Today, we’re offering an alternative to wearing your boyfriend shirt. You heard me right, we all know our wardrobe extends far beyond our own cause there’s always nothing to wearrrrr and we all know that boyfriend jeans/blazer/shirts and all the rage this season. It’s time to raid the boyfriend’s wardrobe for this DIY clothes tutorial.
We start of with a simple men’s shirt.
This one’s from Primark [omg cheapppppp!!!] and dare I say I bought a couple to rip up and deconstruct. A little wrinkly I know, it was fresh off from the packaging so yeahhh… let’s proceed.
Excuse the srs face. It’s about 1am when I took this picture. I’m not naked you pervs~!!
We start off with buttoning the shirt at your waist. Obviously it’s not going to start at the collar, I managed to button mine about 2 buttons down, it should probably be the same for you.
After that, we try and form a drape in the skirt so it doesn’t look that boring. Here we will be buttoning the alternate buttonholes to the buttons.
Follow the diagram drawing above and you should be able to get a the first drape going. We’ll now move on to the second drape.
And this is what you should end up with after the buttonholes are in place. So total, just 3 buttons.
Tip: if you have a longer shirt, the drape will be more obvious and thus more interesting when worn.
After that we tie the sleeves together. It also serves as securing the waist so if the buttons accidentally pop, you won’t be baring your booty to the world.
And there we have it~!!!
We hope that you’ve enjoyed this tutorial~!! do let us know what you think and show us an alternative way to wearing your boyfriend’s shirt~!!
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thanks so much for this tutorial!! now i totally can multi-task my button down :3 awesome!!
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Arissa replied on November 12th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
ichigobunnie: hehehhe~ thanks!
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At first I was a bit weirded by the idea but the result is sooo awesome, great imagination ^^ I love your DIY tutorials.
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Arissa replied on November 12th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Jaejuu: we were weirded out at first too but we’ve seen skirts inspired by shirts so why not? LOL.
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Clever!
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Arissa replied on November 12th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Alice: Thanks!
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I would have never thought of that! Thanks for the DIY tutorial…now I know what to do with my BF’s old shirts.
Love your blog!
http://www.thesocietyofstyle.com
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Arissa replied on November 12th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
kristie: Thanks for visiting! We’re all gonna raid the bf’s wardrobe now.
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Really great guide, and the result looks quite trendy and fashionable too. It would be an interesting theme to see what kind of cloths could be worn differently to complete another role.
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Arissa replied on November 12th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Julie: Thank you!! We love clothes that can be worn in different ways, we figured normal everyday clothes shld be able to produce the same results too.
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Love this! Love even more that it is no sew – great for those unexpected sleepovers where you have no clothes (but I wouldn’t know anything about those days since I’m married
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when i first saw the title i was like.. huh? haha
OMG it’s so clever! i’m so going to raid my dad’s closet now! lolx
thanks for the wonderful idea!!
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it looks great…wonder if the effect looks as good in a lighter shade…
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Thank you for the drape idea for it. I really want to try it!
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Seriously?
I don’t like the way it looks.
Sorry
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Arissa replied on December 16th, 2009 at 1:54 am
*shrug* can’t please everyone. Thks for the comments though. We’ll try and improve.
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Ooh, this is pretty cool. I love the idea.
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Oh wow…this is so cool! I can’t wait to try this myself…this opens up so many new possibilities!!
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Arissa replied on December 23rd, 2009 at 3:47 am
yeah I love finding out new ways to wear my clothes.
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really a cute way to drape a skirt
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This is great! I love simple DIY’s like this!
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Ahhh!!! Definitely will do when spring comes around!
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Arissa replied on February 11th, 2010 at 8:16 am
yes do try it out.
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Love this look. Grey Gardens, 2010!
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This is so genius! I’ve been trying to figure out chic ways that I can wear my boyfriend’s button downs, and this is by far the best!! I also like rolling up the sleeves and layering it over a more feminine dress and sometimes belting it with a vintage belt! Thanks for the awesome ideas!!
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Arissa replied on March 5th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Thanks Sarah~!!
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THIS IS AMAZING!
I have seen some people rocking this look and now I can join in…
Many thanks!
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it works, oddly, it works
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This is cuter then I thought it would be. I’ll have to remember this the next time I think I have nothing to wear.
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brill brill brill!!
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I do this with my big flannel shirts and wear it as a strapless dress
Just button it, step into it (I do it with the buttons in the back) and tie the sleeves behind your back
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