Complex Geometries Summer 2010

Complex Geometries Summer 2010 collection just gives me so many ideas on what to do with a few metres of jersey. Brilliant.

Girl X

For some people wearing genuine fur or leather is an issue. But would an vegan person wear jewelry made from human hair?? I have to ask the next time I meet one. Introducing Bitching & Junkfood human hair jewelry Girl X range. Makes me wish I had saved some locks when I went to cut my hair the last time. Earrings made from my own hair would kick ass. I´m also in love with the cock feather head pieces.

Denim fish tails

Diamante patterned high waisted fish tail denim skirt by Alabama Chanin.

Trashion boys

I like making unisex things as I´m a huge fan of menswear. I also use mens clothing as material for many of my trashion works. There´s just something about equality of sexes and having a bit of masculinity in womens fashions and vice versa that I like tremendously. Finnish stylist Katariina Kaatrasalo made two photoshoots for guys with my zipper accessories and shredded tees and knitwear. Check out my Flickr tutorial photogalleries to find out how you can make them for yourself! Top image photographed by Karoliina Barlund / Styling Katariina Kaatrasalo / Shredded Marimekko tee, OutsaPop Trashion



Photographs Heikki Vahtola / Model David for Paparazzi / Shredded knit: Outsapop Trashion / Pants:H&M



Photographs Heikki Vahtola / Model David for Paparazzi / Vest Selected / Zipper scarf: Outsapop Trashion / Silkbelt Thomas Pink / Pants Lamin Marong / Boots: Din Sko



Photographs Heikki Vahtola / Model David for Paparazzi / Jacket Lamin Marong / Zipper necklace Outsapop Trashion / Shirt H&M / Jeans H&M

Inspiration - Viktor & Rolf Summer 2010 collection

Viktor & Rolf Spring 2010 Fashion Show (full)
by FBK1976

OutsaPop Trashion DIY leather scale dress

After almost a year "in progress" I´m finally made my leather scale dress in the shape that I can wear it in public. It is still a bit unfinished as I want to also cover the sleeves and some more of the front with the leather scales. But meanwhile I can wear it if I want. Cool isn´t it? This DIY project was inspired by the works of Jose Castro Fall 2009 collection. Mikko was wearing my zipper necklace in the NRJ Fashion Awards 2009 event where these photos were taken. Photos by Stella Harasek via Paras Aika Vuodesta, Olivia Magazine fashion blog.

To make yourself a dress like this you´ll need:
Wool/cotton/leather garment
one 80´s leather jacket to cut
leather/textile glue
scissors

1. Adjust the dress by sewing so it fits you perfectly
2. Cut the leather jacket apart.
3. Cut each leather bodice and sleeve piece in to different sized (between 1/4 inches to 2 inches) squares.
4. Cut all squares to circle or oval shape. Cutting is the most time consuming phase so don´t think you´ll be done in one evening...
5. Put the dress on to a fitting dummy and start guing the scales. I used a cotton swap to apply the glue on to the scales (top part only so they can be placed partially on top of each other). I started gluing smaller pieces first on to the collar and then worked my way down.

I´ll try to get you more tutorial photos in the near days. BTW: IM LOOKING FOR A SPACE IN HELSINKI AREA TO HOST A TRASHION DIY EVENING/WEEKEND. Let me know if you know a place we could have it in and I´d be happy to come and show you personally how this and all my other projects are made.




Photo above by Mikko Rasila.

Funktional cage dress

Nasty Gal calls this Funktional dress "So chic it hurts! Black bandage dress with structured caging at shoulders. Low neckline with exposed metal zipper at back. Fab with towering stilettos and red lips!" I agree. Inspired my those YSL shoes I suppose..? But why buy when you can DIY?

1. Cut out the dress shoulders. Remember to leave some allowance.
2. Cover up some rigilene corset bones with bias tape.
3. Pin the bones cage in form.
4. Sew bones to dress by machine and to each other by hand.

Besser Visser

Ilja Visser Summer 2010 collection at Amsterdam Fashion Week. What a wonderful way to refashion a loose blazer. Cut the sleeve shorter in a teardrop shape and hem with ruffled organza. Photos via Firstview.

Needle knitting by Ioannis Dimitrousis

This must be the newest subcategory in DIY fashion. A hybrid between sewing and knitting, needle knitting! This dress by Ioannis Dimitrousis is just amazing. Darning needles are good for this project as they are thick and blunt. All though you´ll propably need about 2000 of them.. These photos below are from Ioannis Dimitrousis Summer 2009 collection. DIY cassette tape eye lashes (WOW) and wooden bead (car seat covers?) fashions. Photos via DazedDigital.

Handmade Nation - a DIY documentary

Handmade Nation, a documentary on the indie craft movement is out now on DVD. By Faythe Levine. Blog here.

DIY idea - blouse with cape sleeves

Lily Allen in Elle Hong Kong editorial. I´m loving the capelike frayd slit sleeves on this blouse. Cut out the cuffs and cut a slit to the sleeve on the front. Fray the slit edges. Gather the shoulders with a ribbon. Via Fashion Notebook.

DIY fashion - Studded shirt collar

Why do I write about studs so much? They are a DIY classic with thousands of variations. Here in a mans shirt collar to add a little punk vibe to traditional sweater outfit. That´s why. Photo via Sartorialist.

DIY Fendi fabric roses dress

Stacie of Stars For Streetlights made herself two Fendi inspired dresses decorated with roses sewn from fabric strips. I don´t know if she ever read my post on Fendi roses but the dress turned out beautiful! I knew this technique would work. Make it in darker, more festive colors and you´ve got a killer look for upcoming Xmass and New Years parties! To get the best frayed edge to the fabric strips, they should be ripped. If you´re using jersey or knitwear, then cut the strips. Just remember to keep your material color pallette in max. 3 shades and you´ll get the 3D look on the roses. See her tutorial on Cut Out And Keep craft community.









Photos from Stars For Streetlights and Stacie´s Flickr pool.

DIY fashion inspiration - Trussardi Summer 2010

Trussardi 1911 Summer 2010 collection. My favorites are the officer´s jacket dress (basic LBD with added front zipper, epaulettes and uniform embellishments) and diagonally cut raw edged denim dress.



Dress or jeans made from random denim fabric scraps. Get the pattern by taking apart an old dress or jeans.




Wrap dress hemmed with chains.



Jacket covered in raw edged black and white fabric strips.



Favorite shirt gotten too small from chest? Add a long and narrow shiffon scarf with loops to pull it through!

Eco Fashion World Magazine

From Eco Fashion World Magazine, October 2009 issue: Our crush on DIY, crafting, buying handmade and customizing is still going strong. Is it the zeitgeist of the recession or an increasing awareness of where our things come from, hard to say… Last year, the New York Times reported: “On Sept. 29 2008, a day the stock market plunged sharply, Etsy, the leading Web marketplace for handmade goods, had record sales. In November and December, the site has continued to break records. Last month, artists sold $10.8 million of goods on Etsy, up from $4.2 million in November 2007.” NYT December 22nd 2008.

Hear hear. DIY is propably one of the few areas of business that actually benefit from low times. This is one bus you should not miss.

DIY Smock T-shirt

Diesel has this t-shirt with a smock jacket back in their Fall 2009 collection. Simple and stylish! Very different t-shirt designing than what I´ve seen for a while.. Definately a secondhand XL t-shirt refashioning project here. I bet this would look pretty cool sewn on to a mens shirt also. Photos from Diesel.com.

Ugly leather jacket to pretty capelet

Found some great DIY ideas at Etsy today! This leather and lace capelet is made from refashioning a secondhand 80´s leather jacket (sleeves and bottom bodice cut out, lace trimming added), by Jessamity. Quite an genious design for reusing ugly leather jackets. Bracelet made from vintage necklace chain and leather. By Dinosaurtoes at Etsy. Secondhand leather is definately in my top 3 for DIY fashion materials!

Dress up your Mac

I think Fullgive takes handmade Mac laptop cases to the next level. Very chic and reasonably priced I might add. Me wants one. Available at Etsy.

Safety pins are the new studs

Safety pins are big this fall in embellishing garments. They are the new studs. I saw this pearl necklace at Ru_Glamour today and immediately thought about the safetypin cuff bracelets I´ve done when I was 14 could make a similar look. Safetypin crafts are a good project for DIY beginners. I´d make them using white and off-white pearls as they are a classic a suit many occations, like the upcoming Xmass parties and New Years. Just remember, safety pin metal can contain nickel, so if you´re allergic unfortunately this project is not for you..



Instruction on how to make a safetypin bracelet with small beads and with pearls. The best part is that you can take these safetypin jewelry apart at any time and re-use the pins and beads somewhere else if you want! Moschino embellished some of their FW2009 garments with safetypins. Note that the decor is not made only from different sized safetypins, but that there are crystals and other plastic beads in the mix to reflect light and make the detail shine!








Moschino photos via Net-a-porter.

Isobel and Cleo

Isobel and Cleo knit wearable art. This black jacket is decorated with hundreds of wool felt rectangles. The surface looks geometric, yet feels super soft. And who says fringes need to be always in the sideseams in pants, because these white wool fringe pants rock! Available at Etsy.

Tour de Force

Highlights from SS10 and FW09 collections by Tour de Force. Via StyleBubble.

Fall 2009:






Summer 2010:

DIY 3D face portrait paper crafts

If I ever get around in making a lookbook from my collection, I want all the models to wear these, 3D face portraits made from paper. This craft project is by Eric Testroete that he created for Halloween. Creepy and at the same time so amazing. Via Craft.

Army jacket body

Gorgeous cover, but what caught my eye was this army jacket reconstructed to a BODY!
Magazine: Tush #17 (2009)
Models: Luca Gadjus, Karolin Wolter and Katrin Thormann
Photography by Armin Morbach, photo via Tushmagazine.

One to watch - Paula Cheng

Fashions by Paula Cheng.





Deconstructed music. Parsons LVMH Reconstruction project: Paula Cheng and Shiemi Lim made this deconstructed suit dress for violinist Sarah Whitney Law to wear during the Nouveau Classical Project concert at the Parson's Tishman auditorium. Photos via Bobbin Talk, which immediately went to my BlogLovin reader as it is a cool fashion blog.

Stitched shoulders

Stitched shoulder pads.. I hope you guys are not getting tired of my shoulder pieces posts. It´s a huge trend at the moment and I think there´s a DIYable shoulder style for everyone out there! I´ve always been a fan of shoulder fashions, fascinators and other head pieces as I think they are timeless and sizeless (gain or add a few kilos and you´ll still be able to wear them and look fabulous...). Besides I´ve never understood why women spend so much money and rave about shoes when nobody is even going to look or see them in a crowded nightclub! But if you´re wearing something on your shoulders or head they cannot miss you... Photo via Facehunter.

Blondes in Black

Cut up jeans, safety pins and a bit of styling make killer shoulder pieces. This would look even more wicked made from black denim. Black Magazine editorial, photos by Michael Schwartz.




Frankenstein knitwear.


Secondhand 70´s knit dress remake?

Paloma Faith

Love this girls sound and look. She´s Paloma Faith.




Square shaped coctail hat covered with faux leopard fur. DIY?



Louis Vuitton bunny ears hair band. DIY?



Mega knits from covering foam with sweaters. DIY?



Renesance head piece.



Food package crafts.

V shoulders

Natalie wears Swarovski decorated shoulder pads designed by Keko Hainswheeler in the latest issue of V Magazine. I say these can be made with handsewing or gluing some beads, studs and a variety of metallic buttons on to a pair of shoulder pads. The attachement is the tricky part... I have no idea how these will actually stay on bare shoulders with just the chains (as there seem nothing to go under the arms..), so I´d propably sew them on to a blazer or jacket to keep them in place. In any case, Natalie looks gorgeous. Photo by Mario Testino.

Trashion zipper denim vest

Inspired by this amazing denim shirt decorated with zippers by Lara Natascha at VintageJesusFashion, I had to make my own version to a denim vest. This project featured in MissMix teen magazine as my November DIY project. Here are the instructions in Finnish and I´ll complete the post with English instructions during the weekend. You can find the complete photo tutorial in my Flickr gallery. Photos by Mika Pollari. Btw. This vest is for sale!




VETSKARILIIVI

Kirpputoreilta kerätyillä metallivetoketjut sopivat hyvin denimin koristeluun. Niitä voi käyttää esim. farkkutakista leikatun liivin tai farkkupaitiksen kanssa. Vetoketjujen pituudella tai värillä ei ole merkitystä.

Tarvikkeet:
farkkutakki tai farkkupaitis
eri mittaisia metallivetoketjuja
paksua ompelulankaa
paljon nuppineuloja
sakset

Työvaiheet:

1. Järjestä vetoketjut värijärjestykseen.
2. Leikkaa vetoketjujen molemmat päät pois ja irroita vetimet.
3. Leikkaa farkkutakin hihat irti tikkauksen vierestä.
4. Vetoketjut on helpompi neulata jos vaate on puettu sovitunukelle tai pingotettu esim. tyynyn päälle. Neulaa vetoketjut kiemurtelevaan muotoon niin etteivät ne ole kiinni nukessa/tyynyssä. Osan veskareiden päistä voi rullata, taittaa lenkiksi ja toiset jättää auki roikkumaan.
5. Vetoketjujen värejä voi myös laittaa limittäin niin että viereiset värit sekoittuvat toisiinsa.
6. Valmis neulaus.
7. Vetoketjut ommellaan käsin kiinni denimiin. Käytä paksumpaa denim-ompelulankaa, sillä tavallinen ompelulanka ei kestä. Ompelu voi olla hyvin suurpiirteistä, eikä se haittaa vaikka ompeleet näkyvät oikealla. Pääasia että ompeleita on tarpeeksi tiheässä, jotta vetoketjut pysyvät paikallaan kun neulat otetaan pois.
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Inspired by denim shirt decorated with zippers by Lara Natascha at VintageJesusFashion.

DIY idea - Chain fringes by Evil Twin

I love this chain fringe dress by Jodie at Evil Twin. If you don´t have chain, use zippers with the canvas cut out. Photos via Pixie Market and Evil Twin website.