London's Best Friend is all for individuality. Thus, I have decided to take matters into my own hands, dabbling in a bit of tailoring, sewing, ironing - the works - in pursuit of some DIY [do it yourself] designing to revamp some summer attire. I took a centuries-old jean jacket and restored it by ironing on a bejewelled Skull stencil bought in downtown New York, (the same stencil which I may add I purchased for $10 was later seen on the back of a jumper in Harvey Nichols for nearly two hundred pounds. That's bargain-hunting for you) and an old white denim skirt, which I jazzed up with left-overs of past ensembles. Glass, brass, gold and plastic buttons combine with some bottle caps collected from a limited edition series of coke bottles that I pierced and sewed into the material, as well as two flowery beige and pink adornments that I ripped off a pair of dilapidated Prada shoes (the leopard print blue heart is my own 'personal touch') The result is something fun, exciting and completely different from everyone else, a fact pleasantly emphasised when, whilst in the beauty department at Harrods, a gorgeous gay assistant waving an eyeliner around came up to me all flustered and said 'Oh my God that jacket is fabulous where did you get it from?'
If any readers are interested in purchasing some of the stencils, please comment below.
this is hannah, and i wanted one of those stencils when you first bought them and you never gave me one you stingy bitch. im going this summer and buying some because that jacket looks oh so good, where was it exactly that you acquired them
ReplyDeletesuch is the animosity of that post that I will decline such offer of information....IF you had asked me NICELY I probably would've told you (due to my natural kindness)
ReplyDeleteahem, anyways, I don't actually know what street or what the shop is called, but I know how to get there, if-that-makes-any-sense-at-all.
I can pick you up some next time darl x
the jacket is hard... keep doing this you'll have you own line soon ! ;) x
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