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Highlighter Dress in the Wild

4/16/2020

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In 2015, I made what I called my Highlighter Dress, because of its color scheme, like highlighter on white paper. I liked it and wore it frequently, despite its ill-fitting sleeve.  The front of the armscye was not easy enough to allow my arm to move forward, and the sleeve cap was too shallow, creating creases. 

In November 2018, I used Marie Kondo's book as my guide while I cleaned my room and de-stashed my fabrics.  The highlighter dress was by then too small in the chest and too high-waisted for me; I felt like a little girl outgrowing her clothes!  It went to the Goodwill thrift store, and I hoped its next owner would enjoy it. 

Then, in January 2020, I went to Red Fox Vintage to noodle about and look at things, and imagine my delight to see my highlighter dress in the wild!  Some vender had bought it from Goodwill, marked the price up, and was reselling it!  What fun! 
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Hello, old friend!
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It's Cluny lace, not rickrack.
2 Comments
The Sister
4/17/2020 08:17:15 am

Well, that is awesome! The closet I've come to this is seeing my donated gowns on display mannequins at the thrift store, but THIS is so much cooler! I love how you corrected the tag, too. Ha!

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The Sister
4/18/2020 08:51:48 am

What a shame you don't have an inner label for the garments you make! Finding it in a consignment shop would be some marketing for your brand!

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