I've worn it a grand total of zero times.

In my defense (does this really need defending? Everyone has stuff they've bought and not worn... right?) it was an XXL which means it basically swallows me when I put it on. The plan when I bought it was that I was going to chop the bottom off... but then I never went to the beach afterwards and so never had the opportunity.

Oops.

So when I "rediscovered" the dress, I couldn't really justify getting rid of it - there was an excess of material, I had never worn it, blah blah blah... and stripes. I swear, stripes will be my downfall.

lol so big and so wide and so long

Time to chop it up!

I decided I wanted to make it a crop top and skirt combo (I've been really into that kind of thing recently, even though it is infinitely too cold right now to be wearing skirts and baring midriffs) so I cut it at a crop-top length, hemmed it, cut the shoulder straps to make it shorter (this part is super sketch looking actually because I was too lazy to properly figure out how to make the strap width match up soooo....) and decided I liked it oversized.

The skirt I cut shorter, hemmed, folded over the top, and threaded a wide elastic through it (this part was a pain in the butt because I HAVE NO SAFETY PINS. WHY CECILE. WHY HAVE YOU NOT INVESTED IN SAFETY PINS).

Super simple, super easy, and now I have two new pieces and more extra fabric that will probably eventually turn into another crop top!

yay for clothes that don't swallow me! you can see the extra fabric in the background.. I'm super good at cleaning up before taking photos for this blog

Have any of you ever tried "refashioning" or "upcycling" your clothes?

Also, let me know if any of you want an OOTD/OOTW post at some point! I'll try bullying my roommates into taking photos for me ;)