25/10/2012

Carrie Bradshaw Month 2: …and isn’t afraid to ask

Readers, despite my diligent searching over the last 6 months, it turns out it is actually incredibly hard to find a tutu in a charity shop in this country. Who would’ve thought, eh?!

So I had to resort to a vintage shop to find this baby… £14.99 from Rag n’ Bone in Deptford.

I’m sure you all know what I have got in mind for this…

Yes, it’s the tutu from the iconic opening sequence!

Of course, once I saw the label I was even more in love with it.

There wasn’t a massive amount of refashioning required. The only problem was that the straps were a little long and the whole thing was sitting a bit low.

Here’s how I fixed it.

First I decided how much to shorten the straps by, and sewed it shut in a loop. Then I folded the furthest part back down and sewed it on top of the seam I just made. The photos below might make a little more sense.

It makes a cute little bow!

Anyway, that was really all it needed, because it was already pretty awesome. I paired it with my shiny belt (that makes everything look better) and a gold very loose knitted sweater for my day out in NYC. To prove that I was brave enough to wear my tutu out and about, here are some pictures of me modelling on a Carrie-style stoop.

This was SO much fun to wear… and to twirl! :)

Because we didn’t manage to get a picture of the tutu outfit getting splashed by a bus, you’ll have to make do with my mad photoshop skillz, and a bit of imagination.

Want to see how I would loook on the side of a bus? No? Oh go on then.

Tune in next week for the final part in the Carrie series!

16 comments

25/10/2012 - 10:04 am Marie

Brilliant! I’ve always loved that outfit and you’ve replicated it so well with your own spin. It looks goregous with the loose knit on top too…fabulous stuff! I love your bus photo by the way…had me in stitches!!!

25/10/2012 - 1:43 pm charityshopchic

Thank you Marie :) I am glad you liked this one and that you find my photoshop skillz ‘entertaining’… let’s just say I had a lot of fun making those pics…

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25/10/2012 - 11:00 am shipshapebristolfashion

Ha! I love this – especially the pic of you on the bus : )

25/10/2012 - 1:43 pm charityshopchic

Yeah… I spent at least 5 minutes on that ;-)

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25/10/2012 - 6:40 pm Floortje

Really love your blog dear!
Keep posting, you do it great!

25/10/2012 - 7:39 pm charityshopchic

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

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25/10/2012 - 7:47 pm Gray Cat Can Fly

CUTE :)

25/10/2012 - 7:54 pm charityshopchic

Thanks!

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26/10/2012 - 8:32 am Lex

If you’re after a tutu, a length of elastic and some thrifted tule will do the trick – pinterest search ‘tutu’ and I’m certain you’ll be overwhelmed with tutorials. I love the outfit though – the gold cardi is lovely and I’m a sucker for big wide belts too. Nice job.

26/10/2012 - 2:42 pm charityshopchic

I don’t know where you shop, Lex, but I want to go there! Thrifted tulle?! I should be so lucky.

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26/10/2012 - 1:44 pm MiraDevils (@MiraDevils)

So cute. i can see a resemblence with Carrie´s outfit <3
xo

glamDevils

26/10/2012 - 2:42 pm charityshopchic

Thanks for the comment!

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27/10/2012 - 12:37 am Stephanie

Love this idea!! You look great! I’ve loved that outfit since forever! Plus, just died this week over Blair (A+P) outfit!!

PS. I’d love it if you could visit my blog and follow me if you like it!! :)

-Stephanie
@LaminLouboutins.blogspot.com

27/10/2012 - 9:21 am charityshopchic

Thanks Stephanie, yes I saw that fantastic tulle skirt over at Atlantic+Pacific earlier this week and it made me wonder why we don’t wear tutus more often :)

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