Quiet day here, doing office work at home, so dressed comfy and casual-ish. Walked the dog this morning. Doing laundry and will hit up the supermarket later. Blah blah.
This outfit is what I’ve come to think of as my “shirtdress”; although it’s not actually a dress at all this is still an apt description as it is made of, quite literally, shirts! Three, to be precise. These shirts were cast-off business shirts from my husband, all tossed onto the reject pile because of small holes and rips-right-on-seams that had appeared through wear and (literally) tear. I made myself a new skirt and top out of them, managing to cut around and avoid the areas that had holes in them. For the original story on this refashion and other views of the outfit, see here.
I’m pretty happy with this set and like to wear it; it’s very easy to wear and I feel a bit funky and unique and out-there when I have it on… hmmm, a bit sad, no? It’s not really that out-there. I need to amp up the wardrobe a bit, perhaps. In fact, this self-stitched September is really proving a challenge to me, I’m finding myself pining for all the store-bought T-shirts and cardigans in my collection, convinced that none of my separates go together… and having to force myself not to just pop on a white top with just about everything… Really, I’m a white top addict. My mother will agree that all I wanted to wear growing up was jeans or a denim skirt, and a white top. So I have moved on from that (a bit) but the white top thing is still deeply ingrained… I feel the pull everyday… At least this outfit is a complete “set”, so there’s no extra agonising as to whether one is “matching” or not when the decision is made to wear it that day. Kind of a relief.
Details:
Skirt and top; my own design, constructed from 3 old business shirts, see here
Shoes; Country Road
Sunnies; RayBan
I was going to do Self-Stitched September, however decided that I didn't have time to share my daily attire. for me everyday is self-stitched to the extent that I usually wear at least one piece that is home made. I don't think you need to be too religious about it! You'd enjoy recent issues of Patrones – the layering of shirts is a big thing.
This is definitely a shirt dress. lol. Very cute.
Trudy
http://www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com
I like it!
Hi Carolyn, none of the live blogs are my opinion, they're all exactly what the speaker was saying at that moment. They're just not in quotes b/c I didn't always get the exact wording. Also, on the 40 isn't in, the speaker was saying that the magazines are lying when they talk about 40 being awesome and then only featuring women who don't actually look their age. She was saying, a fake looking 40 isn't actually a positive message. So what she meant to imply is that there's nothing wrong with being 40 and to not stress about being 40 and trying to look younger b/c the magazines aren't actually sending a positive message. Anyway, hope that clarifies, but yeah, none of the live blogs are my opinion, it's all notes of what they were saying. The point was to try to capture what they were saying as they said it, but it's hard to type their complete sentence and not miss the next thing out of their mouth!
I'm a white shirt addict too! Kevin has to talk me out of buying more whenever I find one super on sale – don't you have that already? But, I say, it has a slightly different sleeve length / neckline …. He's right and usually talks me into something colorful.
I love hubby refashions … so much fabric to work with!! I have several shirts of my hubby's to get to this fall … maybe …
I like how all three shirts get tied in without it being a totally "obvious" design, but still you can tell they were shirts… it DOES look comfy. perfect for doing laundry and going to the supermarket.