F for Fashion reconstruction #3

Don't know what to do with all your white cotton dresses and white cotton shirts or blouses?


Well, perhaps this fashion reconstruction project might inspire you. Just imagine, once you cut out and joined the desired pieces together, you not only get a pretty new dress, but you also get to reduce your wardrobe space.


Since my last fashion reconstruction project, I have been bitten by the sewing bug and inspired to transform all of my little dresses into long dresses. All because by doing this, I will get to wear new dresses and at the same time, reduce my wardrobe and storage space.


I never thought that a simple idea of combining two lone dresses (one I bought while working and living in Hong Kong and the other was my sister's which she already outgrew) into a long dress could be a challenging one because after we have done just that, I found that the new dress looked too bare and simple.


"So, where's the challenge in that?" you might ask. Continue reading and you will know what I meant.

So, we decided to give the new dress a pair of sleeves. But in order to do that, we had to look for the right blouse to sacrifice for its sleeves.


I found one long-sleeved blouse (accidentally bought this item during lunch while on a business trip to Korea) only after I fixed the sleeves to the new dress did I realise that they were too tight around the arms. Oh no!

So, after a good night's sleep, I looked again and found just the right sized sleeves (this item bought from Hong Kong) but this time, they were short. Oh no, not again!

Hmmmm what should I do? Combine the two sleeves together to give the new dress a classic look? Why not?


And to complete the look for the new dress, I had to sacrifice yet another blouse. This one I bought from Hong Kong, too.

So, after all that jazz, this project took my sister and I, about a week and a half to complete.


As soon as the dress was completed, it was time once again for a fitting. And my oh my, don't I look like a princess?


And thanks to my masterful sister yet again, I think this is the prettiest dress we have ever made. And I cannot be happier.


As always, my new dress is never completely complete without embellishments added to it ~ my sister calls me the "manik" queen.  So, it took me another couple of days to complete the embellishments.


And the final result is... pretty stunning, don't you think?

Who could tell that this was a cut-and-paste project, if I had not disclosed the facts?


I can proudly say that you cannot find this item anywhere. 💃🐒👌🙋