This gorgeous blogger from Dirty Hair Halo has used a DIY technique on this dress that I've found really useful in the past. The dress in these photos used to be a moo moo - long and shapeless. To update the dress and make it really cute, she cut off the dress short and then re-sewed the intricate hem back on the dress so as not to lose any of the detail. This is a really good DIY technique for shortening dresses with pretty embroidered or ruffled hems.
Images: Dirty Hair Halo