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Question: How long would it take to add long sleeves to a strapless/spaghetti strapped dress?

My senior prom is on April 16th and I am looking for a gown now, and it is as difficult finding a decent or really nice looking dress with sleeves now as it was last year, maybe even more so now seeing as i don't want the same kind of dress i wore last time. Last year i wore a short sleeved black dress and it was really nice. But now i want more sophistication, I was thinking of a more wrist length sleeve (that of course is form fitting to my arms) and the dress be of a more breathable fabric, maybe a jersey dress fabric or silk, not really sure on that. I was even thinking of a kimono sleeved dress but I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for, so i thought i'd buy a strapless dress that had what i wanted but just have a tailor/seamstress add long sleeves to it. Exactly how long would that take if I find the dress now or maybe next month? And if you know of any sites or specific dresses that have even a little of what i'm looking for i'd be grateful. Thanks! .

Answer: You can't add sleeves to strapless and have anything that works well. You can make a jacket or shrug to go over, or you can look for a different dress style.

Most dressmakers and alterationists are pretty well booked up months in advance before a prom, but you can always try.

You might try some of the "modest" dress sites to find dresses with sleeves e.g.: http://www.latterdaybride.com or http://www.modestprom.com/buyagown/websites.htm

Or consider long gloves: http://www.greatglovesonline.com/c=nCWbz6QXF1oXXIidS2HBKs4F3/category/z.gloves.10/ http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A1036592%2Ck%3Aopera%20gloves&page=1 etc

Question: where can i buy a kimono online?

this kimono isn't a regular one. the type i'm looking for has very long sleeves and a long body. it's a combination of a Hikizuri's length and a furisode's sleeve length. silk catches on things and tears but if it's all that's available then i'll take it. can anyone help please?

Answer: Kimono with furisode sleeves and hikizuri length are usually just called hikizuri, or sometimes you'll see wedding kimono called hikifurisode.

Anyway, check Yamatoku, Ichiroya, Kimono Lily, and Ryu Japan. If you can't find what you want there, search for hikizuri on eBay. You might also consider looking on Bokunan-do, but their items are brand-new and usually quite expensive. If even that fails, just look for a super-long regular furisode, or one that you wouldn't mind taking apart and altering to make it longer. Many "hikizuri" are actually furisode that were taken apart at the waist seam and then sewn back together with extra fabric between the top and bottom parts. The obi hides the extra fabric, so nobody but you knows what you're really wearing.