Fortunately, the most dated things about this dress (the shoulder pads and the clusters of ornamental brass buttons running down the front) were easy to remove!
It has a weird faux-layered front (which made more sense when there were buttons on it), and I thought about using the extra fabric to give it a more modern silhouette (perhaps something like this:
...But ultimately I decided that the material wouldn't lend itself to creating a structured skirt, even if I had enough of it, which I don't.
So I just wore it as-is—and got a compliment, so I guess it doesn't look too old fashioned!
Normally I look upon a black dress as the perfect backdrop for colorful shoes and accessories, but today I stuck with all black—the better to let the neckline speak for itself, and also a great chance to wear my new black lace-up boots (the laces of course reflecting the lacing on the neckline!)
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