If you’re lucky, tonight is date night. But what are you going to wear? If you’ve got half an hour, and an old dress lying in the back of your cupboard, you could try your hand at this (perfect date night) little black dress, complete with a studded neckline. If nothing else it could be the perfect conversation starter. Cue: “you made that? no way!”. Here’s hoping anyway.
Little Black Studded Dress
To embellish the neckline for this dress, we used these simple button studsĀ because they’re nice and minimalist, but you could use any style of stud – right this way for lots of different types.
You need:
- a simple black dress
- some button studs
- scissors
- dart awl
How to:
1. The first thing we did to this dress was modify the length. First we marked off the new length we wanted, and cut to fit.
2. Fold, iron and then hand sew the hem.
3. Using a measuring tape, mark with chalk where you want to put the studs.
4. Using the dart awl, poke holes where marked.
5. Push the screws through from the underside.
6. Screw the stud tops on.
7. Do the same for the sleeves.
And voila. Happy date night!
Photos by Nicola Lemmon
Ps if you love DIY dresses, check out this one and this one. Oh btw, lots of fun before & afters on the way – since many of you mentioned in the survey that you loved to see the transformation process!
This is so pretty and perfect for date! Simple but original, love it!
xx Elisa
http://www.francinesplacediy.blogspot.com
So glad you like Elisa. x
A wonderful idea, thank you! I have tons of such dresses which I don’t wear and now I will pimp at least one of them how you show here š
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
http://www.dressedwithsoul.com
Thanks! You so should š
so beautiful what a great idea I’m not crafty at all but this has inspired me to try!
Where is the bag from?
The bag is Dylan Kain love, glad you like the dress!
Loved this! I think I’m gonna try it with a t-shirt first just to be sure haha!
http:// corallblogs.blogspot.gr/
Oh goodness that is too cute! I seriously need to start doing my own accessorizing!
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What a cool DIY! The dress looks great ā¤ļ»æ
munchies&musings
So smart!!!
Laura
http://www.24-7style.com
Love how you turned this plain dress into something very special! The studs make this dress look so cool!
http://chrissabella.blogspot.co.uk/
So cute and simple! Love it!
Danielle
http://beautyandbourbon.co
I love this idea! So simple yet so creative!
xx
This is so so pretty! It definitely makes the piece look instantly more expensive!
Warm Regards,
Alexandra
http://www.littlewildheart.com
You should really open up an Etsy store! I don’t have the patience or creativity to do this at home but I’d totally purchase it. Horrible, I know.
–coffeeslag
This is such a great idea!!
Love how such little things can everything about an item. It looks lovely on you xx
http://www.creativityandchocolate.com
I love what you did with it! so cute
http://hashtagliz.com
This is such an adorable dress and seems so easy to make! I especially love the type of studs that you used, may have to try to recreate this dress myself.
http://onsundayafternoon.wordpress.com
They’re a little more subtle than normal studs aren’t they? x
Wow looks awesome! Wonderful share š
Glad you like it, it’s so easy to wear. x
I love your clutch/purse! Where is it from? š
The bag is from Dylan Kain honey, xxx
Well this is an absolutely wonderful idea! Love it!!!
http://ladydanish.blogspot.com.au/
Thanks so much, here’s the next date night!
This is so perfect and makes it look so chic!
Xx
Rhea
http://www.fuss.co.in
Awww thanks! x
It’s wonderful!!!
The Fashion FAD
Hello there,
Great DIY. I love it!
Where does your handbag come from?
Take care, Laure
A simple detail that makes all the diference. I love it!
Hi,
Your blog is very nice, a lot of simple good ideas.
I am french and I was woundering where can I find all the little things you put on your clothes to customize them ? Is it by internet maybe ? We d’ont have any shop with that in my city.
Many thanks,
XX Bertille
So simple and yet so pretty!
Berry Dakara Blog
I can’t wait to try this! Thanks for the inspiration !!!
http://www.itgirlnextdoor.com
I love your DIYs!!! Your DIY black dresses have been amazing!! Now I need to find some affordable hideous dress to get my hands on. :))
I adore this dress! Adding the studs is very clever and stylish. I think this is a great tutorial and easily adapts to other pieces.
This Before & After post is so inspiring! I love how dress looks after! š
http://happinessvictim.blogspot.com
x
I LOVE THIS!!! Happy Date Night!
This is wonderful.
love it, you are amazing. How do you come up with these simple but fab ideas
Lauren
livinginaboxx
Beautiful dress! Such a great idea. It fits you so well š
Looks awesome. Very chic
Lots of love, xx
http://www.marysreturn.com
http://www.marysreturn.com
This is so chic and cool! Do you come up with your ideas completely on your own or do you find inspiration somewhere?
-Amanda
http://www.blissfulgal.com
hey where did you get the dress and what material is it made of?
Thanks
Mel
That dress brings out the length of your legs!
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