Japanese Butterfly Garden Top
Today’s top reminded me of one of my wardrobe staples from when I was in high school. I used to love love LOVE funky polyester butterfly-collar shirts. Like crazy. I had a closet full of ’em and I wore one pretty much every single flippin’ day. I would throw one over a tank top, don a pair of Jncos (anybody else remember those???), spike my hair, and head out the door. Oh yeah. I was stylin’, y’all. 😉 Anywho…high school…
Day 364: All Tied Up Top
Today’s piece isn’t exactly fashion-forward, but it has sparkles to spare! Alright. The only thing I like about this top is the subtle glittery print. Time for some serious choppage! You can see how I’ve laid out one of my best-fitting tanks as a template for the shape of my future top. Are you wondering why I’ve left so much room on the sides? 🙂 I cut a bunch of 1″ish strips down each side, then tied them together! This…
Day 362: Mairi Shrug
Today’s piece comes from a land down under! And yes – You’d better run. You’d better take cover! 🙂 You haven’t even seen the best part yet! I pretty much died laughing when I opened Mairi’s package. She certainly gave me quite a challenge! 🙂 Alright…as I’m not into Victorian Cosplay, these unmentionables were going to require a complete overhaul! First, I reached into my dye stash and pulled out this: Into a nice, hot bath of dye the bloomers…
Day 350: Charity Shop Chic Top
Sometimes I draw a lot of inspiration blatantly steal ideas from other refashionistas out there. Today’s refash is inspired by Sally over at Charity Shop Chic. 🙂 Sally’s blog recently featured a Carrie Bradshaw Month, where she created clever knockoffs of stylish pieces worn by Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex and the City. She was inspired by this top right here… …so she created her own version (you can check out Sally’s tutorial here) out of a thrifted tee! 🙂…
Day 348: Living a Lie Top
I don’t know what it was about the late 80’s/early 90’s that made clothing manufacturers believe that people couldn’t be trusted to handle their own layering. I really don’t understand the whole “double dress” look, folks. Why did anyone think this was okay???? Especially when the bottom layer is always fake??? Fortunately, there’s a fairly straightforward solution to this! This dress required a bit more snippage to deal with some ooglay pads as well! I took the outer dress layer,…
Day 347: Low-High-Low Hem Top
I love when I find pieces that are made of silk! 🙂 Unfortunately, this silk dress has been overwashed, so the texture is a bit off, and the weave is really tight. I decided to take advantage of this. 🙂 I put the dress on its side and gave it a funky new hem! Because the weave is so tight from the overwashing, I didn’t have to worry about it fraying, so I left the bottom edge raw. And that’s…
