big sister smocked dress BLUE Swiss Dot 5 smocking with “Big Sister” stitched across the chest and a timeless pink gingham print White Big Sister Smocked Bishop

If I wanted to dress down a sport coat/shirt combo, Id simply wear the top 3 buttons unfastened (as youve done in the photographs above, but without the T-shirt), or replace the shirt with a polo that has a proper cutaway shirt collar (I really like the ones from Drumohr)

The actual dress a lace design sold by the British retailer Roman Originals is blue and black

Do you alter ballgowns and multi-layered prom dresses

A-Line skirt

Now, I know that distressing is the cool thing to do when it comes to furniture makeovers these days, and I had planned to distress this piece a bit after I had applied the second coat of paint

Buttermilk: The secret ingredient that adds a hint of tang to every bite