Each month, Shelbee on the Edge and Nancy’s Fashion Style share good buys and good-byes.
This month’s theme is stripes.
My Good Buy: Striped Top- Amazon
Striped Top – check it out here
My Goodbye: Striped Drawstring Dress- Forever 21
I bought this striped dress a looong time ago, but I don’t wear it anymore, so I decided to say goodbye…
My Hello– Boho Shoulder Bag- Upcycled
I transformed my striped dress into a boho shoulder bag. 🦋 A few weeks ago, my daughter and I refashioned one of her dresses into a cute fringe purse. I wanted to create a bag from this dress, because of its drawstring. I love how it turned out!
So there’s my striped good buy, goodbye and hello
Recently, I learned wearing stripes used to be an easy way for people to be warned you were dangerous, rebellious or outcast.
The Devil’s Cloth: A History of Stripes
More striped styles to check out on amazon
Cool Esse 
Thanks for the shout out! We appreciate that! Stripes are cool right?
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Definitely 😎
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I love this post! So fun! I do love learning the history of different textiles, prints, and fashions. Isn’t it so funny how stripes indicated that you might be a dangerous person. Also, polka dots were highly offensive to wear during times of plague because the dots reminded people of the diseases! Thanks for the shout out for our fun little Good Buy/Good-Bye Book series!
Shelbee
http://www.shelbeeontheedge.com
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Thanks! Fashion history is definitely interesting! There are so many cool series on the web, like the GBGBB, I’m happy to help spread the word 🙂
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That striped top looks so good with the jeans and what a clever idea to turn the dress into a bag, it looks really good! 🙂
Hope you had a good weekend 🙂 We enjoyed the warmer winter weather 🙂
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Thanks!
We also enjoyed the warm weather and had some fun at a pool party, where I used my upcyled bag and I was able to fit so much stuff in it because it’s stretchy 😍
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