Showing posts with label Bleached. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bleached. Show all posts

DIY Dries Van Noten Inspired Dip Dye Jacket

Sunday, May 29, 2011
As soon as the gorgeous Bianca of Il Etait Une Fois posted these pics of Dries Van Noten's dip bleached denim, I knew I just had to DIY my own version of the jacket with bleached sleeves. This is possibly the easiest DIY I've done in a while - and just involved soaking the cuffs of a thrifted denim shirt in some bleach overnight until they had became bright white. 
Wearing: DIY jacket, Country Road White Singlet, Lace Shorts designed by me, Mango boots, Mac lippy.

This was my Dries Van Noten inspiration:
And here's a few pics of how I did it. Hopefully quite self-explanatory. Using undiluted bleach, and wet the sleeves before dipping the ends into the bleach. Leave them there for a few hours or overnight.

DIY's by readers!

Thursday, November 4, 2010
So happy to see I've inspired some amazing DIYs out there! Natale Eve of Evelesco has done two fantastic ones, the Chanel cap toe shoes and the Dries Van Noten dip bleach denim.

Dip your denim in some bleach and leave it to dye. Natale Eve learnt that you should dip less than you think you should due to the spreading upwards of the bleach. They look so great don't they?
These gorgeous cap toe Chanel-esque shoes Natale Eve did using some old grey suede pumps and a sharpie pen - perfect!
I love to see I am inspiring you to do some DIY, send me a pic of any of your recent creations.

x

DIY Acid Wash Denim

Thursday, September 9, 2010
We are heading into a chilly winter pretty quickly in old London town, and while I am still holding off from wearing tights (once you put them on you dont take them off for 6 months!), I am definitely getting back into wearing jeans. Everywhere I look I see deconstructed acid wash jeans, love the jeans in this picture by Vanessa Jackman. So easy to do at home.
Image: Vanessa Jackman

DIY Instructions:
Materials - A pair of jeans, household bleach, a spray bottle + rubber gloves.

1. Put on the rubber gloves. Pour the cholrine into the spray bottle. If you want a more lighter effect, mix some water into the bleach.

2.Wet your jeans with water and place them on the floor . If you are not doing this on a tiled bathroom floor like I did, I recommend putting something underneath the jeans, ie. plastic wrapper or cardboard to avoid any bleach staining your floor.

3. Spray the chlorine on the desired spots - the jeans in the image above would have had bleach sprayed all over them. The stronger the bleach, the faster you can see the bleach results. The results on my jeans were visible in seconds. If you have mixed water in your bleach, be patient as the results might show about 20 minutes later.

4. Wash your jeans. Recommend hand washing first then machine washing.

Wear old clothes when playing with bleach!

Black jeans will usually bleach to a beige colour while blue jeans will go light blue/white.

DIY Acid Wash Dress

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Dirty Hair Halo strikes again with this amazing DIY acid wash dress!
Image: Dirty Hair Halo

DIY Inspiration - Bleached Joggers

Monday, August 9, 2010
Do ittt!!! (yourself..)

Image: Let me in