Rent the Runway

I have recently been accepted to represent Rent the Runway on campus this year and couldn't be more excited! Check out this short video featuring two of the thousands of dresses Rent the Runway has to offer and check them out at www.renttherunway.com/Drexel.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Rent the Runway, RTR is an online company which allows women to rent designer dresses at a fraction of the retail price. It's perfect for any occassion, wedding, formal, social, party, date night, etc.

Color Block Dress Up-Cycle

Before & After

I picked up this dress because I liked the material and the colors. I think the color blocking is also pretty clever, and luckily for me it fit pretty well. I was able to easily transform it from a little girl's dress to a cute cocktail dress. Once I got started working on the dress I realized that it was most likely home made. The zipper was hand sewn (which I later machine sewed to keep it in place, as it was coming off a bit), and the seam allowances weren't serged or finished in anyway so they were unraveling, as well as the fact that the lining was a strange green color. Nevertheless, whoever made the dress did a great job, but I still like it a lot better now that I've altered it!

Vintage Dress to Modern Top

I found this green dress from the early 80's at the dump near my grandmother's house on Martha's Vineyard. Read my earlier post to learn more about the FREE! (and clean) clothes I picked up there. When I first saw it I wasn't sure what it was but I liked the color of it so I figured I would find something to do with it.