Graduation Gown Turned Dress

Hey y’all! As some of you may know or remember I graduated back in May and I got to keep my gown along with my cap, since I’m homeschooled.

Now the next person in my family to graduate still has a couple years to go, and he will probably need a size or two up to accommodate for height so I turned my gown into a dress!

I got to work a week or so after I graduated and started sketching what I wanted to turn my gown into. Should I do separates? Should I do a dress? What style of dress?

Ultimately I decided upon this amazing dress, now I did have to adjust the skirt because my initial sketch had a long maxi style dress but I simply adore the shorter skirt.

And that back is stunning! The whole dress with the exception of the ribbon for the straps, came from the gown.

Had to take a couple pictures with my cap, so happy I had all my friends sign it!

Now this next picture has a bit of a story behind it:

So the day I took pics of my dress, I took my black belt pictures as well. While we were looking at poses I had this idea to see if I could do a side kick (a personal favorite) in my dress and heels- turns out I can!

Alright y’all, that’s all for today- don’t forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest. Also don’t forget you can shop all my ready to wear designs in my group, Fashionista Dreams- Ready to Wear!

See y’all later,

Alyssa xx

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