Supplies: donated dress
Made this for my good friend's wedding this weekend. I wanted something lovely, fun, colorful, and twirly...I think this fits just that.
Before: This dress had lovely lace but the silhouette was outdated and frumpy. I shortened the skirt and turned the back into the front, took in the seams, and shortened the sleeves.
I added this belt I made to highlight my waistline...The belt was a sequined appliqué from an old dress and I just added ribbon to the ends to tie in the back.
Wow! You did a wonderful job. The shape of the dress is much more flattering. That color is lovely as well. Fantastic. :)
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Oh, it's really lovely! Like a fairy! And definitely more flattering than the original one. Love it!
ReplyDeleteOh, how pretty! Fantastic job!
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You're great!!! :D Love ittt!!xx
ReplyDeleteThat is an amazing dress makeover. I'm particularly fond of the belt.
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Love, love, love it! Awesome refashion. I think I need to go trawl through my local thrift shops now...
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DeleteBeautiful! I think you could do a post on the belt by itself, so cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jess, I would love to...I'd have to make sure the supplies would be available though...I made the belt from appliques from an old dress.
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ReplyDeleteLove it! It looks absolutely gorgeous on!
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ReplyDeleteAmazing!
ReplyDeletei love it!! i'm so glad that I found your blog :)
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Love the blue dress! Why hasn't Hollywood called yet? I can only live vicariously.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I think what you're doing here is a whole new level of thrifting. I really love the DIYs, I wanted to ask you if you had any more ideas about doing more of the jeweled dress upcycles. I find loads of those around my area, but I don't know what to do with them. I'd really appreciate a couple ideas.
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