another refashioned dress… er… robe! this creation started out life as a vintage robe I picked up at the thrift store recently. I loved the colors, but what was I going to do with a robe?! (I tend to be a yoga pants and tshirt gal.) I decided that it was also too pretty to just shove away in my box of "gorgeous, but impractical" vintage, so I refashioned it!
the adjustments weren’t that radical: snipping 15" off the hem, hand hemming, shortening the sleeves (and reattaching the original, stripy cuffs), and sewing a snap here and there to keep everything in place. and look: new dress in under two hours!!!
the second image shows the original robe, before my scissors got to it. ;)
COMMENTS (9)
This is SO nice! I love it :) The color, the alterations, everything :)
I love that dress. I love the pink and the leisure chic of the cut. I am not sure that I will ever come to this looking at the robe. Great work.
So clever! I'm doing this sort of thing with a jacket I found for $3. I forgot to take a before photo and have already cut the sleeves...I'll have to unpin all of the pleats and get a quick photo of the boxy shape before I finish it off.
I always enjoy when you post a new creation...always so bright and creative! Really great!! What's next?
Oh thats stunning. I've never been a big advocate of Pink so it usually takes somthing really beautiful in that colour to turn my head, your dress certainly does it!
This is great! Its so flattering. I agree, too pretty to hide away.
love your style, love the robe! wonderful colour!
incredibly pretty!!! i want it!
ooo. it looks lovely