Thanks so much everyone! I am pleased with it.
I confess I was a bit worried about posting because I thought some of you would think the dress looked better before and think that I’d vandalised it. Maybe some of you do but are too polite to say! But I showed it to my mum, who is definitely not too polite to say, and she said she thought it was a lot better suited to me now. So that gave me courage
Viva and Jessikams, the stripe down the back was one of the things that attracted me to it initially. In the dress the stripes actually formed a cross at the back. I was sorry to lose that feature.
Joy, I actually bought those boots because of the eyelets and studs. I’ve realised that having some sort of metallic embellishment is important to my overall satisfaction with an outfit.
Sally, you got it. I bought the dress at Loehmanns, a discount store in NYC that was killed by the internet. From memory it was around 100 USD, reduced from maybe 800. You can really feel the quality in it. It’s a thick, stretchy silk. It’s possible it would have found a good home if I had donated it, but I wasn’t sure. Long sleeved, highly patterned maxi dresses are not exactly trending. So I really wanted to save it from landfill and as a memory of my trip. I’m glad I’ll be able to wear it as an everyday skirt now, rather than as occasional wear. If it made it through the dyeing process it can make it through some knockabout wear.
Bijou, I have some jeans that I do not like the colour of. I’m also wondering whether overdyeing might overcome my aversion to denim jackets. Been doing a little research for ideas. Still thinking. But the idea of custom colour denim is attractive!
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