Tuesday Remake – Valentine’s Day Edition
Little did I know that my Valentine’s Day outfit would be this one when I first saw it!
BEFORE
I loved the florals and I loved the $2 price tag!
Rain Dance!!
However, it was still feeling super 90s…
Lots o’buttons!
…and needed a little help to bring it away from potentially being a costume from Reality Bites…
I adjusted the length first. The dress fell at the cankle area, and even though it’s swishy and flowy, I wanted to make it a little shorter.
Shortening just a smidge…
I pinned the hem post-trim…
Pinned!
…and then worked on the back. I’ve seen so many cute dresses and shirts with open hearts on the backs and fronts of them like these guys…
ASOS
Pixie Market’s vintage-y dress
…that I used those as my inspiration. I drew a heart on the inside of the dress, right next to the shoulder in a silver Sharpie.
Heart Doodle!
Instead of keeping the heart completely open, I’m going to add some pink lace, to make the heart sheer-ish! I took clear nail polish and followed the heart outline. (I did this so the cotton dress wouldn’t fray when trimming.)
Clear polish time!
After the polish was down, I trimmed out the heart…
Stay in the lines!
…and pinned down lace to the open heart, from the inside of the piece.
Lace Heart!
I stitched my hem…
Stitched hem!
…and stitched my heart…
Stitched heart!
…and styled the dress to make it look more like something Taylor Swift would wear (which is totally a compliment I received today!)
I belted it, added some pale pink DKNY fishnets, along with a cardigan, some boots, and had my dress complete!
AFTER
I love the hidden heart on my shoulder! It’s like I have a tattoo!! A lace, non-permanent, tattoo!
Hidden heart!
The waist cinching was key and the metal flower clasp was a cute little tie in to match the dress print…
“You say, I only hear what I want to.”
The tights were super subtle and they did a stellar job in keeping my legs warm!
Hello accessories!
The dress worked the day to night element quite well…
From day to night!
I added another layer on top of the cardi to make it really work after the sun set. I love my Valentine-y dress, and got to wear it for my favorite Valentines this year…
I heart A & O!!
We made banana/chocolate dessert quesadillas that were amazing! I just might wear this dress again on Thursday…it’ll be in the 70s and I can get away without wearing a cardigan so the little lace heart it totally prominent!!
