A Man's Dress Shirt, Restyled

Photo: Cyndi Coon

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Like everyone, the dry-cleaners make mistakes; a shirt's forgotten, a stain overlooked, or a shirt gets sent home in the middle of the wrong stack with the wrong owners.  

So what do to if you're on the other end of that mistake and have hung onto someone else's item (namely, a man's dress shirt)? How about dyeing the shirt to hide the original identity and turning it into a mini-dress, instead? 

Learn more about how to hide your (semi) theft after the jump.

MATERIALS:
--A Man's Dress shirt
--Fabric Dye
--Sewing Machine
--Thread
--Straight pins
--Ribbon
--Scissors

METHOD:

1. Dye the shirt in your washing machine according to the manufacturer's directions.

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2.     2. Cut the pocket flap off with your scissors.

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3.     3. Cut both sleeves off with your scissors; be sure to cut at the outer edge of the existing stitch line so as not to have a raveled look to your sleeve.

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4.     4. Cut the top flap of the collar off using the same method as No. 3.

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5.     5. Cover the left over pocket flap of fabric with a contrasting ribbon (zebra striped in this case) sew it on with your sewing machine. 

6.     6. Using the extra fabric from the collar or sleeve, roll up into a flower form, pin in place and stitch it together. Then stitch it to the shirt above the pocket area. 

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7.    7. Button all of the buttons in the front and sew up the seem so the buttons will not come undone while wearing and this turns it into and over the head dress.

8.     8. Belt it and pair it with leggings and you are ready to wear!

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