It was one of those impractical floor-length wraparounds from the '70s, the kind with the really high waist and so much volume it came off looking like something from "Little House in the Prairie."
Even with its vintage label and the growing popularity of all things vintage, it hardly seemed salvageable. It was best left where it came from -- in a bin full of old clothes.
Jamie Powell saw potential, though. Two yards of potential, to be exact. She didn't see three-decade-old style, she saw fabric, glorious white satin with large floral patches of velvet in baby blue and pale pink. In her mind, it could easily be transformed into a chic dress that she could resell for quadruple the cost of the materials.
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