With just 48 hours to spare, one wedding guest completely altered her dress because “literally everything is wrong” with it.
On July 28, Rosa (@humancomedian), a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based creator, revealed her plans to entirely modify a thrifted dress she intended to wear to an upcoming wedding in Florida. The three-quarter-length sleeves and dress’s cream color were what she most took issue with.
“So I’m going to a wedding in Florida this weekend, and I’m thinking about wearing this dress, but literally everything is wrong about it,” she says. “And I only have, like, 48 hours to change literally everything about it it feels like.”
“Be real — you did not think I was delusional enough to wear this color to a wedding,” she adds.
After removing the sleeves, which Rosa says already makes the garment looks better, she sews some seams and attempts to dye the dress teal — which initially does not take.
In a follow-up video, Rosa tries to dye the dress for a second time with a different brand of teal dye she bought from the craft store. For contingency purposes, Rosa also altered a “backup dress,” which involved adding a corset back.
“So the second round of color definitely worked. It’s dry now,” she says. “I think I wanted it a little lighter, but I don’t hate this color actually.”
Rosa pairs the finished dress with similarly hued open-toe shoes and a black purse.
“I feel like Ariel, like, coming out of the sea a little bit but, like, in a good way,” she says. “I might try on the backup again, but honestly I feel good enough about this that I don’t think I need it.”
Due to popular demand, Rosa also revealed what the backup dress looks like while also surveying accessories for the beloved teal dress.
“For everyone screaming in my comments for spanx, you are welcome,” she writes alongside the video. “Here it is. I won’t be wearing them on the actual day.”
In a fourth video, which was posted on Aug. 1, Rosa debuted the “final result.”
“I had to take a smaller bag ’cause I packed light, but I like it. I think it looks good,” she says. “Honestly the heat is not that bad. Everyone was very concerned. It’s fine.
“It’s the end of the night and I think she served me well,” Rosa says in a final check-in during the wedding. “No pit stains, and the makeup stayed on. That’s all you can ask for.”
‘The color. The craftsmanship. The resourcefulness. The BOD.’
The first installment of Rosa’s wedding-guest-dress-alteration series quickly went viral — receiving more than 41.7 million views and 2.6 million likes in less than a week of posting.
“I’m so invested. Sitting at home, cancelling all plans, waiting for part two,” @i_like_you_a_lottie replied.
“It’s giving grecian goddess,” @sassytuesday wrote.
“The color. The craftsmanship. The resourcefulness. The BOD. 11/10,” @silkxsage commented.
The virality of Rosa’s four TikTok videos seem to further corroborate Gen Z’s gravitation toward sustainable fashion.
“For Gen Z, upcycled, reclaimed fashion is opening up a new sense of individuality and self-expression, while helping to save the planet,” reports the BBC.
According to a 2019 report from Forbes, 62% of Gen Z “prefer to buy from sustainable brands.”
This inclination to trend sustainable may have also been strengthened by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shelter-at-home policies.
“However, the most recent is within the luxury fashion industry. Perhaps the pandemic had a part to play in this,” reports Sustainability. “Almost two years of social restrictions combined with a complete lockdown will inevitably impact the way in which people see both fashion and their spending habits.”
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