While most of my co-workers thought they needed to buy something specific and/or worried about what to wear. I felt lucky that I had thrifted a 1960's Hawaiian Maxi dress last year.
Unfortunately, the dress was extremely overwhelming with print and the location of the elastic fit me in an awkward location.
Here's a brief illustration of how the dress looked like before.
(obviously not the right colors or anything, but you get the idea.)
So here's what I did to fix it. I removed the elastic. I then cut the skirt portion off and cut off enough fabric so it would reach knee length. I cut from the middle, so I just gathered what I cut off. That way I wouldn't have to re-hem the dress by hand.
I wish I could find actual before pictures, but it seems I deleted them long ago :(
So my 1960's dress went from an unflattering maxi dress to a more 1950's style dress!
Front:
Back:
Details:
Flower Clip - Charming Charlie $1
1960's Hawaiian Dress via thrifted - $2
1960's crinoline via thrifted - $3
Seychelles sandals via Nordstrom Rack - $45
Total Outfit Cost: $51
-A.
Oh wow! Well done, girl! I've got some ideas about models with embroidery staff, but I can't sew so I can only admire your creativity put into live :)
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Lu,
http://www.balgarka.co.uk
This looks amazing! I think you would look great in some of our vintage dresses :)
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Vintage Clothing UK
What a super cute dress, it looks so great on you! I especially like the neckline ♥
ReplyDeletethank you! (:
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