I got this dress in a $6 for all the clothes you can stuff in your bag rummage sale. First I hemmed it, then I cut out the shoulder pads. Lynnis convinced me that the straps that tied around the waist in the back had to go. I decided it needed some red so I bought a thin red belt at TJ Maxx and used part of the cut off straps to make belt loops...and now I'm ready to step out.