Go change your clothes.

Today, instead of digging through the furniture graveyard at the thrift-store, we’re going to head over to the OTHER section. The section that I’m pretty sure is the root cause of that unmistakable ‘thrift-store smell.’  That’s right, the clothing section.  It’s time for a Fashion Friday!

The subject of the day? Dresses.

This little red number from Ladygirl Vintage makes me want to dust off my sewing machine right this second. (Nevermind that every single surface of my house needs to be dusted anyway thanks to our flooring adventure).

Also nevermind that I can’t really sew.  Here’s a sad and terrible story about that. I have a friend who is a professional seamstress. For some zany reason she has it in her head that I actually CAN sew. A few weeks ago she called me up and asked how confident I was with my alteration skills because she had “a fun little job” that she needed some help with.

I had to turn her down and admit that my basic sewing skills usually involve a glue gun. Turns out her “fun little job” was doing alterations for the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl, including Katy Perry and Rihanna.  Not kidding, I almost cried.  I wanted to go back in time and punch myself in the face for never learning how to really sew.

Ok, here’s another pretty dress refashion before I start crying again.

Ladygirl Vintage also updated this denim romper, and it’s so fresh and fabulous! I just want to twirl in that pleated skirt. While I gently weep.

This next dress totally looked like an Easter egg, but I didn’t mind that aqua fabric.  Unfortunately, it was also dotted with an assortment of mustard-colored stains. The solution?

Dye the whole thing mustard! Or technically ‘goldenrod’ which is a much prettier sounding color. Kara removed all the lacy bits and updated the silhouette and it’s darling!  See it on her blog While Camden Sleeps.

Outdated prom dresses are usually pretty easy to find in the thrift stores, and perfect for an ’80s prom-themed party. But if you don’t have a wacky costume party to attend in the near future, you can just make a regular good-looking dress instead.

From Miche at Buttons and Birdcages, so cute!

This next dress also looks like an old prom dress, but further back than the eighties.  More like the seventies. I know that for a fact because my mom’s old prom dress looked almost exactly like this. I even wore it once, but not at my own prom, no gosh no! I used it to dress up like a pioneer for a church activity. Ha!

It’s flirty and floral and totally modern now! See it on Betsy’s blog Anna Nimmity.

And while we’re on the subject of prom, why not repurpose an old wedding dress as a prom dress?  It just takes a little bit of dye and some basic sewing skills. Ok, slightly more than basic sewing skills, meaning you probably shouldn’t use a glue gun. Whatever.

It’s gorgeous! See it at Lisa Golightly.