DIY Tutorial: Thrifted Dress Into Cute Skirt and Top!

On my usual scavenge hunts around charity shops I came across a gem of a dress! Sure, it was totally old and a horrible style but the fabric! Oh my days! It had a lot of potential! aha

So anyway, this isn't going to be a full step-by-step tutorial cos it just doesn't need it! Instructions below! :)

All I did was cut above the waistline of the skirt, and then cut it to the length I wanted and then hemmed it all. Sooo easy to do! And you just hem the bottom of the top aswell! I rolled up the sleeves and secured with safety pins as well, just to make it look that much cuter :) 

Peaceeeeee xoxo

DIY Ideas!

I love the internet. Y'know why? COS IT'S CHOCKED FULL OF YUMMY INSPIRATION AND AWESOME PICTURES OF CLOTHES AND SHOES AND DELICIOUS THINGS THAT ARE JUST BEGGING TO BE DIY'ED!

1. Side-Split skirt, I wanna do a TON of these this year.
2.Pencil skirts! Perfect for January and February when it's cold! :)
3.Hello! See-through skirt! I think these look really nice when they're long and flowy and paired with something classy :)
4.OMG SHINY THINGS. These heels are sooooo prretttttyyyyyyy :3 recently, I've become a magpie of sorts, becoming attracted to anything that glitters or shines! So easy to DIY aswell! Just buy some cheapo heels from like Primark, and get small mirrored circles or silver sequins off Amazon and glue em on! I might have to do this one, purely for the gorgeousness of them :)

Photos from Vogue and Tumblr

Trend Alert: Velvet

So, it looks like velvets gonna be big in the Autumn! Which is awesome seeing as I live in cold, rainy England (I'm assuming velvet keeps you warm...?) But, honestly, I love velvet, I already have two velvet skirts in my wardrobe that I made when I was like 12 aha. No doubt I'll probably have to redo those... I also have like three metres of plum velvet stuffed away somewhere! So there'll definitely be a few velvet-based DIY's up! Here's a few pieces that I really like..

Dolce & Gabbana

Burberry Prorsum

Balmain
I especially love this skirt. DIY must.

Versus F/W 12

Miss Selfridge F/W Collection