Continuing with one of my previous posts where I wrote about wearing uniforms, one of the new items I sewed back when I started my job as a school teacher was an incredibly handy, comfortable and convertible pinafore dress/skirt.
Made with khaki stretch gabardine, this overall dress was originally intended to be one piece, but I had the brilliant idea of turning it into a convertible outfit before attaching the skirt to the top overall part. I used five snap buttons on the front and one pair on either side of the zipper to attach a removable strapped piece to the skirt, allowing it to be used as a gathered skirt or as a pinafore dress.
In these pictures I'm wearing the pinafore dress with a long sleeve white shirt from Fru Fru, a shark tooth fossil necklace and Frankenstein mary janes by Dark Chocolate Design. I'm also wearing the gathered skirt with a pair of lavender sneakers by City Sneaks, a white flying geese printed tee by Retro Republic, and a silver filigree heart locket.
I remember that when I studied at school, teachers wore a wider variety of khaki bottoms: from layered skirts to capri pants, and from overalls to flared pants. Sometimes I wonder what happened to that amazing diversity, since now every teacher at my school wears pretty much the same kind of outfit: plain khaki jeans and a plain white tee. I've had many students express they really like that I wear "unconventional" uniforms, and I guess it's because they are used to seeing their teachers every year wearing the same old outfits. I just hope I'm being a good role model teaching them about expressing and respecting individuality. :)
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