It’s rare that we come across duplicate dresses, but when we do it gives us freedom to experiment with different ideas! I did a post last year showing how you can update an overlooked thrift store dress into something chic & modern, so I thought I’d try for Part 2 of “How To Transform Any Dress…”. We got our hands on identical 1960s floral/heart print long sleeve maxi dresses, I immediately fell in love with the color combination and intricate print work:

close-up details of 1960s printed dress

We decided to transform each dress into a different style. For the first dress, we took the sleeves off and left the skirt floor length. For the second dress, we kept the sleeves long, shortened the skirt to a mini length, and then took the bottom tier of the original skirt and attached it to the mini skirt, I didn’t want to lose the signature heart print at the bottom! Marlene and Kalia are modeling the two different version below:

Which version do you like better?

So my question is, which dress do you prefer? I can’t decide! We sold the long dress a few months back, but the short dress can be found at our store right now! I hope you enjoy this post as much as we enjoyed playing with different ideas, I’d love to hear what you have to say so please leave a comment!

<333 Cory

Hey everyone,

It’s so good to have our shop up and running again, and we feel really lucky to have had such a warm welcome back. Thank you to those who sent sweet little words of concern when things were at a low point this year, much love to you!

I thought I’d start the blog back up with an issue that a lot of girls approach me with. Frequently, I hear girls frustrated that their own thrift store adventures come up dry because they struggle to find cute, wearable items. Sometimes you have to see beyond what’s on the hanger to discover the full potential of a garment! Here is an example of a dress that we took from dilapidated to chic:

I’m not one to say that the dress above isn’t wearable as-is, because I’m all for dressing in questionable attire, but with a little bit of work this dress can become an instant sensation! I decided to go sleeveless and turn the skirt into a mini, and here is what you get:

Mmm, I’m so in love! The best part is that you can easily find dresses like the original one above for under $10 at a second hand store. If you have sewing skills then you are set with the coolest $10 dress out there! But even if you don’t have sewing skills, taking a $10 thrifted item to a seamstress and turning it into a completely unique dress is totally worth the $20-$40 fee a seamstress would charge! So next time you’re out thrifting, try looking beyond the seemingly unworthy item on the hanger, I think you’ll find your wardrobe growing at a low cost in no time!

But, if you’d still rather let someone else have the vision for you, then come see what we have for sale at our store this week!

hearts,

cory