Weekend Acquisition!

April 20, 2015

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Hello friends! I hope everyone had a most beautiful weekend! I took a solo trip up to Santa Barbara for the day to bike on the beach, hang out at Alameda Park for Earth Day festivities, and to go flea marketing. You can see below what I snagged...

Hey, crosstitched horses!! Yeah it was one of those "I know this is totally kitschy, but I think I need it in my office" moments. So...I snagged it for a few bucks. What do you guys think? Was I totally crazy for buying this?

Also, you'll see the after product of this beaut tomorrow.

The 90s called...and they DON'T want this dress back :)

April 17, 2015

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Remake: Red, Blue, & Black Patterned Dress

April 17, 2015

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So this dress... The sleeves were just a little too tight with those shoulder pads!!

...but the pattern was fab!

I think this was the "camera shot me mid-speaking" moment where I was contemplating "what am I going to do to make this something I want to wear."

The ideas were flowing and something hit!

Let's just start off...how cool is this pattern up close?

To alleviate the tight sleeves, I opted to remove them along with the shoulder pads. With my seam ripper, I carefully took both sleeves off of the dress.

I thought the neck could use a little bit of flair. The pattern was bold and busy, so I decided to take some lace fabric panels I bought in the garment district for pennies, and affix them to the front of the dress.

I had two panels, so I placed them side by side to create one larger black panel.

I pinned the pieces to the dress and stitched them down.

I loved the pleats and the length and wanted to keep everything in place just because of how awesome the skirt moved when I walk. That's an obvious choice...leave the length because the skirt swishing is fun :)

It's a good "meeting dress" for work and it also works for goofing around in the office photo studio in the corner of pillows.

But, I love that the panel is sheer-ish and you can still see a bit of the pattern underneath.

Such a chic and easy way to upgrade an outfit!

I sewed the panel down but you can use fabric glue to achieve the same after look!

And this is a perfect day-to-night dress. I kept the same black booties and just switched out my cardigan for a little faux leather jacket.

By night the piece is dressier, yet I'm still the same goofball!!

One dress, two fab looks!!

Dress: Vintage | Booties: Cotton On| Sweater: Zara | Black Faux Leather Jacket: Forever 21

April 7, 2015

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That Moment When You're Wearing the Same Dress as Peggy on Mad Men

April 7, 2015

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In my vintage hunting/shopping/procuring adventures, I've come across the same garment twice which always blows my mind. Never has it blown my mind more than this moment when I found myself wearing the same dress as Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) on the first episode of the final season of Mad Men.