ooh!! at the office 1

...so i am always roasting, really...i am physically unable to wear long sleeves without spontaneously combusting. So i needed a solution to wear a shirt and tie at work but avoid wrapping myself in swathes of material. I have a rack of lovely coloured shirts and need to find a solution to be able to wear them.

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So...i started with the boring white one (in case it all went wrong!) and for model #1 - i hacked off the arms and upper back and seamed the rest giving a halter-neck shape (yes i know i could have ironed it but...i'm about to squidge it into an overflowing wardrobe so there really is no point).

maybe a bit on the low-side at the back but the shape won't support anything higher...

it was necessary to remove a panel from the centre back to make it fit correctly and so that it was no longer "blousey". Although i'm thinking that maybe two wide "straps" attached to the back of the halter and down to the lower back might make it a bit more "work-appropriate"...at the minute it is a little risque in my opinion!

So this is it all accessorised up...do you think it is work-wearable??

or is it a little....flashdance? (the scene in the seafood restaurant) All opinions gratefully accepted!

I'm going to try some different stuff with all the other shirts...watch this space!