Customisations - #2

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[helena]

Customisations

What have you done to customise your clothes?

My favorites are:-

- swapping buttons
- shortening skirts/coats
- dying stuff (although recently tried dying a lace top & it was a disaster - I used the dye you have to boil up in a big pan with loads of salt & my house stunk & i was nearly sick)
- dying shoes/boots with leather dye (always been quite good at this one - white spirit is the key)
- sewing sequins onto tops & jackets with invisible thread
- sewing lots of interesting buttons onto cardigans or jerseys
- sewing felt shapes onto doubled over scarves (good as presents)
- i recently cut up a long sleeved black top - to make a scoop neckline (not very succesful)


Would love to hear others experiences.

 

[Rova]

It's a shame I don't have the before picture on this on...
I was given a huge t-shirt with a very heavy metal print with a scull with glowing eyes and a lot of snake skeletons.

I got rid of the scull as fast as I could and then I cut a neckline in the same shape as the snakes. Then I made the back all black.

I sold this shirt and now I almost regret it... Almost

 

[kitti mikulova]

jeans by Ralph Lauren

customised with lotus

 

[softgrey]

today I used my 'leather' needle on my sewing machine for the first time...
i altered a wide sash belt (took it in at the back)...
very pleased with the results...
this will do nicely until i can find that perfect belt or have one made...

heck- maybe i can make one myself at this point?!...
...

yay......

 

[softgrey]

my brown marni booties are now black--- thanks to me and a can of shoe dye...
...

yay...

 

[runner]

well done
sasuga captain

 

[yellowetpink]

My old art teacher gave me a dress that was hers in the 70s. It was very unflattering so I chopped and changed it to make it short, and it's very very 60s now.

my pic.

 

[softgrey]

thank you runner!......

nicely done yellow!...

 

[Mariliis]

Before:

After:

Glass is still bit messy with glue, but will fix it soon

 

[sweetpop]

^ wow Mariliis! Your shoes look fantastic!!

 

[softgrey]

well done
sasuga captain

thank you , sir!

i did it again...
after years of being unable to find a pair of black riding boots that suited me, i took a can of spray dye to my brown ones...
they're on the deck drying now...

B)

 

[softgrey]

took a black fabric belt off of one coat and added it to a camel cashmere coat i had...
looks much more modern now...
like DVN...

snipped out the old wool lining of a leather vest purchased some years ago in Amsterdam...
the whole thing is much lighter and cleaner now and ready to make a comeback...

 

[castorpollux]

my brown marni booties are now black--- thanks to me and a can of shoe dye...
...

yay...

I did this once with a leather frame. I took it from brown to charcoal...

 

[softgrey]

i was so excited to spray the boots that i didn't prep them with solution first...
so now the black has started to rub off in places and show the brown underneath...

it actually looks amazing...
very margiela...



a good friend and tFS member (purechris) made me a red plaid wool scarf with a satin camo lining some time ago...
i decided that i wanted to make it even more punk...
so i threw it in the wash (no dryer) and then i twisted it into a ball to dry...
the result is a crinkled, cool (very cdg-looking) piece...

yattah!

 

[Alstroe]

I want to buy these boots solely to paint the heels and soles black.

asos.com

 

[Betinapple]

My latest costumisation has been shortening this skirt by making a new waistband. I got a little carried away and therefore used a black elasticband since it was the only thing I had, but I am going to wear it with a top or belt covering it anyway.

 

[softgrey]

^^that's a lovely eyelet fabric...
nice for summer...

i rescued a capped sleeve smock top from my friend's giveaway pile...
it's a really beautiful fabric...
navy with very graphic orange print...
but she bought it insanely big...

so i took a tuck pleat at the back by the label and added some gathered elastic near the bust to take in the neckline but keep the volume...

it's an absolute success and i am really pleased with the results!
yay!

 

[softgrey]

i've been doing some stuff lately...
i've got the sewing machine out and i get a little better every day...

been working with cashmere and fur...
just bits and bobs...
will post some stuff eventually...

 

[softgrey]

just a small easy project, but immediately successful...

i have a mini leather bracelet with mini studs which i got sometime in the 80's from a street vendor...
it has always been very special to me because it is almost dainty and the idea of leather in pink was quite charming to me...
however i never wore it because it is pink and nothing else i own is...

finally- i was cleaning my art supplies and found a can of black paint...
i made a swift decision and grabbed the bracelet and just dipped it in the paint...
i let it drip and dry overnight and then i scraped some of the paint off the silver metal studs with a pad...

it is so much better than it ever was and it replaces a black snakeskin bracelet with studs that i lost several years ago...

yattah!!!