Let’s talk about this vintage-esque top ($11.95, Beacon’s Closet).
I Heart: Blue, Stripes, Batwingy Sleeves.
I Do Not Heart: Turtlenecks and/or any style of shirt that makes my boobs look bigger than they are.
I thought snipping the turtleneck portion of the shirt would be a quick fix to the above issue, giving me the slightly off-shoulder neckline I’m partial to. Not so. The turtleneck portion contained shape-preserving elastic. Once hacked off and unbunched, the neck portion of the shirt was as wide as the waist portion, i.e. it would not stay on for shit. What a pickle.
I happened to have some excess elastic thread on hand, so I hot glued it around the top of the neckline, then hot glued a makeshift hem over the elastic. Hot glue is my BFF, btdubs. The resulting neckline was a bit more fitted, but the shirt still threatened to slide off. As a last resort, I poked some holes in the shoulders, and tied another piece of elastic to said holes across the back.
I did more than salvage the shirt in question here, people.
I made an infinity scarf out of the part I chopped off!
Good times.
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Very resourceful fix!
And I don’t like turtlenecks–or crew necks!–for the same reason. If you have any kind of chest at all, they make you look as if you have a uni-boob growing from directly under your chin.
OMG I sold that top to Beacons! It was once a really long dress – that I got at a thrift store in texas – which looked like a nightgown so I hemmed it into a top. I think I wore it once? I found it in storage a year later and parted with it. Oh the various changes that dress/top has been through!