Dress of the day 217 a b c White double lace collar with shortened full length white lace fringed outfit (skirt and jacket) from affordable Tempt

 


The white lace skirt and jacket are a matching set. The brand name is Temt. They are an 'affordable' shop, just what I like. I must have seen this at a bargain price. I would have thought, that looks great for a bride, but not for me. Besides the white will easily get stained if I drink coffee or eat a curry.

How to Shorten A Skirt

When I put the outfit on it consisted of a long skirt and jacket. The skirt was too long. I considered cutting off  a wide piece from the hem. I could use the strip as a headscarf, bandanna, or neck scarf. More usefully, I could use it to extend the skirt upwards and make a top.

How to Make A Top Piece

1 I could have attached the cut-off piece to the skirt. 

2 Or kept the top as a separate bandeau like a bra, 3 Or short, shoulder covering, short sleeve bolero. 

The simplest way would have been to make a bandeau. 

If that was too short to cover my bust, I had two further choices. 

4 I could use a second strip above the first, maybe by cutting more off the hem. 

5 I could cut off the front hem of the dress and leave the back longer.  

6 If that looked odd, I could cut triangles at the sides so a diagonal line would connect the two back and front hemlines.

7 Or cut a triangle out of the centre of the front hem.

8 Or two triangles, like mini pyramids over the front of each leg.

9 Or two triangles at the sides, one from each side hem.

10 Or, if short of fabric, instead of running the bandeau all the way around the top, cut it in two and put the two oblongs one above the other to make an apron front.

Pull Up The Skirt

Before cutting, I wondered if I could pull the dress up, as is done with some stretchy dresses sold as two in one skirt or dress outfits. I tried that and it worked. I now needed a skirt or slip to cover my legs. 

Finding Affordable Fashion

The company claims their mission is to bring affordable fashion.

The latest white dress on their website in March 2021 was a white minidress with a balloon skirt. The price was reduced from about 44.99 dollars to about 24.99 dollars. 

Useful Websites (alphabetically)

Temt white dress

www.tempt.sg/shop

TEMT Singapore - EMBROIDERY CHIFFON LAYERED MINI DRESS (324956)

(20+) TEMT SG | Facebook

TEMT STORES

STOREADDRESSCONTACT
Plaza Singapura68 Orchard Road Plaza Singapura #01-54 Singapore 2388396238 7858
Somerset313 Orchard Road 313 Somerset #B1-24/29 Singapore 2388956509 1857

Westgate

Jurong Gateway #02-45/46 Singapore 600135 6465 9295
Jurong PointJurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2 JP1 #01-35 Singapore 6488866261 0979
Paya Lebar Quarter10 Paya Lebar Quarter  #02-15/16 Singapore 409057 6970 0875

For fake collars

Amazon

https://www.amazon.sg/PRETYZOOM-Cotton-Collar-Detachable-Neckline/dp/B08Q7M58RP/

Ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Women-False-Collar-Lace-Collar-Detachable-Lapel-Choker-Necklace-Shirt-Cloak-Accs/174645187162

Etsy

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