Upcycled Juicy Couture Chain Link Dress: KCW Day 2
Kid’s Clothes Week: Day 2
This seasons theme: Upcycled, from Kid’s Clothes Week, is a pretty exciting theme. The process of going through my closet brought immense joy to Cadence, who found out that she can nearly fit my high heels! She was beside herself with glee upon the realization, and was in love with the idea of making something of mine into something for her.
The best part is, we were able to include not 2, but 3 generations in the mix! Cadence’s mimmi, my mother-in-law, gave me a beautiful, Juicy Couture chain link dress of hers a couple years ago. However, it was a little too short for comfort, so it was an obvious choice for our projects: a hand-me-down to a daughter-in-law to a granddaughter. With a few alterations, I created a much smaller version of the original. A very sophisticated dress for an 8 year old, I might add.
Juicy Couture Chain Link Dress
The original dress is shown below, and we decided to keep the same shape, just a smaller version.
The Adele Dress pattern by Violette Field Threads was the perfect bodice shape to help design a dress that would fit a smaller frame. I also used this pattern for a dragon themed dress here.
Upcylced
The upcycled Juicy Couture Chain Link Dress was more than we hoped for! Cadence was in heaven being able to look and dress like her mimmie! We opted to sew the tag back in place to preserve the look. What a fun project!
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How wonderful that your daughter can now wear a modified version of her grandmother’s dress. I bet they’re both thrilled.
WE all are thrilled! One of our favorite projects yet!
Isn’t it amazing how a simple piece of fabric can tie three generations together? Thank you for linking up at the Thank Goodness It’s Thursday party this week. You are a master at the refashion and she just looks too cute in that dress!
Thank you for your kind words! It is absolutely one of our favorite creations.