For appearance lovers, befitting up with all the accepted trends can be backbreaking — and expensive. Moreover, it's absolutely not accomplishing the planet any good, because the bulk of fast-fashion items we absorb and bung out. All this decay hurts our environment, authoritative the appearance industry the additional better polluter in the world.
One way to action this botheration is to absolute the bulk of clothes we buy, and instead upcycle old or thrifted items by administration them abnormally for the alteration seasons. To advice us apprentice how to do that, Becky Wright and Kelsey MacDermaid, aka The Sorry Girls, consistently column DIY hacks to accomplish our affairs and clothes added sustainable.
In their latest video, The Sorry Girls DIY four accepted abatement appearance trends: shirt-dresses, circumscribed joggers, bristling loafers, and absolute scarves, all by thrifting, upcycling, and repurposing appearance items in artistic ways.
For her aboriginal look, Wright whips up an ambrosial flannel shirt-dress application two flannels you can acquisition at a austerity abundance or in your own closet. She cuts anniversary dress in a half, befitting the top of one and the basal of another. Wright again sews the pieces calm and voila — a comfortable shirt-dress is born.
Later, MacDermaid shows how to accomplish circumscribed joggers out of an old brace of sweatpants. You'll charge scissors, a bed-making kit, and a allotment of adaptable — that's it. The athleisure-inspired attending is complete with a white bodice and a faux-fur biker jacket.
Check out the blow of the video for added DIY abatement looks:
