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"I scored the absolute most perfect Little Black Dress this weekend, thanks to $9.75 and a kitchen scissor. Check it out, after the jump. Late Friday afternoon, I decided to take a little stroll through my neighborhood and see where I ended up. I wandered into the Housing Works Thrift Shop on West 10th Street and the vibe automatically made me feel like shopping--the minute I heard Ella Fitzgerald playing on a vintage Victrola, I knew there was a fabulous bargain with my name on it. I&amp;#x27;ve scored lots of cool stuff at NYC thrift shops over the years (everything from a YSL blouse to porcelain soap dishes), but this might be one of my favorites. I&amp;#x27;ll admit, when I saw this black dress on the rack, I thought the same thing my sister said when I showed it to her--&amp;quot;Is that from 5-7-9 circa 1988?&amp;quot; referring to a mall store that sold loads of such ruffly numbers. But I took a closer look and decided that this velvet-bodice-satin-skirt number just needed a little DIY love. Want more ways to get DIY fabulous? Sign up for our Style Tip of the Week newsletter! The tag said $15 but the store was having a clearance sale and it was marked down to $9.75. For that price, I could use it to mop my kitchen floor and it would still be a steal (seriously, those Swiffer refills cost more than this thing!). When I got it home and tried it on, it hit way past my knees and made me look kinda dowdy. So I busted out my trusty orange scissors, snipped off the last layer of ruffles (it didn&amp;#x27;t matter that the hem was left unfinished, because I trimmed it high enough that the next tier covers it up), and voila...it was suddenly a super-cute cocktail dress! Check it out: I think I have my new holiday party go-to look! It&amp;#x27;s velvet and satin, which feels very festive; it&amp;#x27;s black, which means I can wear it just about anywhere; and it&amp;#x27;s sexy enough that it just requires a swipe of lipstick and a great necklace to be complete. What do you dolls think of my under-$10 find? Have you been DIY-ing lately? Would you shorten a dress to make it more &amp;quot;you&amp;quot;? And did I get my money&amp;#x27;s worth from this $10 or what? Discuss! PLUS...get more DIY awesomeness now: - DIY 101: How to make your own destroyed jeans - An (easy!) way to DIY a pair of Louboutin shoes - Just wondering: Do you DIY to save money? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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