You are familiar with dresses of this sort, yes? Elastic waist, looks like a shirt and skirt but is actually a dress...
{all can be found at Forever21.com}
Well, we have found that these sorts of dresses are very regularly on clearance. Especially at ROSS. Do you know what clearance at ROSS means? Dresses for like $4.99. HELLO. That's like the same price as three bottles of Diet Coke. That's like almost free.
Anyway, find yourself one of those dresses on clearance, cut the top off, and BAM... you have yourself a new skirt for cheap cheap cheap and a little bit of labor.
So, here is one of my homemade-ish skirts below.
{jacket: 6.99 ROSS, top: 3.99 ROSS, skirt-previously a dress: 8.99 ROSS,
belt: 3.00 Kohls, tights: 1.50 TJ Maxx, Shoes: 16.99 ROSS}
Now go make your own and show us what you come up with! We would love to see.
Happy cutting!
-S.
Adorable - I love how you put together such cute outfits on a budget!
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I honestly will never look at those shirt/skirt dresses the same way again lol You two are geniuses! Thank you so much for responding so quickly with a post. I am definitely going to use this : )
ReplyDeleteLaurenlovestoshare
What a Great idea.
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oooh love the pop of blue in that blazer!
ReplyDeleteamazing job with the homemade skirt!
great idea girls! totally gonna do this one! i have had a few dresses in the good will ile that i think i will chop instead!
ReplyDelete~selina
That. Is. A. Brilliant. Idea! Thank you for sharing it before the s/s fashion season gets into full swing! Whee :-D
ReplyDeleteRelatable Style
Your outfits are so cute. I love your blue jacket.
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http://sunnydaystarrynight.blogspot.com
what an awesome idea!! cheap and i can say i 'made' it!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea!! And luckily, easy to do!!
ReplyDeleteAND it looks great!!
I do this too! Sometimes I take the L dress I see at Macys for under $5 and snip snip them too :)
ReplyDeleteJust Better Together
pure GENIUS!
ReplyDeleteLidi @ Eclectic Flair
That is such a cool idea, I need to try thrifting stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteMy Heart Blogged
This is a fabulous idea! I never would have thought to do that. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteamazing idea! I can't beleive I never thought about this before..... so simple.
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brilliant. yours is so cute, with the belt bow. seriously. i'm on a ross clearance-hunt now. bring on the skirts weather!
ReplyDelete-brittney
http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com (my daily outfit blog; come on by if you'd like...although i'm afraid my blog has no genius no-skill-but-still-cute tips like this. you win, okay? YOU WIN!)
love your blog! it's adorable :)
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