Hello friends!
Today's post is not about makeup but fashion and particularly clothing. I would say it is a DIY project.
A couple of months ago, a lovely friend of mine had her henna night. Until the very last day I didn't have any idea about what to wear but fortunately I thought of combining an old dress of mine with a dupatta (a long, multi-purpose scarf that is essential to many South Asian women's suits and matches the woman's garments). I immediately tried on the dress and began to try different styles of draping the dupatta and in less than 10 minutes I had decided and the dress was ready. I just used a couple of pins to secure the dupatta over the dress and a silver chain belt to finish the look. The dress is a midi bodycon dress from
ASOS and the dupatta which is pre-owned is from
ebay.
So if you have an old midi dress you want to transform into a new indo-western style dress you will need:
- a matching color dupatta
- some dressmaking pins
- a belt
It's very simple and no sewing required!
Some tips for the dupatta: The dupatta can be made from many kinds of fabric. It is often heavily embroidered or made with a contrasting border. Linen, cotton, silk and chiffon are all common materials used. In my opinion, choosing a more transparent fabric like a net dupatta will give a better result in matching with the dress than with a less transparent dupatta.
Here I am with two of my beautiful friends. They look gorgeous!
I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did and I hope you get inspired to renew your dress.
Would you try this diy project? Let me know, I would like to see your creations.
xo