or 365 days - 365 dresses - $365 to spend....
If you havent already clocked onto this great blog it is absolutely worth a visit, the woman behind the blog (I want to call her a girl, she is so young looking) is a true inspiration and here's why...
Marissa was made redundant and ,concerned about depleting funds, she decided no more clothes buying for a year... but what woman can do that? So she gave herself a budget of $365 and did some serious thrift store and estate sale scrounging. The result for a dollar a dress starts off truly-horrendous-but-with-redeeming-quality frocks in most cases and Marissa does some sorcery with her magical seam-picker, magical scissors and magical sewing-machine and turns them into something beautiful and up-to-date fashionable...
Who'd have thought they had so much potential? She's inspired me to look at Ugly Duckling dresses in a completely new light...
P.S. Sorry about the dodginess of the photos, blogger is giving me a headache posting these tonight!
Wow! Such a super Blog and a gifted girl. I have been thinking a lot about re-styling as opposed to staring a garment sewing project from scratch. In most cases, you can thrift an entire outfit for less than the cost of 3 yards of fabric and most of the work is already done! This is the kind of inspiration I needed to get busy... Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have repurposed clothing for costumes but have never seen the potential the way this girl does for everyday wear. I'm glad she has inspired you the way she did me, she makes me want to go out and raid charity shops right now for really hideous garments! Have great fun! :-)
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