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5
Nov
DIY Clothes Tutorial: Shirt to skirt. [DIY Fashion]
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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.

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Excuse the srs face. It’s about 1am when I took this picture. I’m not naked you pervs~!!
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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And there we have it~!!!
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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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25
Oct
DIY post: Embellished Lace Tights.
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We’re a little late on this, but we think that awesome stuff shouldn’t be limited to when it was released or whether it is too last season.
So here are the awesome lace embellished tights featured on the Doo.Ri A/W’09 runway pictures.
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We were so smitten with it we decided that we needed some bling on our lace stockings.

All you need is a bunch of bling. A delightful mix of flat sequins (cos we hate the faceted ones), Swarovski crystals and beads will transform your dull lace stockings into something awesome.
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These are the ones that we are using today, I have a stash of sequins which I bought for no apparent reason, guess it came to good use now.

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Here are some pointers that we would like to share:

  • Sew the embellishments on while you are wearing the stockings or else the thread that you use to hold them down might not allow for stretch when you’re done sewing.
  • Go really random from the bottom and work your way up. It’s more interesting that way.
  • Try not to sew the embellishments on the inner calf and thigh area, these parts tend to rub against each other when you walk and the embellishments might come off or get caught on each other.
  • Lace stockings with a tighter weave tends to work better since the embellishments are unlikely to get caught. Dawn and I worked on different stockings and it turns out mine always get caught cos the “holes” are too big.

And here is a teaser for the final product! Do look out for the next post where you can see them in action. We hope you’ve enjoyed this tutorial! <3

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25
Jul
DIY post: Ann Demeulemeester A/W 2009 Feather Headband Tutorial
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As promised, this is our first DIY tutorial for the Ann Demeulemeester feather headband which I was wearing in this post.

You will need:

  • Wire cutters and pliers
  • Craft Glue
  • Scissors
  • Black Wires (or if you’re interested in making feathered headbands of other colours, choose a colour that complements the feathers)
  • Black feathers (or whatever colour rocks your boat)

The wires I have selected are a 20 gauge and a 18 gauge as I find them malleable but yet strong enough to maintain the shape.

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Dawn has done an awesome job of classifying my feathers, they either curve right or curve left.

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First you need to measure your head circumference. My head is pretty small (I’m not kidding, I can wear kid sized hats) so I’m not going to give you an estimate length. Just wind the wire around your head, leave some allowance, then cut the wire.

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After you have done so, wind the wires around each other. How nice or how ghetto the end product will look depends on you. Being sort of OCD, I have made sure they look pretty decent.

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You should end up with something that looks pretty much like this.

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It could’ve looked better, let’s just pretend we didn’t have the time to clean up the work.

Moving on, cut a piece of the thinner wire (about 10-15cm long) to make the framework for the feathers to go on. They can be longer or shorter depending on how you’d like them to look. The best bet is both estimation and experimentation. I would go with a longer length so in case of mistakes, I could just cut the excess away.

Wind it around the base like so.

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The aim is to create a triangle, sorta like a Shark’s fin.

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Do the same to the other side and you should end up with something that looks like this.

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Next we arrange the feather onto the framework and adjust and trim it accordingly since no 2 feathers are alike. We would aim to make the both sides of the headband look symmetrical.

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There will be 2 feathers on each side so it kinda sandwiches the wire frame. It also looks neater this way. Once you’re happy with the 2 feathers, pile on the glue on one of them.

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And stick the other feather on top of it, making sure that the wire frame is sandwiched nicely in between.

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Some parts of the glue may be showing. If you’re using a glue like mine that dries clear, do not panic. Otherwise, there’s always a marker you could use to colour over it.

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Trim off the excess.

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And it should end up looking like this right now.

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Rinse and repeat.

Your end product should look like this.

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Somewhat looking like the pic I nicked from Luisaviaroma.

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Much love and thanks to Dawn who has been the one documenting this tutorial. Her photos are awesome aren’t they

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