Dress Hemming

I'm 5'4 and wearing 3 inch heels and i was told my dress wouldn't need hemming at all, so I don't know?

If you have a scalloped lace hem, they will remove the lace, hem it, then reapply the lace. It's called "hem lace" and is usually slightly different than the rest of the lace on the dress. That's what they did for mine.

ETA: This was my dress, they removed the hem lace (slightly scalloped), hemmed it to length, then re-applied the hem lace and you couldn't tell it was ever removed.

hem lace

Second what Cows said. My dress will be getting hemmed and they told me they'll remove all the edging, shorten it and then stitch the edging back on to the dress.

My dress is being hemmed, but i am only 5'3" so there is a TON of dress being cut off. However, i wont be losing any of the details on the dress.

You won't lose any detail. Usually what they do is take off the lace, hem the underlayers, then reattach the lace at the new appropriate place. I wore 3.75" heels but still had to have my dress hemmed a couple inches, and the scalloped lace looked exactly as it did before they hemmed it.

I just took my dress to the seamstress and I thought I would lose the details and scalloped lac on the bottom but my seamstress says I won't.

I'm 5'9" barefoot, and only didn't need a hem because I put a crinoline under my dress to poof it out. I would have needed a tiny hem otherwise.

Daughter is 5'11", and with a smaller slip (not the poofiest one they have) under a Rebecca Ingram A-line ballgown, she needs no hemming -- the dress is the perfect length with flats. (FH is only 1" taller than she is so she was thrilled with the flat shoes and no hem option.)

I ordered these shoes. They're jelly shoes which is kinda fun. I'll try not to worry about it until the dress comes in. He's 7inches taller than me, so I have room to work with on shoes I think.

Another potential alteration which will result in a "shorter" dress is if you need the shoulders pulled up at all... My dress is too long in length but the bodice is too long too... because I have a freakishly short torso. I will likely need a hem but it will be less of a hem after they pull up the shoulders because getting the top of the dress where it needs to be will lift everything up... make sense? You're taller than me, so if you need the top / shoulders adjusted that may limit the hemming needed too.

But as PP's have said - seamstresses are magicians... they will keep your detail so make sure you get shoes you like and are comfortable in... they will make it work.