Thursday, October 1, 2009

Ripped 'em & Bleached 'em




So I decided at midnight to try to take on the role of a designer...sort of.  I went online to research how to "destroy" jeans.  Up came a link from the DIY website with a video.  I quickly became bored watching them, but took note to the tools used for this process.  I grabbed a cheese/lemon grater, an exact-o knife, and a piece of cardboard.  I put the cardboard inside the leg, put a few light slights in the leg of the jean, and then went to town with the grater.  I found that "grating" the denim first is probably a better idea.  After I went to town, I took them to my big sink in the laundry room and bleached the blue out of them.  Threw them in the washer (alone) and then dried them (which helps rip the jeans more).  My results are to the left.  Before & After! 

I love.  $20 Levi's that I recycled into something new and fabulous <3