- Hey I'm Jasmine.
- Hi, I'm Connie. - I'm Megan.
- And today were gonna be styling one of the worst
rated dressed on Amazon.
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- I do a lot of clothing shopping online
and the way that I normally judge it
is from the ratings, I really am lookin' at those reviews.
- I never buy clothes on Amazon because I feel
like you can't trust it and it's not like a clothing store.
I just ugh.
- I also feel like Amazon is a lot of third party sellers.
What's the sizing guide you know?
- But if something on Amazon has a ton of really bad
reviews, I mean I trust and believe that it's terrible.
So I'm scared.
- Expectations are low though.
So at this point, it can only go up from here.
We can only be pleasantly surprised.
- Fair. (giggling)
- How bad could it be?
The material feels unforgiving.
- Ooh. - Which is a great first step.
- So this dress has an average rating of three stars.
But what makes it very extra special
is that it also has around 500 one star ratings.
- 500!
- 500.
Five, O, O.
- Why are people still buying this dress?
- Yeah this is pretty ugly.
- Maybe in like 2004 I might have worn this.
- Oh my gosh, that's what, it's a junior high dress
that you wear with like jeans underneath it.
- Yes.
And like high boots.
- Yes!
- So our goal is to alter this dress
in anyway that we choose to make it go
from a one star dress to a five star dress.
- This might sound crazy but, I might wear it backwards.
- That's a great idea.
Oh I'm so matching with purse!
(giggling)
We're lucky that it's winter.
So layers are here.
So I think I can just pile a lot on this
to make it just, different.
- Can I cut this?
- [Woman] Sure.
- Brilliant.
My plan for now is to cut and resew this
so that it's a completely new garment.
How?
In what form?
I don't know.
But it will be unrecognizable.
- So we're gonna style them, wear 'em for the whole day
and then take a picture of it.
- Okay, so people will see it.
All right.
- All right, let's get stylin'.
- Let's go girls.
(giggling)
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Good morning.
It's styling day and that means that this,
has gotta get styled.
- I am not looking forward to this.
This is so ugly.
I know I said I was gonna like try and wear it backwards
but first I'm just gonna put it on
and see what it looks like.
- All right guys, I just put the dress on.
And it's immensely unflattering.
- Oh God.
I don't think you guys are ready for this.
(laughing)
Ah!
- I don't hate it.
I actually like the color.
I don think the color's bad at all.
And it's pretty much like a blank slate.
There are some cons.
Like I don't like how it fits right around here.
- I have a pretty large chest.
I'm a 36 triple D, so when I put this on,
I feel like I'm just like a big tent.
And I don't even wanna look at it from the side
but I'll show you.
Oh it's actually not that bad.
No it's pretty bad.
And also, like right here's just like riding up my armpit.
- Look at how high the armholes are.
This is exactly what I thought would happen.
- Also the length is a little weird.
It's kind of a weird in between thing.
- And the scoop neck.
You know, then this just turns into a sack.
So like it fits fine,
but it's just not flattering in the least.
So, I'm not sure what my plan is yet.
But this is (beeping) is gonna get all cut up.
- It's a new year.
All of us deserve a second chance.
And I think this dress also deserves a second chance.
- Actually guys, I found a perfect place for this.
Goodbye.
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Ugh.
God it's just so tight on the boob area.
Okay, this is too long.
I could tie it.
It doesn't even tie.
It's not that kind of material.
(groaning)
- So I made this really hideous halter top dress.
I could cut into the sleeves and the neck
to make it a little more flattering but I think
I'm going to do something totally different.
- Okay.
Okay.
I feel pretty good about this.
My first initial thought was like,
stick something under it to make it like,
a little bit cooler.
Like this whole layering thing is super popular now.
What I really like about the belt,
is that it makes the length a little bit better.
I think that I can make this a little bit cooler
if I add a cardigan over the top of it like this.
Is it cool?
Is it too much?
I think it's kinda cool!
- Yeah it looks pretty horrible.
Man.
(sighing)
My spirit is so broken and the day has not even begun.
- All right, I tied it up this other way.
And I'd have to kind of sew this hole
'cause that's too big a hole.
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But maybe if I close that a little bit.
It's like cute-ish.
It's cute-ish.
- Okay.
Hey!
I actually kinda like this.
This was like my backup plan if everything went to heck.
It would just be to like cover it up.
Is this cheating is my question?
Is this even styling?
Is this now become me styling a skirt
instead of the actual dress?
(groaning)
I don't know.
- I'm wearing it backwards.
I can't wear it like this.
I mean, I think it looks better
but it does not look good.
What if I really quickly like cut out a triangle here?
Do you think that would look good?
So I drew a little outline here
to make like a little keyhole in the chest area.
And I'm gonna cut a few inches off the bottom.
- All right, I tried making it into a high waisted skirt
and that didn't work.
So this is my final form.
I will wear it with this leather jacket.
Because the dress is just black and cloth,
I paired it with some stripey socks
and this chain necklace just to add some different textures.
And this is the makeup I did.
I look naked.
It's simple and kind of dark 'cause my whole outfit
is kinda dark and that's the vibe.
- Okay you know what?
I'm from Texas.
I'm not gonna make any apologies.
It feels cold outside to me, I wanna wear this.
So this outfit still feels a little like
junior high dress code.
Like I'm covering the shoulders, I'm covering to the knees.
So I think it needs a little sex appeal.
The problem is, I know exactly how to do that.
I'll just show you.
- You guys it's actually so cute.
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Ah, yay I love it!
I'm really happy with how this turned out.
I feel like now it's a good length.
There's a little bit of something breaking this apart
since it was so high up and I have a big chest.
I think I'm gonna go with my final jacket.
This one.
I think it goes together cute.
- I almost fell over.
So these puppies have no seen the light of day
in who knows how long.
But I really thought they'd really work with this
and I actually really like it.
- I really feel like I've transformed
the crap outta this dress.
I'm actually happy with my outfit now.
It is a little raggedy but, I think it's still
a lot better than when I first got it.
Boots, olive dress, denim jacket, high pony.
Such a big change from the beginning.
- It's not as bad as it started.
I just hope I don't walk around the world today
and people are like, what happened.
Let's find out.
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So I'm walking into work now.
And while this outfit isn't like, completely
out of the realm of something I would normally wear,
it's definitely not like, my style anymore.
And, I do feel a little weird and self conscious,
like people might look at me and be like, that's a choice.
But we'll see how it is.
- [Jasmine] Can you please say that again?
- Sure.
Oh I love this.
- [Jasmine] Okay Brent, this is the worst rated dress
on Amazon and I had to restyle it.
- You're wearing a big coat so,
I didn't notice. - Okay so this is
my outfit that I styled it in okay?
I cut this hole this morning.
- Oh really?
You made it, so I literally commented organically.
Oh I like that.
- Oh my God. - So you did good,
you did good.
- [Jasmine] Thank you.
- Hi honey.
So a lot of people don't like this dress
but if you saw me walking around,
do you think this is a normal outfit for me
or do you think this is something a little crazy?
- Wait, I think this is cute.
I like the colors as they go to together.
I like the layering.
The boots, sexy.
- I know right! - Sexy.
Let's talk about it. - I think they take it
from school teacher to something else.
- Exactly.
I hope that all school teachers get that.
They deserve it.
- What's your initial thought upon seeing my outfit?
- That's not a clothes.
(laughing)
- What do you mean?
- It looks like you're dressed as like a sheet.
Is this the ugly dress that you
and Jasmine were talking about?
I knew it!
It's a horrible dress.
And I know that you do on the daily,
just dress better than this.
(laughing)
- Thank you.
- I think you gave it a nice addition.
- [Jasmine] You still think it's ugly.
- Nah, I think it's cute.
- [Jasmine] Yeah right.
Can you tell that I did it myself?
It's so bad. (laughing)
I didn't have fabric scissors.
- Like the one corner. (laughing)
- [Jasmine] I cut it in five minutes.
- That's pretty good though.
From a one to 10, I would give it a seven.
I think it's a nice touch
but the execution, not so much.
- [Jasmine] Wow.
- A seven's good.
- [Jasmine] Seven's good, C minus.
- Yeah.
- [Jasmine] C minus.
- I think that's a C plus but yeah.
- [Jasmine] A 70 is definitely a C minus.
- Okay C minus.
(laughing)
- What do you think of the outfit that I'm wearing today?
Thoughts, feelings?
- Okay.
So for the record, Connie's very stylish.
And she-- - I didn't pay him for that.
- Sometimes she's in like sweatpants and a hoodie
and I know like, oh today's an editing day.
(laughing)
And then sometimes her hair's done and I'm like,
okay she's really doin' it.
So I seen her today, I'm like oh she's doin' it today.
So, it looks good.
I love the orange cardigan.
This is here, the belt looks cool.
The color looks good on you.
I like it.
It looks five stars on you.
- You brought it back baby, you brought it back.
- What do you think of my dress?
- It's cute.
It's like a tube top dress but.
- Yes Megan! (screaming)
- Well, well, what do we have here?
- I resent you both!
I had to cut it up into a million pieces.
- But I like this idea.
No there's a good idea here.
No Megan, no!
(laughing)
You did a good job!
- You did a better job.
- You went so like hardcore though.
That's the good vibe that I feel like, this could have.
And you added some coolness factor to it.
- [Megan] An angel.
Okay, I mostly can't see it.
Let me see.
- Wow!
- [Megan] Wait, what?
What?
- I cut it this morning at like 5:30 a.m.
- [Megan] Me too.
Take the jacket off.
Let me see how you did this.
Okay let me see the back.
So the back is the front.
Oh my God.
- Is it hideous?
- No it's so much better than it was though.
I think you actually killed it.
I feel like we all went with very different vibes
which is interesting.
Connie's still wearing the dress like a normal dress.
- Wait I-- - She made it look so cute.
(gasping)
- I need to go see.
- It's really upsetting.
- I'm gonna go look.
Ugly dress gang's together.
(laughing)
We really love it.
- They can't mock us if we all just do it together.
(laughing)
- That's true.
- A really quick pan of-- - All of us wearing ours.
Okay.
Mine with the keyhole.
You can't even see.
It's so different!
It's so drastically different!
- It's really like, sugar, spice, everything nice.
(laughing)
Would you ever wear it again is the question.
- I'm donating this.
- To your trashcan?
- Yeah to my trashcan, I'm composting this.
- I don't think I'm gonna ever wear this one again.
I just don't think the pro's outweigh
all the mini cons.
- I cut it up way too much to donate it anywhere
but I'm going to refashion it into something usable.
- I think we did a good job.
- I think we actually did a pretty okay job.
Given the raw material we had to work with.
- Oh God.
Boy was it raw.
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