New Dress Before & After

Sometimes a few little changes is all you need to turn an unflattering piece into something you'd actually wear. This is a really soft stretchy vintage polyester dress. It's really dark purple with a neat modern pattern that kind of looks like streamers and confetti.

I really like the fabric, but the shape was really boxy and it needed something more than just taking in the sides to make it smaller.

I pinched a piece of fabric near the waist, off to one side, and twisted it around(similar to how you twist fabric when you're tie-dying a t-shirt) until the waist was fitted to my shape. I hand-sewed it in place, and it has the look of a little knot flower.

Then I shortened the sleeves a couple inches and added two bright red buttons to the bottom of the v-neck.

This dress is in my etsy shop now!

Before

After