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So I forgot all my formal dresses at home when my friend asked me to go to his fraternity's formal-- so I needed to come up with something to wear. I went to Goodwill one Sunday morning and this red dress was squeezed between a bunch of frumpy smocks. For the black flowers I bought this extra-large size 20 velveteen dress and cut it up and glued the flowers to the dress. Check out my blog for more DIY: http://www.starsforstreetlights.blogspot.com

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Any type of fabric, I used this velveteen fabric, it was amazing!

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  Feb 21, 2011, 11.12 AMby lesionok

  I like it a lot! those flowers look gorgeous!!!
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  May 12, 2010, 08.52 AMby imango

  oh, i like!
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  Jan 23, 2010, 12.09 PMby elbie84

  I think this is lovely and very individual (in the good way not as in “individual”). I love the way that you rescued an ordinary red dress and made it into something different by just adding to it. It is definately very unique and I certainly haven’t seen anything like it before so well done you! Isn’t fashion supposed to be about expression and showing something new? (*regarding ‘seemslikeagoodidea’ comment)
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  Jan 6, 2010, 09.41 PMby knitchic14

  That is too cool!! Looks very high-fashion, too, quite the dramatic dress.
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  Dec 28, 2009, 07.55 AMby Wendy C Allen

  That is stunningly gorgeous! I love red, most of my cloths are blindingly bright red. It’s sort of my “signature color”, LOL! If it was me I’d sew the flowers instead of gluing. I love this dress though. It’s very saloon girl. I may make one like it, only long and with a ruffled underskirt.
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  Dec 12, 2009, 03.39 PMby cat-fur-studio

  The flowers are great, thanks for the idea. The look of your finished dress is high contrast and extroverted. Others may opt for a more subdued tone on tone look. (Red flowers on red dress for example…or black flowers on black dress). Regardless, I like this a lot!
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  Dec 10, 2009, 11.50 AMby seemslikeagoodidea

  OMG ! Please dont go out in it… people will laugh at you (err.. only my opinion.. but please, please ask a friend before you wear it..)

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    Dec 28, 2009, 08.01 AMby Wendy C Allen

    Why should she care what others think? I don’t. I’m a Life Actor – that means I wear CosPlay 24/7. People are always stopping to ask why I’m wearing a costume. My answer: What costume? I’m not wearing a costume. These ARE my daily cloths.

    Man! This dress is actually way too “normal” for me, that’s why I said I’d make it floor length with a ruffled skirt. :) LOL!