepping down lower. It's going up that's the problem. And I know from experience: I had to go up a few steps with H at our ceremony after Dad walked me down the aisle. And with one arm in H's and the other hand holding my bouquet I had no way to grab my dress and proceeded to almost fall up said steps. So graceful.
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  • phiraphira member
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    You'll be okay; have your dress hemmed normally. You might need to go a little slowly and lift your skirt up with one hand, but it's really not very thought-intensive while you're doing it.
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