How To Wear an Oversized Men’s Shirt as a Chic Dress

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Would you wear a men’s shirt as a dress?

And we don’t mean in the Carrie Bradshaw “throw a belt over it and call it a day” way, we mean in Irina Zvidrina’s way whose video of her transforming a men’s shirt into various styles has gone viral on the internet.

Irina Zvidrina decided to wear her ex-boyfriend's shirt as a dressIrina Zvidrina decided to wear her ex-boyfriend’s shirt as a dress

The video has received over three million views. And it all started when “some guy” left this diagonally striped shirt at her place:


Irina also transforms the shirt into skirts and tops but she started with these interestingly styled dresses in the video:

Irina Zvidrina shows how to wear a diagonally striped shirt as a dressIrina Zvidrina shows how to wear a diagonally striped shirt as a dress

So, do you think you could rock these literal shirt dresses?

Irina Zvidrina used an extra-large men's shirt and wore it as a dressIrina Zvidrina used an extra-large men’s shirt and wore it as a dress

If you’d totally do this, we suggest getting an extra, extra, extra-large men’s shirt.

And wear something underneath or at least find a way to seal the button placket, because those gapes between the buttons are going to show everything!

Also, don’t miss this DIY video from Indonesian fashion designer Venezia Lowis showing how to turn an old shirt into a skirt. Just buy a few button-down shirts to get started!

Credit: Ira Zvidrina / Kati Turkina / Venezia Lowis