Tube skirt or sarong from Indonesia instantly converted into a dress, Dress of the Day 521


Angela in Cylinder skirt converted into a dress.  Outfit 521, Photo by Trevor Sharot.



 The tube skirt or cylinder skirt was bought in Indonesia by my husband. On his return to Singapore he gave it to me as a birthday present, knowing I like clothes.

The tube skirt design was a novelty. I wrote about it in my earlier post.

I looked at how to convert it into a dress. 

I pinned ribbons on the long top gap in two places, making a neck opening, and beside it it dropped two openings for my arms. 

By chance, a couple of days later, I picked up a white blouse with short puff sleeves and a collar. What could I wear it with? A plain black skirt (or skirt of any colour). As I hunted for a black skirt, I passed the cylinder skirt. 

I picked it up and put it on. The blouse collar solved the problem of how to shape the dress neck.

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