![]() If you are planning on attending a Poison Concert, Heavy Mental teaches you how to create a laddered t-shirt. It’s work you can do while watching TV, because it takes forever. Shredded t-shirts go well with undershirts, and Generation T shows you how to shred a shirt and combine with a painted undershirt for a peekaboo look that’s rocks without necessitating a nip-slip.įor a t-shirt that is finely shredded, you’ll want to view the tutorial from Salina Bear. Threadbanger offers a tutorial for creating a built-in fabric braid diagonally across a t-shirt (start the video at 3:15 to see the shredding and braiding the first part of the video deals with re-sizing a too-big t-shirt). If your t-shirt already has holes in it, you might as well shred it and turn it into a punk rock item of hotness. There are tons of things you can make using various cropping methods - want some fingerless gloves? Leg warmers? Shred/Slash If you’re lucky, you might come across a pair of high-waisted jeans, which are apparently all the rage this season among serious fashionistas. If you don’t have any jeans that you wish to sacrifice, but you really want a pair of cut-off shorts, head to your local Goodwill where you’ll find jeans for under $10 that can be cut as short as you like. Why pay for a pair of cut-off shorts when you can turn an old pair of jeans into shorts for free? The benefit to DIY cropping is that it’s cheap and eco-friendly. Turning a t-shirt into a crop-top or making jeans into cutoff shorts are such easy tasks that we’ve all done them before (probably in 1985, but hey, the 80s are back in fashion). Lastly, many of these DIY pieces are trendy and/or eye-catching, so if your style is more classic and conservative, they might not be up your fashion alley. ![]() If you don’t have the patience for such things, then you probably don’t want to spend time shredding your t-shirt into a fine mesh. (See also: 25 Things to Do With Old Jeans)Īnother quick note - some of the alterations in this article can make clothing harder to care for or require more delicate laundering methods. If you’ve never bleached or shredded a pair of jeans before, you might want to have a couple of practice rounds on a pair of jeans that are otherwise unwearable or destined for the dust bin. For those of us who can’t tell a bobbin from our backsides, here are some easy, cheap ideas for bringing your old clothes back to life.įirst, a couple of quick notes about the methods here - you shouldn’t try any of these out on an otherwise respectable piece of clothing that you like and wear all the time, and you certainly shouldn't attempt on very expensive clothing. There are many ways to update old articles of clothing that don’t involve sewing machines.
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