Little Black Dress, $2.50 Reconstruction

 Lately there seems to be a resurgence of dresses with the mesh "illusion style" necklines and backs. Have you noticed this? Maybe you haven't. Here are a couple of celebrities to make it seem like I know what I'm talking about:

That girl from Glee wearing David Lerner. Source.

Another pretty celebrity wearing the same dress. Source.

A couple places to get your own, for a pretty penny:

Long sleeve David Lerner

Tank dress, David Lerner

Variation on a similar concept at Nordstrom.com

ABS Dress, $174,

I don't have any pretty pennies, so instead I used this frumpy $2.50 Kathie Lee Collection dress:

And turned it into this (click for larger views):

If anyone ever wanted to invite me to a cocktail party, I'm ready now (I'm free Friday, nudge nudge).