Day 214: That Little Black Dress
When I found this dress in a big bag o’ refashionables from Revente’s Last Call, it was anything but little, but it certainly was black.
The big black dress fad just never really took off…:/
This just won’t do! I decided to turn this thing into a cute little black dress for an evening of Karaoke! 🙂
As some of you know, I’m a bit of a bad movie buff. Some of you might have seen the complete and utter flop that was Shock Treatment, a sort of follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you haven’t seen it, don’t worry. You really aren’t missing out on much. 🙂 But…there is this one little song that kept running through my head as I worked on this dress. Click right here if you want to hear the catchiest (and strangest) little song about the LBD ever. 🙂
First, I went rip rip rip with my seam ripper…
Rip Rip Ripping off those sleeves!
Then I pinned and stitched those raw edges under.
I can’t wait to slip slip slip into my little black dress! 🙂
…and this is where the photos end on this one. Don’t worry. All will be explained soon enough (Mwahahahaha!). 😉
I put the newly unarmed dress on my dress form and pinned it down the sides to get it nice and fitted! I measured each side as I went along to make sure that they were Even Steven. 🙂 Then I ran each side through my machine and cut off the excess material.
The last thing I did was snip snip snip (have you listened to the song yet?) some of that length away, and gave it a brand new hem. 🙂
Now my Little Black Dress is minimal (even if it isn’t criminal or siniful) and fabu! 🙂 I pinned on my favorite brooch, tossed on a pair of heels, and headed out the door!
Let’s face it Mac…That basic black is coming back! 🙂
Hooray for Karaoke!
Cheers! 🙂
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12 Responses to Day 214: That Little Black Dress
Great job today, I like it!
That last picture of you is beautiful =)
Heels? Gasp! Didn’t you swear them off for a while?
Gasp, indeed! 😀 You’ll be happy to know that this time I managed to remain upright for the entire evening! 🙂
Loved the song, great refashion!
This is one of my favorites. The neckline was just amazing.
This is definitely my favorite! I love all your refashionables, but this is beautiful:)
Keep it up!
-m
very nice! and umm there was a sort-of-sequel to rocky horror?? whaaat? i may have to get it on netflix… even if its really bad
I can’t believe that’s the same garment! It looks super chic.
This is a stunner, so elegant!
Well I haven’t seen the movie but I definitely enjoyed the song you linked to – hilarious! And your dress turned out FABULOUS dahling – very nicely done! Ali
Hurray! Totally will dazzle every onlooker! Where did you get your mad sewing skills?
-Krystyn
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