When you can't afford that Anthropologie dress.

I wear dresses almost exclusively and the vast majority of them are from Anthropologie. I love their dresses, but most are so incredibly expensive that I can't afford them.

A good friend of mine has a slogan for me "Daria wants, Daria gets." Thus, I just make my own.

I saw a beautiful dress a few weeks back, the Norrbotten Dress. I tried it on at the store and fell in love with it, but not its $258 price tag.

The beautiful crewelwork fabric, I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to find. I went to Purl in SoHo and found an amazing Rapunzel and a simple pale peach linen/cotton blend which I am super excited about.

I spent several days sewing tiny triangle patterns on the subway. I think I terrified an older Asian lady when I pulled out a giant pair of cutting shears (with that certain amount of excitement and verve needed to pull out a kick ass pair of scissors, I don't know if anyone knows what I mean.)

Although the dress does not have the same beaded intricacy that the original dress, the dress has a similar fit, tied with a bow on the back, and I really enjoyed the movement of the triangle fringe when I wore the dress today!