I found this one at the shop on the dollar rack, and I can see why. I thought the stripes were a bit nautical (always in season it seems), so I decided to give it a try!
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| Yikes buttons! Yikes length! |
First thing to address were the non-functioning buttons. Yep, this dress doesn't even have a panel that necessitates those buttons! It's just folded over!
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| Dastardly Dilapidated Buttons! |
I took my handy dandy seam ripper and removed their souls! Or rather, I removed the buttons.
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| Buttons Be Gone! |
The top fit me well, so the next thing to tackle was the length. I chopped off a good 10 inches to bring it up to knee level (most flattering on me). I hemmed that and did a little "Finished!" jig when I noticed something unfortunate . When I removed the buttons, I had that fold on one side of the front, and there was a dart on the other side. Asymmetry can be nice sometimes, but not on the front of a black skirt, ladies and gentlemen.
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| Jig, Interrupted! :( |
To fix it, I measured the distance of each to the center of the dress and pinched and folded and darted to make it even.
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| Picture me darting around the room. That's not what I did, it's just fun to picture. |
I thought of those cool rope-looking buttons I took off the Asian-style jacket
here and thought they would make a nice addition to the ensemble.
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| Remember us?! |
Here is the final result! I added my thrifted Ralph Lauren belt to highlight the red in the stripes.
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| Naughty-cal? |
It's a bit hard to see, but I strung the rope beads on some plain silver chain and layered with a slightly chunkier chain for the whole "sea-going lots of rope and chains around" look. I wore this to hang out with some Navy people (appropriate, no?), and we were introduced to the card game
Cards Against Humanity. It was hilariously funny and resulted in a good time overall. Happy Sailing!
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| Ready for a night of hilarity! |
So cute! I'll have to send you some pics of stuff I've been working on. :)
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