Old Clothes into New

One of my hobbies is to change old chothes into new styles. Sometimes, you may find some clothes in wardrobe old-fashioned but still new, and sometimes you do not like some but find materials so good and really costed arms and legs, while sometimes, most importanly, you may get spirit from things you are really interested in, and feel necessary to express it out. So, along with make donations, it maybe a good idea to make some changes all by hands to develop creation and release stess from professional work. This is why I have got this hobby since I was very young, when I often used pieces of cloth that my mum left over after cutting to make hair pins for myself. I have really got a lot fun by growing this hobby, but I also really got cranked for the first time when I tried to change a real clothes into a new one, to change a long skirt to a one-piece dress. I really liked that skirt, but I ruined it completely. That was a joke!

Honestly, I do not have any professional knowledge about fashion design, and just put imagination on it, then cut, unpick, sew, piece together, and sometimes embroider a little. I make them all by my hands, which gives me good feeling and a lot fun. Let me take an example. The one in the right picture is a vero moda blouse, good material and good color, but a little old. So, I changed it into a skirt.

• Firstly, I imagined it into a short skirt. Then I unpicked the long seams on sleeves and the lateal ones in the middle part.
• Secondly, took out the elastic bands from cuffs and the bottom, then sewed part of them into the collar to make the waist band to fit .
• Thirdly, sewed the pieces together. But the middle flaps are longer by two inches. If I cut them off, the silky cloth would be ruined much, then I folded them toward inside.
• Next, because the silk material is so thin and so light, which is not good for a skirt, I added a lining, which also makes the inside look better.
• Finally, I added some crystal accessories, including buttons and pearl beads. Sounds simple!

The following are some other cases.

The pants in the right picture is a vero-mode jean. I really like the material, but it only goes with high heals, which I hate. Then, I changed it into a dress with simple embroidery along the front opening line as decorating buttons. Besides, I chose white sparkling accessories to make it finer. After all, I am not professional.

The blouse in the right is also a vero-moda style. It is satin material, and I bought it from Grand Gate shopping tower in Shanghai, but now it is kinda a little old-fashioned, as one of my friends said. I cannot throw it away, because it is still new. Then changed it into a skirt.

This is probably the one with the least success except that ruined skirt. I was going to donate this shirt, but I really liked the flowery design. Then made a little change from the style of a little too fair lady to the style of more revealing, but it is not fit to me.

The above pants used to be a skirt, which I liked much, but I mistakenly broke it in the middle. Actually, I was trying to change it into a stylish dress that was in my head, but I also mistakenly made the first cut in a false part. Then I changed it into a pants with a little decoration, i.e. the green lines.

The below one is originally a suspender. I liked it when I saw it in the shop, but I bought it without trying. It turned out be not fit to me as a suspender, so I wore it as a skirt, which turned out to be really fit. So, actually, I changed little on it, but just added this sash.

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