Thursday, April 25, 2013

Retro Love

I get super excited when I find awesome vintage clothes in the opshops...like this dress I bought for just $3:
I started my refashion by unpicking the neck facing, cutting off the sleeves and a big chunk of the hem. I then fitted it on myself and took it in for a more shapely fit:
I decided it needed sleeves again so 1st I tried downsizing the original sleeves but they looked weird with the mini length so I took them out and cut my cap sleeves from the leftover hem I had cut off. I cut out the neckline more to give it some interest & used the original facing to finish it.
Soo happy with my finished dress:

For more refashions and my thrifted style find me at Made with love by Hulibug :)




10 comments:

Mandy said...

Very cute! Love :)

Unknown said...

Love it. If I saw the original in a thrift shop, I never would have imagined that it could be turned into your version.

Ernie's Mum said...

It's adorable. I'm jealous. Love it!

LOSTRETROMELBOURNE said...

Retro brilliance as usual. Fabulous print. Great neckline and cute sleeves.

IWOM said...

Lovely work.

IWOM: EOD

PS - Not everybody is on FaceBook! Do you have a blog for those of us who aren't?

Huli said...

Thanks ladies :)
@IWOM nope no blog but as my fb page is a public page you can see all my pics on there wether you are a member of fb or not :) and I have shared over 60 refashions on here too ;)

Unknown said...

I love this! Superb job!!

Cucicucicoo said...

oh my gosh, that is so incredibly cool! i want one!! ;) lisa

Cassandra Louise said...

That looks amazing! I absolutely adore that print. What a great find! Good job! :-D x

Little Blue Mouse said...

I love this!