Altered EGL dress

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I had to make an egl outfit for the tea party I hosted a while back. I had this Gunne Sax dress sitting in my closet that I never wore. So I set to altering it like crazy. I:
*removed the sleeves/straps because they were to thin (which included undoing a lot of lace and ribbon trim along the top edge)
*removed the fabric that made a bow on the back because that was too thin (I planned on making a wider bow for it but ran out of time)
*took the skirt part off of the top part (which included undoing half of the zipper)
*cut the skirt in half
*sewed the bottom half of the skirt onto the top part of the dress (gathering the fabric as I went)
*attached the bottom half of the zipper to the new skirt part of the dress
*used the fabric from the old bow to make new sleeves/straps (including sewing all that trim back on)
*made a choker out of the fabric from the old straps
*made a head piece out of some of the fabric from the old skirt


BEFORE:
My friend wearing the dress:

Another before shot. My friend on the right is wearing the dress and I'm on the left in another gunne sax that I have:


AFTER
Tons of after pictures:












So, what do you guys think?