DIY fashion design 2017

Refashion Your Clothes & Accessories

If you don't want to pay for new clothes and accessories all the time, but you want your clothes to look fresh, new and unique, then why not add a handmade touch and revamp or embellish what you already have?

Below you will find websites and blogs full of super trendy ideas for customizing your clothes, painting your shoes, adding studs to bags, embellishing leggings, dip dyeing dresses and much more!

I hope you find this page fun and I hope the how-tos inspire you to get creative

DIY Fascinator Introduction To Fashion Revamping

Ways to Update Your Wardrobe

With regard to clothes, there are a few ways of transforming them into fresh, new creations:

- Reconstruction: You can take an item of clothing apart completely at the seams and build something new from the pieces, or you can use the deconstructed pieces to re-make that item of clothing in another/a different fabric (if you particularly like the fit or style of it). You can also change one type of clothing into another, e.g. you can change a large man's shirt into a dress, or you could re-size it to fit yourself. If you have found a skirt that is made in a really cool material but it is far too big for you, you could also alter it to fit you perfectly. Old t-shirts or sweaters (especially if they have holes in or stains on) are ideal for cutting up and using as embellishments, or sewing together to make something else - such as a sweater skirt, or a t-shirt dress. Reconstruction usually entails at least a low level of sewing skill.

- Deconstruction: Scissors can cut the legs off jeans to make shorts, and can create all kinds of decorative slits and cuts in clothing. There are some really artistic ways to cut and manipulate t-shirts to make eye-catching designs, including skeleton images and fringing.

- Embellishing: This is the most popular method of revamping clothes, with possibilities including: printing paint patterns onto jeans, gluing on fabric flowers, sewing on ruffles and embroidering patterns.

With regard to non-clothing items such as bags and shoes, the usual way of updating them is to dye them another color or to embellish them, often by painting or drawing onto them. I hope you find plenty of project suggestions on this page to interest you