Just a simple and comfy outfit for a relatively quick trip to school! In case you didn’t notice, those are polka dot feathers on my shoes. Awesome, I know. But there’s a story behind this shirt. After I tell it, you will either think I’m a genius, or you’ll think I’m a hot mess. I like to think I’m an ingenious hot mess.
So I bought this shirt last year on clearance at a Theory outlet. I got it for around $20, which was probably a million dollars off. I think the fact that I got it for cheap made me forget the entire back panel is real silk (which is why it’s so lovely and drape-y and soft). I’m allergic to being domestic, so when my clothes are wrinkly, I just use Downy Wrinkle Releaser. I very rarely use an iron. Too much work.
Maybe you can see where this is going. This silk shirt was wrinkly, and my dumbass self sprayed this Downy crap all over it. After it dried, the silk was covered in little discolored splotches. Oops.
Never one to give up on a cute item of clothing, I devised a plan. You can’t see stains…if the whole shirt is stained. I filled a bowl with water and a little bit of the evil wrinkle releaser and soaked the shirt in there for a few minutes. Then I rinsed it off and let it dry. The shirt was a uniform color!! One trip to the dry cleaner later (to freshen it up), and it’s good as new. Success.
Now I’m curious… What was the original color of the shirt? Haha!
Btw, super cute simple outfit. You can’t go wrong with a flowy blouse.
Haha it’s really not that different! Just a sliver of a shade darker now than originally. But it was different enough that the spots were noticeable, hence staining the entire shirt.
OMG, that is just so AMAZING! I would have never thought of doing that!!! Definitely ingenious!!! Thank goodness you were so creative because I LOVE that shirt. . .the colour is so pretty!
xo Jenny
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Amazing save! You’d never know that you did anything to it, it looks great!
Any thoughts, I accidently soaked a beautiful silk shirt and now has a blue tied dyed effect. Should I dye it a shade darker??
If it were me, I would soak it again in whatever you soaked it in the first time, but make sure the whole shirt gets saturated so there aren’t streaks. Then let it air dry, and if the fabric is stiff, take it to the dry cleaners. I hope it works! Otherwise, um…make tie dye silk a trend? 🙂