I got a lovely grey dress at a fab sale yesterday. The comments I got when I showed the family went along the lines of: "that's very pedestrian for you" "it looks like a school pinafore" " it's a bit grey". So I jooshed it with some bright pink cotton crochet :-)
When it's on it looks quite retro :-)
I'm sold on the crochet collar look now... Next step is to see how many items if clothing I can adorn :-)