Sunday, October 12, 2008

distress signals





Following in the footsteps of a number of inspirational sources including Rodarte, Raquel Allegra, and Childhood Flames's endeavor, I decided to try my hand at distressing and shredding your typical Fruit of the Loom tshirt. With knitting needle in hand and not much else, I went to work. And what you see are the results, which I must say I liiiiike. I would definitely do this to tshirts in a rainbow of colors, ok no, namely grey, white and black, but its ez!

Can I just say that with the right amount of practice and maybe a seam ripper (read: must remember for the next attempt), this little do-it-yourself just goes to show that $500 tshirts are not really necessary if you have some spare time on your hands. If not the case, then by all means, drop the 500 dinero.

In other awesome news, I just found out there's rumored to be secret tunnels and passageways that lead from my dorm all the way to North campus, about 2-3 miles away. No one really knows where they are, and the one man that was shown them was sworn to secrecy and only gave vague details. A quick search on the Internet has yielded little information. Oh and there are secret societies, also? This shit just intrigues me...

Shirt, DIY Fruit of the Loom. Tank, Rogan for Target. Jeans, Levis. Shoes, Dolce Vita courtesy of Solestruck.com (a big thankyouuu to Danielle!)

59 comments:

  1. this is great. wil you show us how you did it? is it extremely fragile now? it looks so cool!

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  2. VERY nice work! i need to get working on mine again...

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  3. wow, thats quite unique...mangled clothes have become so much more stylish now a days...i really like it.

    Im really good for abusing my jeans but I never thought to take this approach

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  4. oh wow, beautiful work! i might just have to try my hand at this too...

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  5. thank you for the comment. and no special setting... i used photobooth because i didn't have access to my camera and my room is quite dark in general. :P kinda boring eh?

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  6. That looks fantastic! I'll have to try it myself :)

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  7. that's very cool. and it looks effortless despite all the obvious work that went into it, so good job! ;p

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  8. Ah ! I love this!

    I must start DIYing again, I've kinda been lazy about that lately :P

    Lovely post, I love your blog and thanks so much for that fab comment o yours!

    Hey, wanna trade links?

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  9. Oh, I forgot to ask: How long did it take you?

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  10. this is great! i'm not sure if i could do such subtle tears?

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  11. urghghhghgh... i totally love this look! you look wicked good!

    p.s. good luck finding the tunnels
    I hear there's many at our school as well!

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  12. Oh my god it looks so good!! I'm dying to do this now that I've seen yours and Camille's!

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  13. holy crap so amazing!!! this is my second time visiting your blog and im pretty sure this is the post that will get me visiting it 3 or 4 times a day from now on ahahah. looove it!

    please post a tutorial when possible!

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  14. My gosh this is a brilliant idea! The steps seem simple enough but truly it looks mmighty difficult to perform :( You've done a wonderful job btw!

    Underground passageways? Secret Dorms? Sound like Hogwarts really :P

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  15. haha thanks for the comment darling
    that simple pose, became simple because of 10 years of ballet training.
    =]

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  16. Wow that's genius.I love the shirt so much and the pants look cool too.

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  17. Really simple and effective trick!

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  18. I like, I like very much indeed. Is it possible to call for a tutorial as well? I'm going to try to give this ago.

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  19. Totally love your attempt, but from what i've heard its majorly time consuming. I might be tempted to drop the dollars, just to get one, lol.

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  20. thank you so much for the comment.

    the shirt looks so great! I gotta try this at home :)

    xxx
    Caro

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  21. :o! It's perfect!! WOW!
    I'm so glad you commented on my blog, if not I wouldn't have seen this tee ^-^
    Make me one pleaaaase^-^ haha

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  22. ths is fabulous! and have you seen the last tru blood so we can chat about it???

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  23. wow, the shirt came out great!
    and undergournd tunnels and secret societies? oooh sounds interesting =]

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  24. I think I'm in love with your blog.

    Thanks for your comment in mine, it made me discover you

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  25. Wow, i'm defintely going to have to try that...

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  26. Wow, i'm defintely going to have to try that...

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  27. Blossom Clothing has moved!
    Visit www.bellefantaisie.net to whet your appetite that is all things fashion! Comment and you will be added to the blog roll in exchange.
    Lovex

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  28. love it! im totally inspired to hit up some diy projects this evening!

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  29. ohwhoise how exciting - the secret alleys etc that is!sounds like something in a movie. and LURVE the tshirt!
    x
    Marian

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  30. wait, an error of some sort happened.

    tell me if you got my comment right before this one.

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  31. how did you do that? I saw it in childhood flames and I do hope you or her post a diy because I think it's lovely.

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  32. it looks great. I think I must must must must try it.


    BTW LINKED YOU LADY

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  33. This looks amazing! I love DIY ideas

    x

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  34. Wow, the shirt turned out great! It´s a must-try :)

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  35. coolness! you're so right about not spending the 500 quid.

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  36. this is so good, i reckon i'm going to try this, very inspirational and nice blog too

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  37. oh, thank you. i love your t-shirt. AMAZING! kiss.

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  38. oh shoot, nooooo. i don't even remember what i wrote before that comment!

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  39. i want to know how to do that! sweet shirt

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  40. wooou omg.it looks AWESOME!!
    i also want one.cant you post a tutorial?
    that'd be great.
    xoxo

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  41. Great job and such a wonderful idea. I'll think about it. Thanks!

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  42. OMG girl you have done an awesome job on this shirt! So in love with it! I have try this! A lot of bloggers are doing these DIYs i gotta try it myself! Great outfit!

    & Thanks for the comment. I think walking in heel less shoes wouldnt be any different, Im assuming because of the big platform that would support the whole foot. Just a guess hehe :) Keep in touch.

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  43. wow that shirt looks amazing! great DIY

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  44. WOW, great DIY!
    About this girl Olivia: She's a friend of a friend of mine. She lives in NY and worked as a model. I don't know what she's doing now. I'm just "stalking" her on myspace haha.

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  45. Linda, that looks AMAZING. You have no idea how inspired I am right now.

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  46. oman yours looks so much cooler than mine. mine looks so shoddy HAHA.

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  47. both the shirt and photography are beeeeautiful. don't worry, you'll defeat the perils of analog reading. just remember the 12 is on the top, big hand = minute, small hand = hour. i only learned this recently myself.

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  48. that is unreal tight. you have some major creative juices flowing...I am very impressed.

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