OK, when I found this piece I actually laughed out loud. Let me know your thoughts...

It reminded me of Smurfette...

However Smurfette looked chic-er than me!

The turquoise skirt and shoulder patches with the rainbow stripes on the white fabric - definitely enough for me to throw it in my bag after a little giggling. I was determined to make it chic. Let's go...

I hated the drapey fabric, so that was the first step in my recrafting. I used my seam ripper to remove it from the dress.

After removing, I was left with a natural V-neck which I got really excited about.

The next step was getting rid of the length which meant adios turquoise material!

Also, the belt loops were snipped off.

I'm guessing there was a turquoise fabric belt that originally came with this puppy, but I had no interest in trying to recreate that. It's beltless for me today :)

Next came the taking in. I decided to do it from the front as well as the back because it was rather large and super baggy. My new neckline had to have its' raw edges stitched down and after that I brought it in a few inches.