Maternity to Mod

You know how you would plan outfits in your head and when you try it on it's a totally different story? This is what happened for my new year's eve outfit. I decided to ditch party dresses this year and be more laid back with a pink top from COS - and I looked pregnant. Thank god I wasn't being my usual lazy self and tried it on the day before. I could have gone for another top but  my sewing gene took over.

After 2 snap buttons this COS top has gone from maternity to mod. Yes, I am going to wear this tomorrow. Probably with a black fluffy fur coat, leggings and some nice heels.

Torn jeans

I wanted a pair of torn up skinny jeans, but was too lazy to go look for a perfect pair of skinnies. So I decided to just grab a pair  from Bershka and do the tearing by myself. Well because I was working and all that, the destruction took place at intervals and now I think the left leg doesn't really go with the right leg (and vice versa). Anyhow, I'm quite content with the end results and am absolutely proud of the massive blotch on the left leg. However, due to the stretchiness of the fabric the whole tearing session was made more of a hassle, note to self, never tear stretchy fabrics again.

Come to think of it, I actually have done a lot of DIY to my clothes. Not only for the sake of killing time but I have nothing to lose really. Because most of those clothes just sit there at the back of my wardrobe never having the chance to see daylight again if I don't do anything to them. Plus one only needs so many pairs of jeans, so I'd just cut and bleach and turn the I-will-never-wear-again-pile into my favorite pair of shorts etc.

maxi dress project

I have been looking for a tie dye maxi dress for the summer but I couldn't find the perfect one. So then I thought a maxi dress isn't too hard to make is it? Considering i have a sewing machine (I don't really know how to sew though, oh well.)

So I set out for ShamShuiPo for the perfect fabric. I cannot use anything that stretches because the machine doesn't do that kind of stitching, so I went for silk. 

This is the piece of fabric that I bought. The texture and thickness is what I wanted, but the colour was not. 

So I dyed the whole thing first and then started tie dying.

This is how you do a spiral pattern. You grasp the middle of the fabric and then twist it until bit becomes a circle, then tie it tightly with elastic bands. Then you can either immerse it in dye or squirt colours on top like what I did here.

It was a success, considering its my first time doing any sewing and tie dying.

So here is the dress. 

Three elastics are sewn at the waist.

I have also added an extra tint of red just to make it more interesting to look at.

Paired with Ash Lotus cutout booties in nauge, bought from shopbop.com. They are super comfy.

Close up of jewels, bangle from H&M, bracelet from Accessorize, beetle ring from Dior stacked with a ruby ring from my dad.

It was a very nice day to be wearing a maxi dress. I will prolly make one more in black too. 

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