By Anika

I am forever reworking my bouqet of dresses

Hi sweethearts!

I am a firm believer that we only get as much fun as we create for ourselves,

daring to be relaxed about our selves, silly and

open for the humour in any given moment :D

I approach my wardrobe with the same attitude;

I only get as many dresses as I can come up with! LOL

I am forever sewing and reworking my dresses.

These are some of the dresses that I have given new lives before

and problably will change again and again.

The white ruffled dress

This dress was one of my personal breakthroughs in terms of defining what I can wear and not.

That definition was blown wide open when I picked my shamed self up

from the dressing room floor (when the dress sized XL didn`t fit)

and walked out of the store with two matching dresses,

determined that I was going to wear the beautiful white frills no matter what.

I made a dress from the two dresses, and here is the skirt of that dress in

the various combinations I have sewed so far.

The grey sequined T

I love grey and I love sequins, so when I picked up this t at a sale I knew I could have some fun with it.

Above are my two spins on it so far. Now it is waiting for the next idea in my treasure box of fabrics.

The coat-dress

I found this coat at H&M in London a few years back and loved it so much I wore it as a dress, before I started adding different tops to it. It is super comfortable to wear.

The brown dress

Mixing and matching my skirts and tops makes for so many options!

This is my latest take on my brown dress, with snakeprint and studs from a bag.

The wrap around dress

I fell in love with the silky printed fabric of

this wrap around dress that I bought at Noa Noa in Dublin two years ago.

The wrap around-thing didn`t work for me though, so I chopped it up, turned it back to front, and sewed it back toghether, using the sleeves for the back of the dress.

For summer the short sleeved- t was perfect, but when autumn came I replaced it with a t with longer sleeves and leather sequins on the shoulder.

The snake dress

I made this dress from a scarf. It was the first printed dress I wore, and I loved it

so much I basically only wear printed ones now. But you might have noticed that already LOL.

Anyways, this dress doesn`t exist anymore, I have reworked it, will show you later :)

Tell me, do you also rework your clothes?

xx Anika

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I adore By Malene Birger

This post is all about the dress.

It`s By Malene Birger, one of my all time fave designers.

Her designs are bohemian and uniqe, super elegant and relaxed.

I got this taffita dress a year ago, and couldn`t believe I actually fit in it! LOL

As it happened the shape of the dress didn`t really work for me, so for most of the year I

didn`t wear it, and didn`t dear rework it, but the other day I thought,

oh, screw that, I love it and want to wear it, let me cut it up and see what I can do.

It is still a work in progress, the neckline is too revealing I think (?), but what I did was

take the skirt in so I don`t drown in it, hoist it up basically, and rearrange the neckline.

The rest of the outfit you`ve seen before, but I am working on a couple of dresses

that I hope to show you soon :)

The outfit:

Blue taffita dress, By Malene Birger

Bolero that I made from a scarf

Peacock feathers, Indiska

Grey sandals that I added fabric to, Zara

Bangles, ring, scarf, H&M

Bag bought in N.Y thanks to sis<3

Well hello! Def need to cover the runaways up a little more LOL

Before I show you some pics of By Malene Birgers design I have to share with you a hilarious gift

I got today from my bestfriend, let`s just say it is something I didn`t know that I needed, but now can`t live

without LOL:

!!!!!! LOL!

On to the fab stylings of By Malene Birger:

xxx

Anika

Labels: by malene birger, dresses, leopard, reworked, sandals

Keepin it simple in leopard

Today I kept it simple and let my blue leopard dress do the talking.

I love the colour of this dress, and it`s so light and flowy to wear.

It was originally a halterneck -dress, but I changed the lining to a sweetheart one :)

So:

Blue dress (Lene V)

Cut off cardi, fringed bag, ring and leopard scarf (H&M)

Studded sandals (DNA)

White earrings (Vero Moda)

Black bangle bought in Croatia

Keeping todays greeting simple too:

I

<3

you

xxx Anika

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My new dress from a skirt and shoe laces

Hi guys, how are you?

Remember my rosy fabric (used to be a skirt) that I found in my mums basement and wore

as a scarf the other day?

Yesterday I sewed a dress from it and added shoe laces (that I made for a pair of

sandals a while back) as a waistband.

What do you think?

The dress in its former life

The laces in their former life (studs from a dress, laces made from a belt)

I love this contrast of the romantic fabric and the studs with the black :)

I worked the dress with mixed bangles, headband, leopard scarf and white ring from H&M

Sending you all big hugs!

Thanks so much for following!

xxx Anika

<3

Labels: By Anika, colour, reworked

Feeling happy in peeptoe flats!

Hi gang, today I am feeling happy in my new studded peeptoe flats!

I am working the flats today in my fave selfmade white dress...

... and a black reworked vest with a statement neckless and gold bangle

How `bout them peeptoe flats!

I picked them up at Din Sko today, whizzing into the store, trying them on and getting them within three minutes!

Now that`s shopping with intention :) LOL

Here are the details of the rest of my outfit today:

This black vest that I made yesterday was originally a brown dress that I picked up at H&M in London a couple of years ago, mainly because I loved the top of the dress.

A black dyejob and some chopping later it was re-born as a vest with powersleeves.