DIY: Clearance Rack Dress to Skirt Transformation

This is literally one of the easiest DIYs you'll ever do. It's all about finding just the right dress to butcher.

I found this dress on the clearance rack at Kohl's a while back. This dress is a great candidate to turn into a skirt because it has a wide elastic band in the middle (which will become the waist of the skirt) and no pesky zippers or anything complicating things.

I picked a dress that was a size or two bigger than I'd actually wear, were I to actually going to wear it as a dress. Because that elastic band is meant to sit at the waist as a dress, it will be kind of small as a skirt unless you go for a bigger size--you need that elastic to fit comfortably around your hips (unless of course you want a high-waisted skirt. That's up to you!).

A great thing about this is that it doesn't matter what the top of the dress looks like because you only need to be concerned with the skirt. So even if the dress is kind of ugly or ill-fitting, it's okay! And hey, that's probably why it was on the clearance rack to begin with, right?

Start cutting off the top of the dress where the fabric meets the elastic. Take your time to ensure you don't miss-cut anything.

And...once you've hacked off the unwanted part of the dress, you'll have yourself a lovely skirt! This is an inexpensive way to expand your skirt collection. You just have to have a good eye for ideal dress-to-skirt candidates!