Learning to upcycle clothes is one of the most environmentally friendly hobbies you can take up. Repurposing your old wardrobe pieces has a number of advantages in addition to minimising waste and moving away from fast fashion: you get to learn a new skill, and you end up with something unique and tailored to your own personal style.
Here are a few DIY tips or hacks for you to give your old wardrobe a new twist!
A Long Sweater Into a Dress
Everybody has an oversized long sweatshirt/sweater stashed away in their closet. Why not reinvent that old dull sweater by dressing it up as a dress?
Wear an oversized sweater with a stylish belt around your upper waist. This will make your waist look snatched and give it a really chique and sophisticated look. Finally, add some knee-high boots and your favourite bag to complete the look.
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2. Tie Dye
Folks, tie-dye is here to stay, and we couldn't be happier; this trend is equal parts nostalgic and fun. The easiest yet trendiest way to upcycle your clothes is by using the tie-dye method. Turn you old boring T-shirts into something super colorful and fun!
Here's how you can do it yourself:
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3. Jeans into Shorts
Bored with your old pair of jeans? Don't you worry we've got you covered! Take out the old pair of jeans lying around in your wardrobe , Measure the length you want for your shorts and cut. Here' you have your own brand new pair of denim shorts!
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4. Tights into Socks
Bring back the tights in your wardrobe (you know, the ones with holes?) as funky socks and a '80s-inspired scrunchie.
Here's how:
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5. Diy Patchwork Jeans
Got an old pair of boring jeans? Give it a new look by turning it into the trendy patchwork jeans.
All you have to do is collect some random cloth pieces, cut them into whatever shape you desire and sew them on your old denims. and here you have your own pair of patchwork jeans!
Source: Vanshika Mahajan
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