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Oscars 2014: Dallas Buyers Club

Oscar Week continues!! Day 3: Dallas Buyers Club. New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

The Matthew McConaughey/Jared Leto pairing was the best.

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

Jared Leto's costumes were the best.

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

And let's be honest...Jared Leto's hair now, is the best.  It's like the perfect color and cut of my dreams.  Not joking.  Totally serious.  I want Jordan Catalano's hair.  (MSCL reference, aka, Marisa's high school journal played out on TV.)

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

OK, now I found an amazing hand embroidered robe that I was going to use to match more of his look, however when I found this piece...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

It's screamed Dallas.

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

The brand is called Miss Rodeo USA...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

...so I just had to.

First stop on this hoedown highway - Rhode DYE-land.  (Good one, right??)

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

Now little sidenote - I ultimately went with Navy dye but that was after a quick bath in Teal which left the piece too light for my taste.  I really wanted the trims to pop, so I redyed the piece with Navy and got this fabulous purple-ish shade.

I cut the piece in half...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

...and then removed the arms.

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club CostumesNew Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

I'm turning this into a fab little capelet to really feature all the busy lace/fringe/tulle/trim that was on the top of the shirt.

After years of wear and tear, the fringe strips got pretty worn out...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

...so I decided to give the fringe a little hair cut, or fringe cut, to get rid of the split ends!!  With my rotary trimmer and mat, it was an easy tweak to snip the fringe evenly.  I cut about half off to make the fringe look less tangled plus I wanted to not make it so overwhelmingly in your face.  I mean that fringe was IN YO FACE!

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

Now the final piece to this refashioning puzzle!!  I removed the stitched keeping the collar in place...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

...removed it completely...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

...and restitched the seam closed.  Ready to see what that original shirt became???

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

Capelet City!!!

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

I paired the new accessory with a purple vintage dress, a pair of copper Steve Madden pumps, my fave Forever 21 sunnies, and a rhinestoned purse that I made! (DIY to come...)

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

A removable piece of flair?? Check and check.

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

I kept three buttons on the piece...

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

...however I think I like them open.

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

You can take the country western shirt out of Texas but you can't take Texas out of the country western shirt :)

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

It's totally chic now - I'm in love!!

New Dress A Day - vintage western shirt - fringe - Dallas Buyers Club Costumes

More Oscar Week to come!  Check back later today for a red carpet giveaway of glam proportions!!