Thursday 3 March 2011

DIY - PETER PAN COLLAR


I've owned my peter pan collar dress for a couple of months, and in all honesty I've not worn it a lot. I'm not a massive fan of completely black outfits, so it's a bit difficult choosing something to wear with it. Whilst doing a bit of shopping after Christmas i saw a cardigan that had a rip in the back, and some shoulder detail that was fraying from the seems. I had this idea to take the beading off and attach it to my peter pan dress...












It was actually so simple to do, because the detail was already fraying away from the cardigan, it was easy to just cut the treads. I then hand stitched it to just under the fold on the collar. I think it looks really sweet and i'm feeling a lot more inspired about wearing it. What do you think? Would you have a go at doing something like this?

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  2. How creative are you! That looks great. I wish I had the patience to DIM, but sadly I don't! I would love to see more like this. Thanks for sharing! x

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  3. I like it! you should wear it in an outfit post so we can see it properly though! :) xx

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  4. I really like this idea, completly beats being seen in the same dress as somebody else too x

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  5. That looks really sweet with the beading added on, I'd definitely do that :)
    Looking forward to seeing you hopefully do a post in it? ^_^

    Jess xx

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  6. Super creative! I love DIY posts...
    I love the black shirt, classy and kind of punkish :)
    xx

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  7. i would never do something like this but thats cos i cant sew to save my life and it would be a shambles haha!

    looks really unusual on the dress and sets it apart from the other peter pan collars out there xx

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  8. oh wow this is such a great idea, looks gorgeous. Its inspired me to have a rumage through my wardrobe and see what i can uncover! xxx

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  9. that looks great, i wanna see it on you :)

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  10. aw this is a really good idea :) def adds something more to a plain black dress xx

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  11. Cool idea! Might have to shop my own wardrobe for something to customise now! x

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  12. Wow you turned something simple, in to something stunning, amazing xxx

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  13. wow what a great idea! Looks fab :) Clever you! :D xx

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  14. Looks much better :) I love adding simple things to completely change the whole look of an item. I recently sewed a bit of lace trim around the neck of a plain black top which changed it completely... much more inspiring :) Molly xo

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  15. awesome, it looks much better on the dress :)

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  16. This looks lovely, and now one of a kind! I love embellished things but never really thought to customize something I already had... xx

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  17. I love all black outfits, but I do think it looks great with the new beaded collar. Just a little bit more special, and something no-one else will have.

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  18. I love how you've jazzed it up! I wish I did more DIY on my clothing. It makes garnments so much more inspiring!

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  19. I love it! The changes have really jazzed it up, and it can definitely be dressed up for night time now. Great DIY.

    -vicki!
    http://snseandsnsibility.blogspot.com/

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  20. It looks so much more expensive and 'vintage' now, ohh I wish I was any good at sewing. I'd love to see any other DIY tips you have.x

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  21. Really cute simply effective idea!

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  22. That was an awesome idea. It makes your dress look so much cuter now!

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  24. such a clever idea victoria, you are truly creative :) xo

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  25. Thats a fab idea can't wait to see you wearing it x

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  26. I have altered have of the clothes I own, so yes, I would :)

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  27. I have altered have of the clothes I own, so yes, I would :)

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  28. oh that looks so much prettier and really expensive :)

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