Hotpants & ellegance

This combination of items is quite random actually. I wouldn't even call it an outfit. It was just trying out what would go with these hotpants and this top seemed quite well matching. The belt is actually there to hide the naked skin because the top ends few cm above the hotpants :)
I think it would work better with a corset.

I bought those hotpants in a thrift-store very cheap. I didn't really like them because they weren't hotpants but shorts. Pretty mainstream old lady shorts I would say. Then I saw an interesting pair of hotpants in some magazine. They had attached strips and some metal rings, spikes and all that fun stuff to it. I really liked the idea so I thought I would try to transform my ugly shorts to cool hotpants.

First of all I narrowed and shortened the leg pipes. Then I removed the pocket flaps and buttons on them (they looked ridiculous). From the leftover pieces of fabric I made strips and I attached them with metal rings I removed from some other old piece of clothing (I think it was actually a purse).
And voila - cool hotpants.

The only thing left for me is to figure out what should I wear them with. Let me know your ideas please. I'll be glad to hear what would you pair them with and how do you like this combination.

Greets, Zuuz <3