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Style · March 27, 2019

Customizing the Perfect Dress with Eshakti

Eshakti gifted me this dress in exchange for my review of the product. All thoughts, opinions and ideas are mine.

Eshakti makes some truly beautiful dresses. I purchased my first dress a few years ago and it was perfect. Fun patterns, cute shapes and their dresses always make me feel like a lady.

Eshakti specializes in fit and feel. Their dresses are fully customizable and they offer sixes ranging from 0 – 36. Following their fitting guidelines your dress will fit your shape perfectly from waist to hem. Each dress us fully customizable giving you the ability to change the neckline, sleeves and hem. Want pockets? No problem! These dresses are truly all you!

Even though I have ordered from Eshakti in the past I have never used their alteration and customization services. I have ordered and enjoyed the dresses as they were but when they came to me and asked me to do this post I decided to change the dress up a bit.

Choosing My Dress

I had a hard time choosing a dress. There is no end to the options on the Eshakti website. I narrowed it down to four dresses and then put them on Instagram to have my followers choose. This is the one they picked.

Customizing My Dress

Based off of my measurements I was going to order the 1X / 16W but the fabric is dupioni silk so I sized up to the 18W. Silk has almost no give in the fabric so I wanted it to be fitted but not too tight. It was perfect.

I raised the neckline, narrowed the straps and dropped the hem to a midi length. The dress already had pockets which I think added to the overall fun look.

Getting the Perfect Fit

A few suggestions if this is the first time you are ordering from Eshakti. I usually order from the Standard Sizing. Sizes run from XS – 6X and are followed by numerical sizing options. Check all of the measurements below to ensure you have the right size for you. If you aren’t falling into one of the standard sizes scroll below and use the custom sizing.

No matter what sizing option you use make sure that you include your height so the hem will be accurate on your body.

The final customization process is neckline, sleeves and hem. Not all options are available on each dress so keep that in mind when shopping.

Would I Customize Again?

Absolutely! I loved that I was able to make this dress truly mine! Each option I used allowed me to highlight my best features and I am excited to try out this option again.

XO,

Tippy

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Football season is done. I never even got to wear Football season is done. I never even got to wear one of my fall football outfits so just wait for basketball season. 

I’ve gotten used to this blue and green but next year we move to red and black. What do you do when your kids school colors aren’t in your color palette???
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Last year I lost a friend to breast cancer. In 20 Last year I lost a friend to breast cancer.

In 2026 it is easy to feel like breast cancer is a beatable disease. And a lot of the time it is. But we have to be careful not to let that thinking make us forget that people are still dying from it. This past year our friend group has felt her absence in ways that are hard to put into words.

I am a busy person, and I do not always prioritize my health the way I should but this summer I booked my mammogram and I made sure not to reschedule it.

It is never a fun experience. But St. Tammany Women’s Pavilion does a beautiful job; the atmosphere is calm, the robes are warm, and they make something uncomfortable feel a little more manageable.

If you take one thing from this post let it be this.  Get checked. Make early detection a priority. If your provider is recommending a preventative screening, then get it done. Your health is your wealth. Not just because you want to live a long life but because you want the quality of that life to be worth living. Early detection saves lives.

Book the appointment.
Every time I bring up hashtags someone tells me th Every time I bring up hashtags someone tells me they do not work anymore.

Here is my take. Hashtags are still live on Instagram and they are still one of the main ways people search through the platform. Until Instagram tells us they are done I am going to keep using them, intentionally.

What has changed is how you should be using them.

Instagram has officially capped hashtags at 5 per post. Instagram made this change deliberately because stuffing 20 to 30 generic tags into every post was not serving anyone. Hashtags are no longer a reach tool. They are a clarity tool that helps the algorithm understand what your content is about.

5 intentional hashtags beat 30 random ones every single time.

Here is how to pick yours:

-Think about your niche, your audience, and your location
-Think about what someone would actually search — not what you would call your post
-A clown costume post might use #halloweencostume or #cosplay instead of #clowncostume because that is what someone searching for inspiration is actually typing

One more thing most people are missing. Instagram is leaning heavily into SEO and keyword search now. The words in your caption are doing work that hashtags used to do. Write descriptively and use natural language your audience would actually search. The algorithm is reading your words so give it something to work with.

Save this before you write your next post.
More digital strategy every Tuesday — follow along so you do not miss it.
As I’m planning out this years Halloween photo sho As I’m planning out this years Halloween photo shoot I had to circle back to this gem. I think this year will top it. I think 🤔 #halloween #costume #crystalball #cosplay #spookyseason👻
@tiffanitrancalix throws the best parties… #90snig @tiffanitrancalix throws the best parties… #90snight #justagirl
We’ve never met a theme we didn’t like. #october # We’ve never met a theme we didn’t like. #october #costumeseason #90snight
@blaumshavemorefun sent me this reel from @_memoir @blaumshavemorefun sent me this reel from @_memoirsofatraveler and I have never found a better description of my life. Every night out dancing ends with a PT appointment with @therapeuticbydesignpt the next week.  These knees are not 22 anymore.
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This is part one of two. Today we are talking about gift guides for creators. Next Tuesday we are talking about gift guides for retail businesses and small business owners. Save both.

Here is what a well built gift guide actually does for you as a creator:

	•	Drives affiliate revenue through platforms like LTK, ShopMy, Amazon Associates, Collective Voice, Mavely, and Howl
	•	Lives on your blog with its own URL so you own it and it keeps working long after the holidays
	•	Gives you content to distribute across every platform including two Pinterest pins per guide — one to your LTK post and one to your blog
	•	Opens the door to add gift guides as a bonus deliverable in brand collab pitches — and yes, services count too

Start by planning your categories. Gifts for her. Gifts under $50. Stocking stuffers. The more specific the guide the more useful it is — and useful content gets saved and shared.

The creators who win the holiday season start building now.

Save this and start planning your first guide this week.
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