Floral Pleats and Mint (plus altering a size 16 skirt)

Outfits|July 14, 2014
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Top: J.Crew – size XXS (similar here and here)
Skirt: Ann Taylor factory {tailored, style #333769} – (similar here, here and here)
Shoes: Halogen – size 4.5 (similar here and here)
Purse: J.Crew (cute here and here)
Necklace: c/o Ily Couture (buy here)
Bracelet: c/o Stella & Dot (buy here)
Earrings: Kate Spade (buy here)
Watch: Kate Spade (in black, gold, silver and rose gold)
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Happy Tuesday! I fell in love with the print and pleats of this skirt when I was shopping in the Midwest. There was only one problem…it was a size 16 regular! Yeah I know…crazy! It was on final sale for 9.88 plus my sister had extra 30% off coupon. I figured for $7, I could risk trying to take in the skirt. “I” meaning my mom. lol I showed it to my her and she said it could be done but it wouldn’t be as easy as I thought. Well here are the results! Amazing right? 
Floral Pleats and Mint
Since the zipper wasn’t in the middle, my mom only tailored one side of the skirt (non-zipper side). She had to remove the waistband and reattach it. It’s fully lined so it took twice as long. I wouldn’t recommend or advise trying to alter something that is more than a couple sizes too big. This was one of those fluke type things that luckily turned out. I know this skirt be well loved and worth my Mom’s hard work.

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I’m really lucky that the length is perfect otherwise it would have been much more difficult to alter. I’m so happy with the results and my mom is a genius!
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Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day! 🙂
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  2. Stunning! The mint top just looks beautifully perfect and a get simple pairing for that skirt! That’s an awesome skill to have! Being able to custom pieces! Yay to the amazing sewing!

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  5. Love this gorgeous outfit and seriously, huge props to your mom for turning this skirt around into this lovely piece!

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  6. How does the heel on these compare to the heel on the Kate Spade lilia houndstooth pumps? I have these Halogen pumps and want to get the Kate Spade pumps but I keep reading that the heel on the Kate Spade ones is high.

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