I was so tempted to go buck wild when Free People landed on
Ruelala yesterday (if you didn't know, Ruelala's a discount site that sells brand name clothes on the cheap.) (If you also didn't know, Free People is my favorite.) But I refrained. Partially because I saw something I thought I could make myself.
Their
Bell Flower Halter top reminded me of a turtleneck I had lurking in my closet. A turtleneck that I haven't worn since, like, 2008. It --
like the other turtleneck that I tore apart last month -- always made me feel frumpy and it was also always too big. But it's a Free People turtleneck and it has lots of sweet details so I could never bear to Goodwill it. So I made it into a halter top instead.
BEFORE
Here's what I was working with. (The husband had the camera today so all I had to work with was Photo Booth):
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| The original ... |
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| ... with a pretty snap-up back. |
AFTER
This project ate up both of Tessa's naps today :) There were some nerve-racking moves that had to be made -- like slicing off the entire neck, then pleating and reattaching it. And then I took in the whole shebang along the sides.
Now I feel like this is something I'll wear often this summer and that will be really cool for layering.
I plan to enter it in A Beautiful Mess'
Project ReStyle. Have y'all heard about that? I don't think it's really that mind-blowing of a project but we'll see what happens.
