This morning I woke up and was absolutely horrified. The colours had run on one of my favourite dresses... Panicking I headed out and bought a colour run remover which ended up ruining the dress even more... thus assigning my dress to the scrapheap... I in all honesty feel like crying... I know it's just a dress, but I love dresses. They mean so much to me... LUCKILY Modcloth still sell the dress, so bought it again and another dress to cheer myself up... either way still annoyed as well... it's money gone and I am student...
So today I decided to go for a golden glow. I wore a dress that I bought from Traffic People in the Christmas sales but had yet to wear, and I bought some material from John Lewis to make into sash..... teamed it with a cardigan and pumps....
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| I am rather fond of the pretty lining at the bottom of the skirt. Definately gives the dress character... oh and btw I used a safety pin on the chest part to preserve my modesty :-) |
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| I love the two colours against each other, plus being of the same material type, bonus! |
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| When I was walking down the stairs the skirt would billow up around me, like when Monroe stepped on that grate... |
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| This sash was actually a bit of material I found in the remenants bin in John Lewis... hence why it's frayed a bit... need to sew it... |
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The dress looks so pretty, I also love dresses and when they get ruined I get all sad and annoyed !
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ReplyDeleteCute! I like some of the changes you did! My only suggestion would be to use a decorative pin or brooch instead of a safety pin (to hide it!) or use double sided tape! Though I have never used double sided tape (I am not brave enough to wear clothes like that, lol) so I can't completely vouch for it.. but I hear it works great!
Is the bottom hem part of it or a completely different skirt? I really like what little design can be seen!
Also what dress got ruined from ModCloth? I'm so sorry! And what's the other dress you got?! Must share :):)
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Thank you soo much for the advice. I hadn't considered the idea of a brooch. Instead of trying to hide the fact the dress is too big, embrace it, and capitalize on it...never thought of doing that until I read your comment so thank you.
DeleteAnd it is part of the same dress, it is a hem. The dress has like an underdress (petitcoat sort of thing), and on the end of that is the white pattern..
It was the coralberry corsage dress that got ruined. However, I spoke to Modcloth and they very kindly reimbursed my for it, much to my surprise and delight. I love those guys. I bought the mint milkshake dress to cheer myself up too. I'd been eyeing it up for weeks, but it was always sold out... just happened to notice that there was one left in my size... so of course I bought it very quickly!
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DeleteI love Modcloth but I haven't bought anything yet. Like you, most items I want in my size are out! :( And that is super awesome they reimbursed you for it! From what I see, they have awesome customer service :)
And thanks for explaining the dress to me! I think it's cute :)
Yeah they have awesome customer service! I was soo happy when Modcloth started doing reduced shipping rates to England. Beforehand my only real option was sending stuff to my cousins in Canada then picking it up when I visited.
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Thank you! I think it is romantic too... perfect for a date!.. I'm seeing the queen next week.. trying to work out if I should wear this...
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