Every girl should own...

Hej med jer,

(English summary below),

Her er et outfit fra sidste uge. Det består af to ting der, efter min mening, bør være i alle kvinders skabe. En klassisk hvid skjorte og en lædernedel.

Jeg har længe ønsket mig en lædernedel eller læderkjole, for jeg er jo vild med læder! Men har ikke helt kunne finde det rigtige. Jeg kom til at købe en læderkjole på Trendsales for nogle måneder siden, men den var bare ikke helt så flatterende som den kunne have været. Ærmerne og hals/brystpartiet var slet ikke mig! Så den hang bare der... Til jeg fik en idé! ;-) At jeg kunne tage den med til en skrædder og få den lavet om til en nederdel. Enkelt tænkte jeg, for underdelen var jo ret skater-agtig og kjolen var ligesom naturligt delt i to. Næh nej, sagde skrædderen! Hvis man skulle lave en nederdel ud af den kjole, skulle man omstrukturere det hele og det ville koste mere end jeg havde givet for kjolen.

Men jeg er jo ikke én der giver op så let og jeg besluttede mig for SELV at fikse det. Jeg klippede kjolen over der hvor den ligesom skilte naturligt, syede en lining i, sprættede bagsømmen op og satte en lang gunmetal lynlås i. Og jeg synes faktisk at resultatet er rigtigt flot. Tag den dumme skrædder! ;-)

This is an outfit from last week. It consist of two things that, in my opinion, should be in every woman's closet. A classic white shirt and a leather skirt.

I have wanted a leather skirt og dress for a long time, because we all know how much I love leather ;-) But I could not find the right one. A while ago I happend to buy a second hand leather dress, but when it arrived, it was just not what I had expected. The sleeves and the neckline were not at all flattering on me. And so it just hang around in my closet. Until I got a brilliant idea! ;-) I could get a tailor to alter it to a skirt. That should not be too much work, as the dress was already naturally cut in two parts. But the tailor did not agree. She said that it would require a reconstruction of the entire peice of clothing and that would cost me more than I had paid.

But, I am not the kind of person that gives up that easily (vertainly not when it comes to clothes!) so I decided to alter the dress myself. I cut the dress in half where the "natural" parting already were, sewed in a waistband, cut up the back seam and put in a full length zipper. And I actually really like the result. In your face stupid tailor! ;-)

 

Before picture of the dress

White shirt - Ellos // Leather skirt/dress (costumized by me) - Auluna // Necklace - Second Female // Suede wedges - Head over Heels @ Dorothy Perkins

Jeg er bestemt ingen rutineret syerske/skrædder og dette projekt kunne snildt have gået begge veje, som alle mine DYI projekter er der et godt stykke vej fra mit hoved til det færdige resultat ;-) Ofte er jeg vist lidt for ambitiøs i forhold til mine evner. Men jeg er stædig og lader mig aldrig begrænse af sådan en lille ting som evner :-D

I am by no means a skilled seamstress/tailor and this project could just as easily have failed miserably, as is the case for most of my DIY projects there is often quite a long way from my mind to the finished product ;-) More often than not I am overly ambitious compared to my actual skill level. But I am determined and never limit myself because of little things like skills :-D

- Karina