This is just about the simplest top you could possibly make, but right after I got the idea to make it, I was flipping through a magazine in the check-out line and saw a spread featuring striped boat neck tees (wish I could remember which magazine). I was inspired by all of the stripes out […]
Peter Pan Collar Tutorial
A couple of weeks ago I was happy to discover an email in my inbox from a reader named Fabiola, requesting a tutorial for a collar like this one: I’m not sure where she got this image, but to me it looks like a collar on a dress Alexa Chung would wear. I swear I […]
DIY Bow Back T-Shirt
This is another one of those projects that I saw on the Urban Outfitters website (here), and immediately thought to myself, “Damn, I could make that!” Last week I was looking forward to making it, but just couldn’t fit it in my schedule until today. Sometimes when I can’t immediately make something that’s on my […]
Button Collar Sweater
What do you get when you combine a jar of buttons a thrifted cashmere sweater, and hours of time on an airplane? A fancied up sweater, of course. And lots of funny looks from fellow passengers who probably wondered what I was up to. Merry Christmas Eve!
Sequin Shirt Tutorial
Sequins seem to be all over the place this season. Blame it on Balmain. The problem for me is that they usually seem a little too glamorous for daily wear. A sequined mini-dress is just not something that would fit into my wardrobe unless I get a job as a go-go dancer. Maybe that job […]