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Medersa Ben-Youssef

After spending my entire first day feasting and wandering around the souks, I made a lofty attempt to see all the tourist sites in one day. Of course, I missed a few things along the way, but it was so overwhelmingly beautiful and episodic, I thought I would do a photo dump here to try to recreate it.

Marrakech Museum

Kasbah Mosque

Badi Palace

Inside Mamounia Hotel

One of many Morocco city gates

Yves Saint Laurent Gardens (a.k.a. Jardin Majorelle)

Saadian Tombs

The Seven Pillars

Mamounia Hotel

The souks after close.

Special Thanks to my photographer, Oliver Marsh.

A few days ago I was at the thrift store and came across this little beauty:

The lace was impeccable! The cloth was fully lined, of good quality, and no buttons were chipped or missing (it buttons up the back). Though at first glance, it seemed like a styleless rag, I decided to invest two whole dollars to embark on an experiment of mammoth proportions.

Eighties-tastic Thrift Store Find: $2.00
Brand: Watters and Watters
Problems: Shoulder Pads and Crazy Scalloped Sleeves.

Step 1: Seam Rip.

With a mere seam-ripper and 30 minutes, I was able to remove the sleeves and the shoulder pads. Because the sleeves had several layers of stitching, it took a while, but also left me with a natural fold to hem the sleeves when I was done.

Step 2: Eliminate Damage

I don’t have a sewing machine, so I ended up hand stitching the sides down. I just popped in a movie (Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra with Louis Armstrong in High Society- I’d recommend it if you like old movies and jazz) and just stitched away. It maybe took 40 minutes? Ta-Dah!

Step 3: Call Me Molly Ringwold. I’m goin’ to prom y’all, or at least, back to law school.

Hello Valentino. Ok, maybe thats a stretch. More like this?

Fancy: 8

Function: 7

Funky: 6

Fashion: 8

The Clothesline

Style for people blowing in the wind

Salmon Colored Dreams

DIY: Pretty in Pink Edition