This looks like a lesbian wedding picture, but it' actually me as the maid of honour and my best friend on her wedding day.
It was a truly memorable day, starting with swimming in the loch and drinking champagne for breakfast. After swimming, eating, make up and hair it was time to put on the dresses. I had bought a tailored vintage dress for the occasion, £40 from a local charity shop.
Do you know why it is so great to shop at thrift shops and charity stores?
1. The money goes to a good cause
2. Reusing clothes is a really fun way of saving the planet
3. You have the chance to find a real treasure
This dress was a treasure for sure. But, it was too tight. Really tight. I looked like a badly stuffed hay-ball.
After wiggling my way out of the dress, careful to not rip any seams, I turned the dress inside out to see if I could take any of the seams out.
I could! Vintage dresses, especially tailored ones, usually have plenty of seam allowance. What a relief!
I paid for the dress and took it home, ripped up a few seams and sewed the dress out 1/5 inch in four different seams. The result:
This gem of a dress is over 50 years old and is still going strong. They say people had smaller rib cages before, and that's why the dresses are so tiny. I don't know, I think we are fatter as well, but regardless the reason, don't despair when you can't fit into your favourite vintage outfit. Just take it out a few inches.
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