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Stretched Out of Shape!

Disaster can strike at any time, as with this dress, but alterations expert Judith, aka Genie, grants the wish of her client and fixes the problem! What was the problem, how did it happen and how did Judith fix it? Read on …

Client: Lent dress to friend

Friend: Thinks she doing the right thing after borrowing her friends dress and takes it to the dry cleaner.

Dry cleaner: Hangs the dress on a hanger and stretches the shoulders and neckline completely out of shape. Disaster strikes!

Client: Unaware of disaster until client goes to wear the dress. This is what the dress looked like when client tried it on.

See photo 1.

Altering a machine-knitted dress is almost the same as

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