Because You Don't Settle With Satisfaction, Only Fabulousness

My dear friend Marissa inspired me for this post. We have a 'semi-formal' coming up at school, it'll probably be lame, but hey, it's fun dressing up. Anyways, she has this really nice dress from Le Chateau ( a little black dress) that she wore a while back. But she wants to spice it up, and is probably going give it new flare by adding a high waited belt. I think this is a great idea, and I'll give you a few more.

On the topic, you could add a belt. Not only will it give your simple black dress an extra flare, I'll give you more of an 'body flare' by giving the illusion of a slimer waist. You can also use a scarf, preferably with lots of colours. It'll give great contrast with the black.

Around the straps if your dress you can tie a bow around it, or a strap of sequins, or just a silk strap it you like. It won't change your dress completely but your looking for that little much more. Instead of doing something to the dress, you can do something around it. Accessories can do wonders do an outfit, take something simple to something fabulous. Although forget the usual silver or white you pair with it normally. Try something vibrant that will give it such 'je ne sais quoi' like greens, blues, purples, pinks, etc...

If you're looking to change you dress drastically you can also hem it so there's a slit if you want, you can remove the straps if possible, or make more form fitting by tightening in around the side. If can't do this, just get seamstress, won't cost that much depending on what you get.

Now see you don't need to shell out another +50 dollars to get another dress. Use that simple black dress in the back of your closet that you wore a year or two ago, and make it more to your liking. Haven't you seen 'Pretty In Pink', that's talent.