Recently I re-visited my fave op-shop, and found some gorgeous treasures (which I shall blog at a later date). I also found something that was so horribly awesome that I had to buy it and share. But we’ll get to that…

First! I ordered this handmade dress a while back – and it finally arrived the other day! Yay!

I have to say I’ve fallen a little in love with it. It’s ‘one-size-fits-all’, so you really need a belt to make it sing – here I’ve paired it with a cute belt I picked up at the oppie for about 50c. It’s linen, which I find a little scratchy, but I just wear a slip underneath it.

(Yes, this is the outfit that I wore to the art show in yesterday’s post.)

Dress – NewExtrave

Brooch – That Vintage

Necklace – Epheriell

Earrings – Good Boy Cracky

Boots – Somewhere in Carindale Shopping Centre a year ago…

Okay, now for the horribly awesome. I give you…

So far so good, yeah? I’d actually wear it like this… but then…

And voila! I could be back in the 80s with a vengeance! It even has little shoulder pads!

Dress – Thrifted

Bag – Thrifted

Same Earrings as the last pic.

Shoes – I really must keep better track… in short, can’t remember!

If I knew how to sew, I think I’d do some sort of tricky alteration on this second dress, and somehow incorporate the top into the actual dress – maybe add sleeves? Alas, I will have to let it languish until I learn some sewing skillz…

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