OOTD My New Lipsy Dress. Ideal Wedding Guest Outfit

I thought I would share with you all, my new Lipsy dress which I purchased at a bargain price of £18, thanks to the sale and I needed a new dress to wear to a wedding.

As many of you know, I love a good bargain, but finding one is Lipsy really is a true 'finders keepers'. Lipsy fashion is usually super stunning, but very dressy, and I rarely ever need to get dressed up for an occasion, so I didn't want to waste money buying a gorgeous dress that never gets worn. However, I did decide to buy this fancy going out dress!

I picked this gorgeous light pink coloured ruffled bandeau dress It was in the sale for £18, reduced from £60. It's a gorgeous colour, and the fit is amazing. It really makes me feel like a fairy princess! It's fitting in the right places, but the floaty ruffles and layers covers up my bad bits :), The sheer fabric is lovely and light. The black detail,  and support gives it some edge without the straps. I love it and I couldn't wait to wear it !

This is me and my wonderful fella at the wedding :)

This is all of us girlie's, including the beautiful bride.

 

With my outfit, I also wore suede black heels from New look £20 and a Matt finished silver clutch bag which was £6 from the New Look sale with matching silver jewellery (pre-owned). I also curled my hair and pushed it to one side (I usually have it straight and fancied a change).

 

 

What do you think of my new bargain dress? Have you ever purchased any bargains from Lipsy? Please share :)

 

 

DIY Vintage Levi Short Cut Offs

 

 

Good Morning :) I have been up and early at the crack of dawn today! And I would like to share with you my new DIY Vintage Levi Shorts!

I love cutting my old jeans into shorts and I always get questions about how to do cut-off shorts. I have never done a tutorial because I thought it was really simple but I have been asked several questions about it so here it goes. I am focusing on standard Levi distressed cutoffs :)

 

What you will need:

1 x pair of jeans that are one or two sizes larger (for the standard levi cutoffs, mine are LEVI 501)

1x good pair of scissors that can cut through fabric

*8x cups of bleach (optional)

Washer & Dryer*

 

1) Pick a pair of jeans that you would like to cut. I always choose pants that are a size or two larger than my normal size because I dont want it to be so tight around my thighs!

 

 

2) Use a pair of shorts that you already have whose length you like and match the crotch of those shorts with the pants. Then use a ruler (or a book) and a pen to mark a line going accross. After you have made this line cut across.

 

 

3) Then fold over and line up the side you have cut to make sure both sides are even.

 

 

4) And now you should have something like this :) Try on the shorts to see if they are short enough if they look a bit wierd they probably need to be shorter (who wears short shorts?). I also cut about 1 inch slits on the side of the shorts so that they don’t stick to my thighs.

 

 

5) Now, you can either cut them slightly shorter for your desired look and frey the edges. You can do this by taking the end of the scissors with your right hand and hold the shorts tightly upwards with your left (the hand holding the scissors should pull the other end). Now scratch along roughly with the scissors. You will start too see the fabric shaving off. Or, like me, you can just fold up the edges.

 

 

 

6) Many people like to bleach wash there cut offs, I haven't bothered this time as you can see, they already have the tatty bleached affect already. But here's how to do it if you desire :)

If you are going for the cutoff and not fold up look, I advise putting your shorts through a wash after you have freyed the edges as this makes the 'tattyness' come out more.

 

Put about 8 cups of bleach and enough water to submerge them. Levis 501′s are already treated so it takes a long time to change the color. I would leave them in bleach for 5 minutes then let them hang for 30 min and repeat this until you achieve your desired colour.

 

 

 

It doesnt matter if you mess it up, because you can always buy another pair from a charity shop for less than £5!!

So, what do you think? Have you made any DIY clothing before?

If so, paste a link in the comment box below, i'd love to see it :)

Rachael x

OOTD Bargain Purchase, my not too shabby Rubbish (s**t) Shirt Night.

Well, I apologise for the lack of posts recently, I have been ever so busy with the amount of university work deadlines! But I do have to share with you my bargain purchase of the week, mainly for my flat mates birthday, Rubbish, (s**t) shirt night! I know my blog is all about Shabby Chic, but as you can see, my shirt is definitely that!

 

Basically, the title 's**t shirt night' means you and your friends have to buy the worst shirts you can get your hands one! A shirt with the most awful, clashing and terrible patterns on that make you stand out...pretty much the similar kind of shirts your dad would wear in the 1980's!

 

 

So, what do you think? :)

 

I purchased my shirt from a local charity shop, near my student house in Bristol for just £3.50. First of all, many charity shops sell really old fashioned shirts with crazy patterns on. Secondly, you can buy them at a reasonable price but most importantly, you are doing something good as all costs go to charity!

 

My shirt is a mixture is blues with french writing all over it and funnily enough the clothing label was called 'banter'. (what a coincidence). It is a mens shirt with poppers along the front, and I must say, it is very warm to wear, not that it makes it any more appealing to wear!

 

You can buy some unusual shirts (like my friend on the right) from Primark, and all other leading shops but unfortunately the price tag is a little off putting for one night only!

 

It is definitely great fun to dress up with your friends :) and even though I thought my shirt was ever so bad, the amount of people that kept asking me where I purchased it from was crazyyyy!

 

With my shirt, I also wore a Dickie bow tie, knee high socks, vans and denim shorts.

#number one rule: make sure you stick together, as many members of the public genuinely thought I would dress like this normally :o

 

 

So, have you every wore any crazy shirts in public before? And what do you think of mine? Terrible... I know!

 

Rachael x