Denim without rules. Denim jacket makeover
The first photo is a source of inspiration 
MK and photo of the author. Actually, I'm not a fan of redoing things, but in this case circumstances along with the Moon lined up. Firstly, I was quite seriously confused, and secondly, I didn’t just let go of my last work with organza; I wanted a continuation. Well, thirdly, a brand new denim jacket had been languishing in the closet for three years already, which I never liked or wore. And now his hour has struck!
Having cut out all the insides and leaving only the skeleton of the jacket, she put it in a bag of stones and rattled it a little. This way I slightly broke the “hardness” of the denim seams. But I still needed a careless shaggy look. Sent the skeleton to washing machine with tennis balls. The expectations were justified. Well, then everything is simple!
I lined the inside of the jacket with double organza. All the details of the jacket one by one. I left allowances of 2.5 cm, because later they were turned up and attached. The most difficult thing was with the sleeves. I used the cut out denim pieces as a pattern for the top and bottom sleeves. I attached organza along the front side on the shelves and back. All other details are from the inside out.
Anticipating a positive and not very positive reaction, I’ll immediately make a reservation that this is just an ideological post on FF. Perhaps there are girls who also have a skeleton in their closet, and they don’t know what to do with this stuff. There are actually a lot of ideas here. You can line the jacket with leather, burlap, silk, lace, an interesting men's shirt, knitwear, fur, or you can make all the details from different textures, but who has the courage? 
Hello! My name is Sasha Sanochki and I run the Second Street blog, dedicated to stylish and creative clothing alterations. Every day I publish 5 new materials on this topic.
It was not I who personally made all these alterations without exception. But for almost two years every day, I get up at 5 am to find (before work) 5 fresh and interesting ideas on remaking clothes from old to stylish, translate them, process all the photos, making them in the same style, write a post and publish it. In two years, exactly 3,000 of them accumulated.
Every day, in search of materials, I scroll through about 4,000 sites in the reader, and only a third of their materials relate to handmade or fashion - I find the rest of the ideas in gossip columns, style com, films, music videos and even magazines like Forbes sometimes. I just want to collect it all in one place.
I would like to show you at least a few of the 3,000 ideas accumulated on the site over 2 years:
I decided to choose only 5 ideas for each of the popular types of clothing alterations for last month, because it’s difficult to choose from 3000 equally interesting ones). And I tried to choose those that can be shown here, without dragging a bunch of photos with master classes
So, here we go:
5 ideas for altering T-shirts
1. Alteration of the vest:
I love alterations of vests). It couldn’t be simpler: a vest + a bowl of dipping paint. Looks unrealistically cool).
2. Playing with the texture of the T-shirt:
A long cotton T-shirt can be cut into circles, then washed at high temperature - the sections will curl and will not “creep” (just don’t wring them in the machine!). Wear with a dress or leggings and a T-shirt.
3. How to tag a guy:
TeenVogue and designer Erin Fetherston give you an idea: smear your lips with acrylic paint (yuck, yuck, yeah) - and boldly leave a mark right on the collar of his T-shirt or shirt. After drying, all that remains is to iron it with the hottest possible iron - and your bookplate is on it forever. IMHO, na women's clothing somehow not very good:
...and for men - that’s it). A sweet idea for faithful and gentle lovers and a hot/playful idea for notorious machos).
4. Shirt and T-shirt dress:
What does it mean to combine beautifully)) - take a closer look - the dress is actually a mix of shirts and T-shirts cut and sewn together.
5. T-shirt - blinds:
Tutorial on how to remake two T-shirts into a sort of "blinds" T-shirt for $48 from Anthropologie - can be found on the site, it's too detailed to copy.
5 ideas for jeans alterations
1. Piece Jeans:
I think this fit would be difficult to achieve if they were actually sewn together from pieces. So, most likely, these are thin summer jeans, onto which pieces of other summer and thin ones that match in shades have been sewn. And then they cut off the bottom layer in places. In my opinion, there are only a couple of places where the main fabric up to the knees on top was actually replaced in some area with another.
2. Ulyana Kim dress:
A very beautiful combination of two types of jeans!
3. Isabel Marant Painted Jeans:
Painted jeans idea by Isabel Marant – Permanent marker in hand - and go!
4. Reworking a men's T-shirt and jeans:
Listen, well, in my opinion, this is just wildly cool! Something really interesting and wearable for guys. And for girls too. I think that you can decorate both a bag and the back of a jacket with belts in this way.
As a bonus to the picture, here’s a slightly rocker way to slightly increase the length of your jeans or save those that are frayed at the knees). Although with old, stretched and worn out jeans, I think it will look pathetic.
It’s better to use both ideas if HE decides to quit his career as an office plankton and finally become a rock musician. For the first concerts - that’s it).
5. Teddy bear made from old jeans. Just a bear):
5 ideas for shoe alterations:
1. Men's creative business shoes:
It happened, yes, it happened 5 times already. But in this case I liked the execution - on strict men's shoes. With a business suit and tie, it should break the mold of impressionable partners. You say goodbye after the meeting, they come out from the table to shake your hand - and when they see the shoes, they hang out)….
2.Shredded Converse:
Shredded Converse – the famous model of sneakers - legends of the Converse family, released last year and ideally suited for the hot summer of 2010). They look desperately vintage - shabby, as if crumbling as they go. Ideal for delicate girlish dresses, relaxed knitwear, denim mini-shorts and skinny jeans. They have become an unusual and stylish alternative to the uniform of Moscow streets - ballet flats, gladiator sandals and high-heeled webbed sandals.
Next summer is promised to be just as stuffy, so it makes sense not to throw away your old sneakers, but to repeat this “trick” on your own - at the same time you will save $80 (regular Converse costs from $40, and the Shredded model, which is in the photo - $120).
Everything is quite simple, take nail scissors and go ahead, so below I will list just a few “essential” tips from the source (links to all sources are in the entries on the site):
1. When cutting rectangles between the blocks, make sure not to cut the rectangle behind the leg, at the heel. There should remain a dense rectangular section intended by the manufacturer - it is this that will ultimately hold back the entire structure.
2. Converse sells these models with or without a tongue, depending on the color. Decide what is more convenient for you. If you decide to cut it, draw the same semicircle around your fingers (the same depth) as on your favorite ballet shoes - and cut boldly. It should be 1-1.5 cm wide - wider than the “rubber nose” of a sneaker. It will look like this:
3. It’s convenient to make a “tear” along the cuts simply with your fingers. Rub the edges thoroughly between your fingers as shown in the photo below. The lining of Converse frays more than the top colored thick fabric - so it’s better not to rub it, just the top colorful layer - it will quickly fray to the width of the top layer.
3. How to decorate men's shoes thorny, but nobly:
In this case, the shoes alone (especially if there’s a casual jacket on top) would completely captivate me.
4. Painting shoes with markers and paints:
A great idea for shoe decoration from artist Deborah Thomson. Deborah uses popular techniques with tattoo designs on shoes, and paints wedding shoes, etc. etc.
5. Shoes with painted soles:
An original move is to paint not the shoes themselves, but only their soles. It doesn’t bend as much as the toes of shoes, for example, which means the paint in these places won’t crack. Given that high heels- and it will look good. For example, I always notice untorn yellow price tags on shoes in these places when I follow someone along the path)).
5 dress alteration ideas
1. Designer: the back of a sports T-shirt and a sexy dress:
I think it's very cool! From the front, you’re probably a standard “sexy kitten” – and when you turn your back, you show the world the other side of yourself – sporty and perky). And the difference in color only emphasizes this.
The jumper on top - in my opinion, looks like a strap from a cheap sports backpack)).
2. Dress with slits:
Beautiful texture and a way to revive an old dress by throwing a second one on top. On the top dress, if it is made of acetate silk, the design can be “burned out” with a standard wood burner. At school we used to burn out entire lace collars for each other during handicraft lessons.
3. Glowing paints:
Remember, earlier at VDNKh, for example, in the Culture pavilion, luminous paints for fabric were sold in departments with various luminous nonsense? In small round plastic tubes. In addition, they are often found in various stalls, especially for some reason near the station).
This is what you get if you paint clothes with them:
One of my friends with such tubes ( different colors) painted a dress with a paisley pattern with such luminous colors. I simply placed dots of different colors along the contours of different cucumbers. Since this paint is translucent during the day, and the color she chose (and the dress is colorful) - during the day it was completely unnoticeable. And at night it was a bomb! It looked very even - not at all vulgar, but as elegant as possible - apparently due to the subtlety of the design.
4. Decorate a simple dress:
A zebra is not a zebra, a mask is not a mask... in general, this is how, with the help of appliqué, an ordinary white trapeze dress was given an almost mystical look.
5. NedoBeckham reworked a Joseph Altuzarra turtleneck dress.
A new up-and-coming designer is Jezzef Altuzarra and his idea (he clearly sympathizes with Victoria Beckham and her models) to remake the sweater dress:
You will need:
Cotton jersey turtleneck dress (they used American Apparel).
Two shoulder pads.
Scissors, needles and threads.
The recipe for “feeling a little Vicky” is simple:
We cut off the sleeves so as to leave the “wings” at a slight angle.
Using the remnants of the sleeves, we cover the overhead “hangers” on one side.
We hem them on the inside of the dress, at the same time slightly bending the edges.
5 ideas for altering jackets
1. This jacket costs $410 - and the required quantity of pins costs 500-700 rubles. And every second person has a jacket in the Chanel style;).
2. An idea for remaking a jacket from the 2011 lookbook by Junky Styling designers.
3. Jacket with transparent back:
A jacket with part of the back replaced with a transparent insert. In the show room, the top of the jacket consisted of two parts, one on top of the other: when altering your jacket, you can simply cut it off and sew transparent folded fabric from the inside, sewing it into the side seams:
By the way, did you notice the ribbon decor on the trousers?
4. Another Zara coat:
Zara seems to have finally remembered where they started and started making “edgy” things again. Another Zara coat in my selections is further confirmation of this.
The original reverse side of the collar - usually the leather is sewn there (it also allows you to keep the collar “raised” - for example, that’s the only way I walk). It can be made from a beautiful tie) – that seems to be the case here.
5 shirt alteration ideas:
1. Shirt makeover idea from ASOS.com:
2. Pants - saruel from a shirt:
Alteration of shirts. If everything is clear with the top (everything was cut off at the level of the pockets and elastic) - then an explanation of the fact that how to make pants a la “saruel” from a shirt– see under the cut:
Source material).
Having outlined a semicircle, we sew the collar along it.
We steam the pockets carefully - they will prevent the shirt material from draping plastically.
In the end it should look like this (after you sew up the hole where the collar should be):
The design is adjustable at the waist with a knot).
3. Unusually “stained” shirt:
Ingenious, unusually soiled shirt)! In a bright cage - turquoise - purple - I will definitely repeat it for myself. It will be enough, I think, to dip it 6/8 in black paint on fabric like Dylon (it doesn’t need to be heated, boiled, or other perversions).
4. A neat way to reduce your shirt size:
5. Hybrid:
Hybrid GMO shirts and hoodies from Hussein Chalayan.
5 accessory ideas
1. 0_o suddenly!
Garter chain for stockings.
2. Congenial Clutch:
One of the few easy-to-sew clutch bags, which only benefits from ease of manufacture. And the pattern for such a clutch couldn’t be simpler and is sold in every second store - I just bought croissants at Azbuka Vkusa today, for example) - in a craft bag of the ideal size for this purpose.
3. Ring bracelet:
If you have been proposed to 8 times and you have never returned the ring, you can make a bracelet out of them and wear them proudly, like a savage, a necklace made from the scalps of defeated enemies. Well, kind of like how stars are painted on airplanes for those shot down in battle).
4. Shoulder straps on the coat:
To make leather shoulder straps like this on a coat, all you need is leather from one glove. Another thing is that they need to be “supported” with something - for example, a belt made of leather of the same texture.
5. Bags and backpacks made from leather jackets:
We have written many times about bags made from old leather jackets. But personally, I adore, firstly, backpacks, and secondly, this simplified, a la masculine style in bags:
I couldn’t even choose what to show you – I liked everything so much! And the prices are quite realistic, not inflated.
and for a snack - 5 interior ideas:
1. T-shirt rugs:
Laura is a seamstress with over 20 years of experience and great taste. That is why she was able to build a successful business on what many people are trying to make money from: recycling T-shirts from second-hand stores into carpets and rugs.
Laura's rugs always attract attention with their subtle color combinations and original shapes. 20 photos - under the cut (and there you will also find a link to the photo - a master class on crocheting a similar rug - the main thing there is to understand how to hide the ends by tying cut T-shirts together). Laura herself, in my opinion, braids them, after which she painstakingly sews the braids together ( I would like to know what kind of machine or foot she manages to take such thickness). It takes her 3-4 months to make one carpet from T-shirts.
2. How to decorate a wall with old magazines:
Idea for super budget wall decor from Irina: these strips are simply rolled up and flattened magazine pages glued to a base.
Moreover, you can decorate not only the wall, but also vases in this way:
And photo frames:
3. Bears - pillows made from shirts:
Annika Jermyn sews bears from old shirts, calling them Mister _ below is the individual name of each _ and sells for $75. You can even order from your own shirt. The toys are large – 40 centimeters high and 48 centimeters wide.
4. Pillows with interesting textures:
Handmade sofa cushion with an ingenious texture. For such labor-intensive work, $265 is not a pity.
Although this $110 pillow with a British flag made of leather is no worse.
5. Cool dude, yo! Mr. Ben Venom sews patchwork quilts from old T-shirts with prints in the spirit of Heavy Metal - in the same style. For connoisseurs, so to speak).
In general, I invite you all to visit “Second Street” who are interested in the topic of clothing or interior alterations)).
PS. The last thing is that we have competitions there, participate with your ideas, the prizes will be good)!
Every woman dreams of looking fashionable and beautiful. If she is unique and unique inside, her desire to embody this in a visible image is quite obvious. Customizing clothes allows you to express your self perfectly. At the same time, you won’t have to spend cosmic sums on designer items.
Customizing clothes. What is it?
So, clothing customization. The word sounds quite unusual and menacing. However, if you look carefully, you will be very surprised to discover that almost every woman personally did this. At least from the older generation. In conditions of total Soviet shortage, it was quite difficult to dress beautifully and originally. That's why I had to experiment on my own.
In general, clothing customization is a transliteration English word, denoting something made to order. The term is used not only in the field of fashion. However, women, of course, are primarily interested in things.
Customization directions
And now more details. Clothing customization is divided into three areas. Each has its own distinctive features.
The first direction is to work with old, even antique things. They are adjusted to modern times. This is usually done by professionals. Not everyone can afford such pleasure at a price.
The second direction is the client’s participation in the process of creating a certain thing. For example, many brands invite customers to personally choose a print for shoes or a bag, print their own design on a model, etc.
The third direction is remodeling and design, the so-called “upgrade” ready-made clothes. Or its creation from unusual material, previously used for completely different purposes.
Fashion designers also make a living
Young and daring designers also use clothing customization. Ideas for alterations became the starting point for many of them successful career. Some fashion designers were able to find their niche by creating accessories and outfits from unusual materials, for example, bags from car belts or jewelry from snake locks.
Well, in general, clothing customization, ideas and developments are all very extensive. Only a person’s imagination can limit this direction. It also means “interspecies transformations.” That is, when, for example, men's shirt made from beautiful material, is altered into an elegant dress, and old sweater turns into a flirty skirt. Often experiments are also carried out with decorating things using rivets, pins, beads, patches, holes, etc.
Advantages
In a word, there are a lot of advantages. Firstly, customization is a great way to make your creativity. In addition, this is a very interesting hobby, organizing creative leisure time. Even if you do customization only a couple of times, you will still get a lot of pleasure from the process.
Secondly, this activity allows you to give new life old or damaged items. A small spot or hole that spoils appearance any thing can be easily eliminated with the help of competent customization with a minimum of effort, time and material costs.
Thirdly, do not forget about environmental friendliness. Things are all reused, and this reduces production costs and waste. Moreover, lovers of such “metamorphoses” often look for materials in second-hand stores.
Greeted by clothes
Fashion is a language. It can tell others about who we are and who we would like to be. Clothes serve as a way to express our feelings. In a word, it is a real means of communication. Almost every woman’s head is filled with the question of how to look attractive and stylish without spending a lot of money. Clothing customization can help with this. The master class focuses on certain issues.
First you need to think about your style. This is your individuality, the unity of your image, the ability to combine incompatible things together and select exactly what will make you even more attractive.
The next point is to regularly check the contents of the cabinets. Things that are idle can be safely used to make new ones.
Study shop windows, watch and learn to knit and sew. As a result, you will learn how to create a real exclusive with your own hands.
A few simple ideas
In a word, if this topic is close to you, you should think about creating and using customized clothing with your own hands. Ideas can be very diverse.
For example, how can you update an overall look that is pretty but a little dull? Take an old bra with a lace back and remove the cups and straps. After this, sew it carefully at the back of the shirt. The side seams connecting the back and the shelves are slightly ripped. The edges of the lace border are sewn in there. This thing looks very impressive, like a corset that emphasizes the waist.
Frayed or holey jeans also have not gone out of fashion for a long time. Therefore, if you managed to put an unsightly stain on your favorite thing, just pick up a pumice stone and show a little patience. Wipe your jeans, starting from the very place of the “accident”. Use pumice to erase the top threads of the material so that the base remains visible. However, in some places you can reach more picturesque holes. The main thing is not to overdo it. You can try and make the holes with abrasions form some kind of geometric pattern.
In any case, customizing clothes with your own hands offers a wide variety of ideas. Show your imagination and artistic taste. Believe in yourself without being afraid to be original!
Soviet fashion looked too faceless and monotonous. That is why our mothers and grandmothers willingly went to the Soviet gloss magazine “Rabotnitsa” for advice and boldly cut and altered clothes, making them individualized. Considerable savings were also decisive, but why is the world now again seized by a passion for remodeling - customization?
What are the reasons for this fashion trend, which, regardless of income, nationality and worldview, influences the minds - and imagination - of many people?
After all, the assortment of any clothing retail outlet is so rich that our mothers and grandmothers never dreamed of it, and you can always find something interesting for yourself without the risk of seeing a similar outfit on another hundred people from your city?
The economic factor cannot be decisive either, because both a second-hand item and an exclusive branded product can undergo alteration if the person who bought it decides that it is not good enough.
The only version why the passion for customization has become so widespread is the desire for individuality, because by introducing at least minimal changes into any item of clothing, we get the opportunity to become owners exclusive item, which you won’t see on anyone. Plus, there is a significant bonus in the form of the opportunity to express your creative abilities.
This is a wonderful role for anyone to be in the role of a designer, creating a unique thing of its kind. Many will be pleased with the fact that it is not brand affiliation that comes to the fore, but the opportunity to express oneself.
Customizing: from origins to the present day
If we consider that customization is a reworking, changing a product according to a creative idea, then this type of creativity seems to have always existed. The generation of the 90s was engaged in customization, making cool washed jeans at home. Soviet women altered standard clothes, trying to somehow erase the facelessness that was characteristic of mass-produced goods. Mothers always sigh and figure out what kind of applique or embroidery to cover up the next stain or hole - this is also customization.
The simplest alteration is to decorate clothes with lace, beads, artificial stones, or any decor in general. Absolutely everyone can do this. Re-cutting and altering, for example, a couple of T-shirts into a stylish dress, hand-painting with acrylic paints on fabric, hand embroidery - this is already the highest aerobatics of hand-made masters.
It is probably inappropriate to try to determine when the thought of such an alteration occurred to a person. Another thing is that many sources name the names of those pioneer customizers in connection with whose creations this term was first used. Not surprisingly, these were designers who used a variety of recycled materials for their alterations.
Take, for example, the Belgian Martin Margiela, who spent a lot of time at flea markets looking for original material for his next outfits. Only he could have thought that children's socks could make an excellent sweater, and worn-out army parachutes could make comfortable overalls.
Even more original was Antonio Marras, who converted tailcoats into luxurious and very seductive evening dresses with open back.
Then it’s difficult to trace how customization developed - rather, we can say that it spread around the world at the speed of light, winning the hearts of those who love to create. But you shouldn’t think that customizing is just remaking old, worn clothes; this is only one of its types.
Three faces of clothing customization - choose to suit your taste!
The first one is exactly the one we have already mentioned - rework old clothes, often vintage samples. It turns out very original things - old textures and finishes for modern styles.
The second type of customization is making changes to a purchased item, and it makes absolutely no difference whether it is exclusive branded clothing or a mass-produced sample purchased at a sale. The main thing is to bring your own, individual, so that the thing differs from a number of similar ones and attracts attention.
But a third type has also appeared, probably under the influence of time and needs, - this is a customization service, which is provided by many companies to the client. On the website or in the store, a potential buyer can choose the texture of the material, color and even decor of the item. The result is mutually beneficial cooperation: the buyer expresses himself by taking a direct part in the creation of his item, and the brand, albeit following the lead of the client, sells its product. Moreover, this line of behavior is also adopted by such well-known brands as Nike and Adidas. Here's what the Nike Id app page looks like.
- Workshop on generating customization ideas
It's very easy to create your own unique style by altering clothes. Even the most welcome unusual ideas, there are no restrictions on creativity. Here we have an ordinary white T-shirt (or tank top). What could you do based on it?
The simplest thing is to decorate a T-shirt - with buttons, soutache, embroidery, applique, artistically made cuts in the end.
