The long and the short of it

Have you ever chopped off a dress you bought? I hadn't considered doing this with any of my dresses or skirts - mainly because I am scared of ruining a beautiful vintage number, but also due to my non-existing sewing skills. Until I saw a photo of myself...

But before I come to this, let me digress for two moments.

I want to show you that I am following through on my resolution to start wearing hats. This time I sneakingly borrowed one from my friend Danah's boyfriend, who is back in Paris...

And here are my new oxfords!! They are super thin and soft - they feel like dance shoes - and are very comfy! I am thinking about replacing the laces with black ribbon.

So back to that dress I was talking about. It's the dress I bought on my first Adelaide Opshopping trip. I wore it for a recent lunch outing. But when I looked at the pictures I took for an outfit post, I actually didn't like it at all. It needed to be chopped!
So here is the before picture:

Hat: borrowed

Dress, Salvos originally Target

Belt, from Vinnies

Tights, Sportsgirl

Oxfords, Steve Madden

And here it is once I chopped it off:

I like it better - what do you think?