There is nothing more annoying than your dress riding up while you walk. It does not only make you feel uncomfortable but makes you look disorganized and not at all put together. No one wants to spend the whole day out tugging down their dress, but what is there to do? Stop wearing short dresses?
You cannot stop wearing what you like all because of a little inconvenience. Instead, it would help if you looked for ways to remedy the issue and for you, the lucky reader, there are a few hacks you could try, but first off, let us discuss the reason why your dress rides up.
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Why do dresses rise at all?
There are three major reasons why this happens;
1. Friction: When you walk around, the friction between your skin and the fabric dislodges your dress from its position. Therefore, your dress rides up.
2. The nature of the fabric: slippery materials like silk, satin and their counterparts cling to the skin, so when your skin moves, the fabric being your dress moves along with you.
3. The fitting of your dress: Is the dress your perfect size? Is it too big or too tight? This can cause your dress to hike up on you as well.
These are the three major reasons why your dress may ride up, but there are a couple of remedies you could try to stop this.
How to stop your dress from riding up
1. Wear shapewear: Wearing shapewear underneath your dress cancels out the friction or slip between your skin and your dress. However, you cannot just wear any shapewear. The shapewear must be long enough, at least from your lower back to your upper thighs. It is a simple solution, and it is not conspicuous either.
2. Use a safety pin for added protection: You could use a safety pin to hold down the dress by pinning both your shapewear and the dress down from the inside. According to the youtuber who tried it on the link below, it is a tested and trusted method.
3. Add a touch of hairspray: Yes, it may sound weird, but with a small quantity of hairspray on your upper legs or thighs, the friction between your dress and skin decreases. Even gymnasts use this little weird trick.
4. Accessorize with a waist belt: This may not work all the time, but the hope is to have your waist belt hold down the dress. Try it out a day before your event. If it does not work, you can always try another method.
5. Use double-sided tape: Put this inside of your dress, just on your hemline and press it firmly to your skin. This should stop your dress from riding up.
6. Make sure the dress is your perfect fit: This solves a lot of issues. If the fabric is not slippery, then it should hold just fine.
Any one of these suggestions should stop your dress from rising entirely.
With the recommendations in this article, your dress will assuredly stay in place at your next outing.
