#82 Back to School Wardrobe
REFLECTIONS: Current
focus on Re-fashions includes pre-retirement University professional clothing to
fit the current lifestyle.
Current part-time work needs are:
- Professional clothing, but not at the University level.
- Business casual clothing.
BEFORE: Unstructured suit-dress that fit the on-campus
University life-style.
Imagine:
- hose and heels for
fall / spring
- sandals for summer
STEPS: I wanted a
looser tunic style fit. I switched rolls. Original sleeveless dress becomes tunic with
sleeves. Original jacket becomes vest.
- Remove sleeves from jacket. Open sides of jacket and dress.
- Cut 4” strips from the bottom of the dress. Insert strips into sides of original dress (now
tunic), original jacket (now vest), and sleeves.
- Re-insert sleeves.
AFTER: Vertical stipes
in the inserts against original horizontal stripes was a good design element.
- Tunic with new sleeves.
- Vest to layer over tunic.
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AFTER:
New tunic / vest
for more casual part-time work |
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AFTER:
Looser tunic style
Sleeves switched to create vest and tunic. |
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New vertical insert
cut from dress length
adds design element |
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| Looser tunic style top. |
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BEFORE:
On-campus unstructured suit-dress.
Imagine hose and closed toe shoes. |
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BEFORE:
On-campus sheath dress with jacket.
No sleeveless allowed. |
