This dress was for a very special occasion!  I was invited to show a ball gown I made for the 2010 Columbia Design League’s Runaway Runway recycled fashion show at the Columbia Museum of Art!  My dress was going to be displayed with the works of an “elite group of top designers” (their words, not mine).  🙂  Obviously, I was going to have to fix this maroon number up a bit before it would be reception-worthy!  First, I took care of the extremities. I was going to remove that neck-tie thingy next, but something stopped me.  If I removed it, I’d be taking away the one really unique thing about this…