Pop off dress

[Kaliope Sin-cade]

I'm looking to make a strapless dress that I can pop off with no hands. I want to be able to dance in it and pop it off with a wiggle or body undulation. Any suggestions on what to use.......velcro, snaps,.....?

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

Very small pieces of Velcro, very very small. That way it won't take a lot of pressure to get it to pop.

[Tommy G]

Sounds like a dangerous idea..

I would agree with velcro. Maybe a 1/4" or 3/8" strip. I would suggest one vertical line. You could hide it in a seam, so its not obvious. Not sure you could make one that would pop off with a certain wiggle, though. I would think it would fall off with just about any movement then.

If you put the seam on the front or the back, you could then put your elbows to your body and push forward or back, and voila, off it comes!

You can tweak velcro with a razor of something, to reduce its gripiness if you need to.

Sounds like a neat project, let me know how it goes.

[Honey B Hooligan {Madam}]

This is really difficult to do without it coming off WHENEVER you move. as a Seamstress, I would tell you to use a light strength velcro in a seam of the dress, you'll have to bend or really push your hips out to get it to "pop" off. But it should work. try out a few different things, experiment to see what works with the move you'd like to do to make it pop off.

Good luck! and I'd love to see how it goes!

[PinkPurr.com]

Snaps, definitely snaps! The tiny ones you sew on, not the industrial ones that are applied with a machine. There are some that are made of clear plastic too. You could sew buttons on top and create the illusion of buttons... say down the back of the dress. Velcro won't have the dramatic "pop" like the classic snaps do - you could even have someone slip a few loose buttons down the back of your dress so when you're ready to "pop", a few go flying, making it look like you really popped your buttons! If you get the metal ones, get the tiniest ones you can, they are more delicate and you can actually adjust their strength with a pair of pliers. Your "pop-off" dance move should determine what seam you place them at (side, back or front seam). Another-words, if you swing out your hip in a dramatic manner to the right in your final move, then logically that is where the tension would be and where you would therefor place your snaps! Hope that helps! Let me know if you need any more advice! Always glad to help at [e-mail]

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and

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I also do tons of custom work... so if you need any sort of dress that needs to be "popped off" in a jiff... feel free to drop me a line with what you have in mind!

Cheers!
Kat

[Edson Carlos]

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PinkPurr.com said:

Snaps, definitely snaps! The tiny ones you sew on, not the industrial ones that are applied with a machine. There are some that are made of clear plastic too. You could sew buttons on top and create the illusion of buttons... say down the back of the dress. Velcro won't have the dramatic "pop" like the classic snaps do - you could even have someone slip a few loose buttons down the back of your dress so when you're ready to "pop", a few go flying, making it look like you really popped your buttons! If you get the metal ones, get the tiniest ones you can, they are more delicate and you can actually adjust their strength with a pair of pliers. Your "pop-off" dance move should determine what seam you place them at (side, back or front seam). Another-words, if you swing out your hip in a dramatic manner to the right in your final move, then logically that is where the tension would be and where you would therefor place your snaps! Hope that helps! Let me know if you need any more advice! Always glad to help at [e-mail]

Please come check out my dresses at http://stores.ebay.com/PinkPurr-Studio?_rdc=1

and

http://www.pinkpurr.com/Welcome.html

and

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pinkpurr

I also do tons of custom work... so if you need any sort of dress that needs to be "popped off" in a jiff... feel free to drop me a line with what you have in mind!

Cheers!
Kat

[Laura Perryman]

I think the small pieces of velcro and maybe a piece of clear fishing line attached to a ring would help create the effect well or maybe someone on the side of the stage pulling it. That way you could ensure that it pops off when you want it to.