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The blue wedding outfit comes together.
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When a friend's daughter got married in September she requested that guests wore blue to compliment her choice of an eau de nil dress. This was a problem for me as I already had two newish wedding outfits and was reluctant to buy a third. (How many times do you wear them?) Having left it until the end of the summer, I found there was nothing left in the shops.
Then Hubby shamed me by buying a new blue shirt and requesting a silk flower for his navy blue suit. I had to improvise, and quickly. There was no time to start from scratch and make a new dress.
Riffling through my wardrobe, I found a classic Laura Ashley dress which I thought could be updated. I hemmed it to knee length and added ribbon trim to give it the appearance of being Empire waisted. With a pretty cardigan found in the sales and trimmed with coordinating ribbon, it came together. A corsage of blue ribbon finished the outfit. Success.
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Ribbon trim to suggest Empire waist
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The blue cardigan trimmed with ribbon.
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The ribbon corsage.
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Well done - amazing outfit - now you can spend all that saved money on fabric! x
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of adding ribbon to give the illusion of the empire waist! Sometimes the best refashions are the simplest. Thanks for visiting over at ReStitch Me. :-)
ReplyDeleteSimple yet classy touch! I think the blue makes the white dress even prettier!
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