vintage muumuu

Weekend Teaser!

Hi friends!! I've been traveling this week so I'm a bit behind on posting, but I wanted to give you a teaser on what to look forward to over the next few days. This mustard yellow dress is a total delight. The skirt is thick and quilty, the color is perfect for this time of year, but it needs a bit of help.

 

New Dress A Day - vintage mustard yellow dress

Hey collar, haaaaaaaaaay!! Plus lime green to boot!! Can't wait to show you the after look of this guy.

New Dress A Day - vintage lime green dress

Love this light blue muumuu. The neck ties make for a perfect hair accent!

 New Dress A Day - vintage blue muumuu

I feel like Cinderella with our matching blue hair sashes :)

Cinderella - Hair

Three fun outfits with three even more fun after looks to come... Would any of these make it into your Goodwill basket??

Remake: Green Floral Muumuu

I really loved the print of this muumuu. New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

The floral print at the bottom was my favorite part, so I started to think about ways to upcycle this into something wearable!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

While wearing the piece and looking at all the seams, I knew exactly how I was going to upcycle this!

 New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

Time to get out the seam ripper!

Seam, meet seam ripper! You guys are going to get along really well.

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

I started to remove each of the sleeves.

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

I really loved the shape of the neck on this muumuu.

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

And when the sleeves came off, it was easier to see the sharper edges that were made at the shoulders. I wanted to let this be the focal point!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

Sharper shoulders, check! I pinned to prep for a little bit of sewing.

New Dress A Day - blue muumuuNew Dress A Day - blue muumuu

On top of the shoulder area, I also took in the piece a bit at the arms. There was a larger hole made from when the sleeves were taken off, so I wanted to close up shop a little as well!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

I was headed to Palm Springs, so leaving it long and flowy was just how I was going to wear my new piece!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

Hello 70s!!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

I went to Palm Springs with two of my best girlfriends for a quick weekend getaway! Even getting out of LA for a night feels like a way longer vacation!

We were taking too many pics in the photo booth at the Ace Hotel!

New Dress A Day - Ace Hotel

We went to Las Casuelas for a Mexican feast and met a bunch of new pals while dancing to the live band play everything from Journey to Roy Orbison.

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

There were too many candids going on at the table!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

We had the most fun dinner before heading back to the hotel...

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

...where the shenanigans continued! I was so obsessed with the window display at the hotel! Hello amazing knots! I posted this shot on Instagram over the weekend and @mackenzie.91 called it "an awesome parrot toy" which I couldn't agree more!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

It's got a total retro/nautical vibe going on, which suited my ensemble to a tee!

It was back to the room after that, where we grabbed glasses of water to find them super cloudy. We even checked with the hotel to see what was going on and they said it was because of extra air bubbles in it. (It had an Alka Seltzer-y look because of the color/bubbly texture.) I added a pack of Emergen-C to my bubbly H2O...

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

...and called it a night!

New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

More Palm Springs pics to come...

Remake: Green Floral Muumuu Teaser

I spent the weekend in Palm Springs with girlfriends, so I felt that this muumuu had to make the trip along with me. When in Palm Springs, you muumuu it, right? New Dress A Day - blue muumuu

Check back later today to see the full remake, but here's a little photo booth teaser :)

New Dress A Day - Ace Hotel

My muumuu was a total hit and so were the other vintage flowy pieces I brought along with. The desert wardrobe is coming this week!