sleeveless archer – Clara & Co.

As I was writing in my post for the second week of Slow Fashion October, my main source of great vintage fabrics are full, midi to maxi length vintage skirts. Last year I got some great ones in the sale of my local second hand shop.

If you want to try this yourself, my recommendation is to go for long and full skirts, the fuller, the better. Pay close attention to the seams, the less seams the skirt has the better. Go for the ones that have a seam in the center back for the zipper and side seams. Skirts that have multiple panels or set in parts are not as suitable for refashioning.

I found this big skirt for 1€ in the sales, I didn’t want to wear it like that, but could well imagine it as a sleeveless summer shirt. It just had seams at the sides and the center back, and when I cut off the waistband I was happy to see the fabric opened up to a perfect rectangle:

I made a sleeveless Grainline Studio Archer Button-Up with a mandarin collar from the fabric, and even had some left over! I followed the excellent tutorials for the mandarin collar and the sleeveless version, and it worked out perfectly. I made this shirt for my girlfriend, thanks for modeling, Eve!