Help me - I’m trapped in a Seasalt jumpsuit

Thanks OP, this is thread is the tonic I needed today. I'm so glad you're now free and your DDg has recovered too

@MrsBobDylan you've finished me off with your story of terror in the Phase 8 Changing room, I've had similar experiences myself

@Ddot my brother did that once on a school trip. Poor lad was mortified. Luckily there was spare uniform on the school bus.

I have always done my bras up at the front and then scooched them round. Cannot for the life of me do them up at the back. Am mid 40’s.

I'm glad you got out OP.

I managed to get stuck in my wedding dress a few weeks before the wedding when I was home alone. I'd been losing weight and wanted to see how I was doing, it was a corset back so I figured it would be fine to do on my own without having to fully do it up. I ended up having to wear it around the house until DD got home from school and we then had a crazy 20 minutes trying to get me out and hide the dress again before now-DH came home from work.

I once got the zip stuck on my Jeans I had to stand in bath and wee 🤬

Glad you made it out OP. I got stuck in a plastic catsuit in a fancy dress shop changing room once. I was trying it on in my lunchbreak so was in a hurry. By the time 2 (male) shop assistants had extracted me and relieved me of my dignity, I returned to the office a bright pink sweaty mess and had to pretend to my colleagues I'd spent the hour in the gym...

Oh @FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge are you out yet?! I feel your pain - I’ve had a couple of close shaves when trying clothes in in fitting rooms!! Reminds me of Jane Fonda posting photos of herself wearing a beautiful gown to some kind of ceremony and then posting a photo the following day after she’d slept in it as she didn’t have anyone to help her take it off! 😂😂

Yes, ii have been doing this for years but on Brastop site it was suggested that this was bad for the bras as it stretched them

I have been trying to do up round the back but can't with my sports bras

Just had to google the jumpsuit to make sure my mental image is spot on

LOL, I am SO sorry to laugh, but that's such a "ME" thing to do! AND I get panicky if my clothes are too snug, especially around the shoulders. I once cut myself out of a truly lovely jumpsuit with a pair of sewing shears. Didn't regret it one little bit!

For those struggling with shoulder issues and bras:

1. turn a back fastening bra back to front so the fastening is in front
2. fasten the hooks
3. turn it back around so the fastening is in the back
4. slip your arms through the straps and slip them over your shoulders.

Always put it on weak side first, and remove the weak side last - that goes for any article of clothing

I'm old enough to have worn jumpsuits back in the 70's - the Saturday night fever days.... nothing worse than trying to go to the loo in a club, with less than sanitary floors (minging and wet 🤢) trying to keep the top of the jumpsuit over one arm AND keep the bottom of the legs well clear of the floor AND go the loo after a few 🍷.

Never tempted to get another one!

There’s absolutely nothing worse than that pang of fear in a changing room when you can’t get something off!

Sports bras are my nemesis. If DH wasn’t there, several would have been shredded with the scissors

Thiis thread has put me off jumpsuits forever.

I have the same jumpsuit and can’t get out of it without assistance either. For those who say that since it buttons down the front to hear the waist, we shouldn’t have a problem, it’s made of quite stiff linen and getting the shoulders and arms out is the problem. I can only put it on if my husband will be around to assist. To be any more adventurous, it would have to be a size too big and worn with a belt!

I've only just seen this thread, I'm very glad that you don't have to spend the rest of your life in a jumpsuit.

I got trapped in an Enell front-fastening sports bra. It needed to go backwards off my shoulder to come off, like taking off a bolero jacket. It was easy enough to shrug on, but there isn't really a reverse shrug. One thing that worked was to thread a ribbon through the right shoulder, let it drape down my back and grab both ends with my left hand and pull while wriggling my right shoulder. But an easier solution was to buy a front fastening sports bra that had adjustable velcro shoulder straps that could completely undo.

It's horrible isn't it?! I would literally have to rip/cut it off myself. I had a frozen shoulder a few years back and I had massive problems. I either wore really baggy things or buttoned or zipped things for about a year.

I hadn't seen your post when I posted @expatinspain but I totally relate to everything you say!

I have claustrophobia, and I have to be very careful what clothes/sizes I try on in case I get stuck! Good luck OP!

I can't believe people are so calm. I get what I can only describe as claustrophobia when stuck in things and have a panic attack. I tend to buy stretch things or clothes with zips on. Certain dresses and tops, I won't even attempt to try on. Just reading this thread makes me feel panicky 😓

Normally I don't have any trouble fastening bras at the back. Right now I can't put the bad arm behind my back at all. Or do that shrugging movement that gets a sleeve off your shoulder.

Slightly derailing but do you struggle to fasten your bra at the back anyway. Apparently front fastening stretches the bra but I find it really hard to do up at the back

With an immobile shoulder I find myself stuck in all sorts of clothes, most jackets need careful planning in order to escape from them alone.

I had to call hotel reception on my wedding night. My beloved husband of several hours had pretty much passed out on the bed - and my dress had about 53000 TINY fabric buttons down the back. I was mortified, but the lovely reception lady told me it happens more than you'd think. Stupid clothes.

Glad you’re free OP.

I have a memory of being stuck in a yellow anorak aged about 3 when the zip got stuck. I remember standing on a chair whilst various family members tried to free me. I was convinced I’d have to wear it forever with my 3 year old logic 😂

Glad you managed it! I once got stuck in a top I’d ordered online that was clearly several sizes too small. For the life of me I couldn’t get out of it and I was getting so hot and flustered I ended up having to cut it off. However much it cost straight down the drain 😭😭