80's Denim for Today

Whenever I spend a Saturday on the Garage Sale circuit I always leave with the belief that American's could clothe the world with their cast offs.  So there's tons of things to pick from, and since most are priced between 25 cents and a couple of dollars, you can't go wrong--even if your do-over goes wrong.

This is the denim dress that we all wore in a past decade.  It wasn't missing any buttons, but they all got stitched back on (more securely this time) while I was catching up on Grey's Anatomy.  I bought a size bigger than I wear and went to town.

I cut it off to make it into the kind of shirt dress that's being shown in the magazines for fall.  Then I fitted it so that the skirt had more "swing."  I finished off by purchasing 48 cents worth of leopard print cotton fabric (and I have a lot left over), and ironed it on over the pockets to add a little detail to the dress.  It looked great with boots and a belt that was already in my closet.