I have been wanting to create this hack every since I saw a similar ready-to-wear one last summer. It's pretty much the boho
Roscoe dress of my dreams. I don't really know where I am actually going to wear it. It's a statement piece for sure, but I am excited to figure that out.
This is a pretty straight forward hack. I knew that there was going to be a lot of volume by the time I added an extra ruffle, so I decided to go down two sizes for a bit slimmer fit in the top. I am petite so I didn't want it to overwhelm me. The Roscoe has a lot of ease in it. Even two sizes down, I still have plenty of room.
I also lengthened the sleeves. I loved how it worked for my
Roscoe blouse earlier in the month so I thought I would try it again. All I did was lengthen the sleeves by 4-5 inches, straightened the bottom, and added an elastic casing. I like it be about 1 inch longer than my wrist to give a bit of billowing.
Other than that, the only change I made was to add an extra ruffle to the bottom of View C. I made sure to cut the bottom ruffle wider than the first ruffle so that it could be gathered onto the first one. I didn't worry too much about the ruffles being the same length, I just added it and then hemmed the last ruffle once I was all done. I made sure to hem it short enough that I could wear this dress with heels or flat sandals to dress it down a bit.
I used two coordinating rayon crepe prints that I bought in a bundle off of etsy. It has a black background with cinnamon colored geometric shapes. I love how using the two different prints really highlighted the design lines. It would be fun to make it again with different stripes and also play with the direction of the stripes.
That's it. Really easy hack with dramatic results. This might just be my new favorite dress. Secret pajamas for sure.
Just reminder that
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