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The LookBook 

 Edition No. 2: D.I.Y. Clothing 

May 14, 2020

By Marisa Geary, Columnist

It’s difficult to find inspiration or motivation to dress up during quarantine. However, it’s important to remember that presenting yourself well, even if it’s only in front of a few people or even just yourself, can have a dramatic effect on your confidence and self-love. 

Keep your looks trendy while also staying comfortable at home by diving into D.I.Y clothing. Creating D.I.Y. clothing can give you something fun to do while also making you feel productive.

Many patterns have become trendy during the past few months. One that came back most recently is tie-dye. A good thing about this pattern is that it’s also very common for girls to D.I.Y. their own tie-dye clothing. Whether it’s with dye or with bleach, the results almost always turn out good. 

Freshman Kaitlin Trahon wearing a hand-tie-dyed tank top. Photo credit: Kaitlin Trahon
Junior Marisa Geary wearing hand-bleached jeans. Photo credit: Marisa Geary/ The Mustang Gazette
Senior Rory Cayer wearing a hand-bleached and hand-cropped sweatshirt. Photo credit: Rory Cayer

Like tie-dye, cropping your clothes is an easy way to turn old clothing you don’t wear that much into trendy clothing you will wear more often. You can crop old jeans, a sweatshirt, an oversized t-shirt, basically anything. 

Junior Alison Trahon wearing a hand-cropped t-shirt. 
Junior Marisa Geary wearing hand-cropped jeans. Marisa Geary/The Mustang Gazette

Another fun way to change up clothing you may not like as much anymore is to paint it, or glue things to it. Painting your clothes is both fun and usually turns out wonderfully, especially because it’s your own art and your own creation.

Junior Marisa Geary wearing hand-painted jeans. Marisa Geary/The Mustang Gazette
Junior Marisa Geary holding hand-bedazzled sneakers. Marisa Gear/The Mustang Gazette

What should be taken from this is that anyone can be a clothing designer with a couple of household items. Don’t worry about missing out on clothing trends, because most of them can be followed right at home. Also, feel free to create your own trends using items at home.