Do It Yourself book tip: Mach new from old
Pimping T-shirts, choosing clothes yourself: "Do It Yourself" (DIY) is trendy. We reveal which designers recycle clothes and show you how to re-stock your own garments by using DIY .
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Sewing for yourself - that was once the key to the world of fashion. Because without own tailoring ran until the 1960s, nothing. Off-the-peg fashion, as we know it now, came after that. And today there is hardly anything that we can not buy new.
The instructions for an individual T-shirt and a "Do It Yourself" wrap dress shows the gallery (16 pictures):
But why throw out money all the time, if you can easily miss your own clothes an individual touch? It works without a tailor's apprenticeship. Henrietta Thompson's book "Make New from Old" turns a pillow case into a skirt or an old jacket into a laptop bag. The author has compiled these and even more recycling ideas. Detailed instructions explain how to do it.
Individual garments made by yourself
But that's not all: In the book, Henrietta Thompson provides background information on self-made fashion and shows many idiosyncratic designer pieces from Vivienne Westwood to Martin Margiela to young, not so well-known designers.
Sometimes the ideas are crazy, wearable not always, inspiring but definitely. In any case, we are already happy when we can answer the question "Is this new?" With "No, that's self-made".
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