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Day 330: Dark & Stormy Jeans

Day 331: Herbie Tunic
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Today’s refash comes from my own closet! 🙂  I have owned this pair of jeans for 12 years.

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Herm.

I never wear these.  The fit is great, but I just hate the extremely dated wash (from back when that sort of dingy look was “in”).  :/

I don’t know why it never occurred to me that all I needed to do to turn these jeans of last resort into my new faves was a bit of dye!  🙂

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Double Trouble! 🙂

You can see I’m using a dark blue mixed with a bit of black.  I really want to get these as dark as I possibly can!

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I’m dyeing a couple of other things in there as well! 🙂

I left the jeans in their dye bath for about an hour.  A thorough rinse and dry followed.

Check ’em out now!  🙂

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Stylin’ with a LBD! 🙂

And just in case some of you wonder if I’m hiding anything under my little black dress…

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See? The dye job went flawlessly! 🙂

I felt quite cool in my newly darkened jeans, and even struck a hipster pose!  😉

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Dripping with Hipness! 🙂

I wore my new jeans for a fun happy hour at Hunter Gatherer with some fabulous people!  🙂

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Hiya! 🙂
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Indulging in one of my fave vices! 😉
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Cute Couple (and I dig his shorts)! 🙂
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GroupFoto!
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Pale Ale + Cigars = A Happy Jillian! 🙂

Cheers!  🙂

Day 331: Herbie Tunic
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