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Thread Heads at SXSW Day 2, How-To make a Slack Dress

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 11 March 2008

Today we go down the street to forum member Laurel's house of Ferpecto Fashion. She shows us how-to make a dress out of an old pair of men's slacks...also know as the slack dress.

recycle, dress, SXSW, slacks, south by south west festival

Comments

  • nhanvey22147 wrote on March 11, 9:30 pm

    thats really cute

  • aglanceatmyworld wrote on March 11, 11:52 pm

    I love it! I have a suit that I'm making a motor jacket out of and if I'm able to make it without needing the pants then I'm so going to make a dress! Thanks for the tut!

  • NEWBIE7 (anon) wrote on March 12, 9:01 am

    I love your slack dress and thanks for the tips this is a great way for a newbie like me to practice not only on measurements but trying to see if I can actually get something to fit very well. You are so talented and thanks for sharing.

  • twistedtwin wrote on March 19, 7:46 pm

    i tried making this dress a while back and i think that if your a big girl then it wont work.

  • BobbinGobblin wrote on March 19, 10:32 pm

    What an awesome dress! I want to raid my grandfather's closet, now, for some of his really cool trousers..

  • astrid (guest) wrote on March 28, 10:39 pm

    this was so impressive, it's the first dress i've made from the net, my slacks cost me $2, a nice dark grey wool pair, all i need now is for it to warm up a little so i can wear it, thanks

  • astrid wrote on March 28, 10:45 pm

    this was so impressive, it's the first dress i've made from the net. dark grey wool slacks=$2, it was straight forward.. all i need now is some warmer weather to wear it.. thanks

  • LunaMorbid wrote on March 29, 1:38 pm

    I can't wait to make my own dress! It looks soo cute!! ^-^


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