Closet Confessions: How To Turn A Dress Into A Co-Ord | Fashion Haul | Trinny

If you’re a Closet Confessions regular, you’ll know that I have a tendency to go wild with the scissors. Fear not – this time I’ve relied on the expertise of seamstress extraordinaire Azucena to cut up this old Alice Temperley dress and turn it into a much more wearable co-ord. Let’s see how many ways I can style this new top and skirt, from laid-back casual to full-on glamour. If you have something beautiful in the back of your wardrobe that you know you won’t wear again as it is, consider turning it into something a little more versatile…

Take a whistle-stop tour through Trinny Woodall’s (fifteen) wardrobes with Closet Confessions. In each episode, Trinny deep-dives into a particular section of her closet, mixing high street, vintage, designer and everything in between. This is everything you’ve ever wanted to know about fashion and styling, from the expert herself.

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Sequin dress (now a co-ord): Alice Temperley
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Black puff-sleeve top: Zara
Chunky black boots: Prada
Grey blazer: The Style Cult
Black coat: Celine
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White T-shirt: Zara
Black pointed-toe flats: Tibi
Raffia cross-body bag: Prada
Leopard-print cross-body bag: Prada
Diamond print handbag: Prada
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Pewter cuffs: bought in Italy
Round pewter bangles: Bottega Veneta
Eye2Eye in Magician
Eye2Eye in Victory
Lip Luxe in Eugenie
Conceal/Eye Contour T-Brush
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Slouchy black trousers: Joseph
Textured heels: Robert Clergerie
Statement earrings: Miu Miu
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Black round-toe flats: ME+EM
Trousers: Zara
Black blazer: Stella McCartney
Leopard-print shoes: Penelope Chilvers
Snake necklace: gift from Chloe
Gold heels: Robert Clergerie
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Black T-shirt: Zara

[essiedaisy]

Love the sequin skirt and chunky boots outfits! The sequin top and baggy trousers were cool too, very sexy Parisian Carine Roitfield vibes. Thank you for the brilliant inspotainment ❤❤❤

[carolwood]

You have such a great eye for form and balance…….very impressed…..

[susantaylor]

Great idea to split a dress that only had “one look” now there are endless looks with your brilliant ideas —- and by not discarding a dress you don’t wear very often you’ve endless new styles through all seasons - brill Trinny 👏

[sally-annparker]

Love watching you play with your clothes. I do the same with my own.
I would love to see a follow up series (maybe just a series of shorts) where you show us how you’ve worn some of the outfits you create in this series.

[barbarareed]

I really like the top over the black tee and black dress. It looks like a waistcoat.

[maliciousdelicious]

It's absolutely miraculous that this apparared as I was taking a gorgeous slip dress of mine to the tailor to split the top and skirt. Think it's a great idea especially if you don't attend that many dressy events. I found that I was wearing the dress with a waistcoat on top most of the time anyway.

[lindsaysteele]

Beautiful adaptation, I’d shorten the shoulder straps of the cami a bit, don’t take in but extend length a bit with netting/gauze flare (similar fabric to what sequins sewn to).

[mayramontero]

The neckline of the top is off and it still looks like a cut top. Still, it is amazing how you always find something in your closet to make an outfit work. You have a larger and more interesting selection than any shop 😊

[hadassah]

Amazing! Would’ve loved to see it with your champagne coloured platforms from LA recently.. Love those shoes!! and perhaps both the skirt and top together, with a sheer long sleeve shirt or top underneath, untucked.. An elegant/updated boho kind of look.. Maybe with some boots instead too.. So many options.. How fun..

[kayelle]

Trinny creating the word minimilize when minimise already exists 😂 you’re a treasure Trinny 💛

[zabindhanji]

The Alice Temperly dress is stunning! I am so glad that you gave it new life by making it into a co-ord set.

[aliceinwonderland.]

I just can’t get my head around sequins in the daytime. To be honest, sequins and frills aren’t my scene but Trinny’s life is very far removed from mine and she always looks great.The top and wide black trousers were a gorgeous look.

[bcd]

The bathrobe or dressing gown at the start is truly fabulous. Where is that from? Love it.

[maryka]

Trinny you could make the top into a halter by adding to the ends of the halter straps the same finishing that Asuzanna added to the wasteband. The is way the top will still sit where it lands at the moment.

[m.n.higueras]

Thanks again for such an imaginative vlog. I like all the new outfits. I absolutely love the skirt...its length shape and pewter colour.

[azanterose]

@14:40 love it. I would definitely wear something like that.
I'm not into shiny, bright out there colours, but the way you change a small part of an outfit makes it look really good.

[amandavernon]

Gorgeous fabric and I reckon the skirt in particular is a winner. Only a suggestion, but I wonder if some black mesh around the bottom of the top (the way there is around the bottom of the skirt) would make it look a bit less like it's been cut off :-)

[wonderingstar]

So nice to see different shoe styles -much more interesting! Love the different styling-especially the last look, so cool and fresh looking. ❤❤❤❤

[SparklingsPlayground]

That final juxtaposition of fabrics was gorgeous

[gosiabeasly]

I wonder if the top could work as a vest. Especially the full leopard look would look so cool with a vest like that!