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April 24, 2013

Spring Fashion Week - Wednesday


This is not the picture I was hoping to open with.  The first photo I was intending to share today is a "before" shot, of what these pants looked like when I first got them.  However, in the month since they've gone under the knife needle, said photo has gone MIA -- not on the memory card, not on the computer...Alas, you'll just have to imagine these pants -- these very same pants! -- as unflatteringly middlingly-wide-legged, dragging on the floor, and saggy in the crotch.  Why ever would I intentionally pay money for such unappealing pants, you ask?  Three reasons: first, they fit my hips, waist, and thighs really well -- and when you have a remarkable size difference between your waist and your rear end, finding pants that fit without gaps is far easier said than done; second, they were $1; and third, even though they're a marginally-embarrassing old-lady brand, I knew was reasonably certain was deluded into thinking that I could make them hip (and look much better than the currently-hip-brands-which-don't-actually-fit-my-hips).


  

BAM.  "After" photo.  Slimmed 'em up, cropped them, and took out all the weird baggy crotch business.  (Seriously, old-lady crotch pants?  What is your deal?)  This is my first wearable project since acquiring my favorite toy, and even though it's just a refashion rather than a made-from-scratch, I am SO excited.  Thrifting is already my favorite hobby these days -- imagine the potential when you can take something with just a few redeeming qualities and turn it into exactly what you wanted!  And now, I have professional-able cropped trousers, for $1 and an hour of my time. 

Today was a professional-dress day -- not for the two exams (one of which actually necessitated gym clothes), but because I was once again interviewing prospective students.  While I remember only too well the anxiety and heartache and desperation of that time in my life, I can't deny the thrill of the power of sitting on the other side of the table.  I feel kind of like an unlovable game show host ("You are the weakest link -- goodbye!")...and I like it.


Blouse: Anthropologie, thrifted (on this visit with Rachael!) | Pants: thrifted & redone by yours truly | Shoes: Fluevog, via eBay | Watch: Fossil | Sunglasses: Publix

That's right...I wear your grand dad ma's clothes, I look in-cre-di-ble, and I have probably more influence than you would prefer on the future of your career at this school.  Never mind that I'm wearing heels, pearls, and a lacy ruffled blouse -- I feel like a BAMF.

So...Spring Fashion Week, anyone?

8 comments:

  1. Wow! Sewing PANTS is super hard. You're obviously very talented to attack such a difficult fabric and come out the winner! Those pants look PPPERRRFECT. They look like they fit you just right. And I love those shoes, so much!

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  2. Love the ruffles on your shirt! awesome!!

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  3. You look great! I can't sew at all, so props to you! Love those shoes!!

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  4. i wish i could sew, then i would really have a heyday at the thrift stores. those pants fit you perfectly! and your shoes are so cute!

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  5. Dang girl. Just... dang. You are one foxy lady.

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  6. My sewing machine is my favorite toy, too. I'm still figuring out the intricacies of it. But that's awesome that you were able to fix the pants into what you wanted them to be! Definitely easier than trying to make a pair of pants from scratch!

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  7. I love everything about this outfit! And the fact that you fixed up those pants yourself makes it so much better. I'm totally jealous wishing I could sew!

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  8. Love the way the pants fit you! And how can you argue with $1?!?! That first photo of you is darling :)

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