DIY Light-Up Dress Quontum Bodycon alla Katie Perry

Although Katy's is a little too bubblegum-pop for me, I was dying for something even on the same par as her light-up dress she wore to this years MET Ball. After much thought I decided the easiest and most cost effective way to light-up my wardrobe was glowsticks. I took a look in my wardrobe and saw that my Quontum dress with the bondage straps would be a perfect place to hide my glowsticks! Read how to make your own below: 

What you need:

Quontum Bodycon Dress

Glowsticks (Necklace kind work best)

Seam-ripper

1. Find the seam on the side-most part of the strap and rip 3-5 seams so you have a big enough gap to insert your glowsticks. 

2. Insert your glowsticks inside the straps. I used the 3-part Necklace glowstick set and connected 2 of the pieces for the longer straps and just one for the small strap. 

3. Voila! You're done. 

NOTE: 

If you're like me you probably may have cracked some of the glowstick while putting them inside your dress (and you definitely crack them when putting on the dress) So either put them in the dress and put on your dress right as your about to go out since the glow only lasts for 4-5 hours, or insert the glow sticks after the dress is on. 

2010 Goth

Pictured, from left to right: Haider Ackermann, Ann Demeulemeester, Alexander Wang, Gareth Pugh.

 Photo from The Skinny aka the Forever 21 blog, which also features and amazing Shredded Tee DIY right now. 

PRADA CRYSTAL CLEAR HEELS DIY

Wow, who would have guessed googling "Clear Heels" would be so fun. Since Jeffrey Campbell dropped the ball on knocking of these bad boys, it leaves no choice but to make a DIY. It is a very easy DIY and pretty cheap as well, the whole project will cost around $40-50. First you should buy a pair of clear heels like these, and some chandelier crystal parts. Then you just attach the hooks of the chandelier parts to tiny holes that you make in the plastic toe covering of the clear heels.

Or Try these variations:

Sex and the City 2

I just saw Sex and the City 2, and of course it was cheesy and girlie filled with fabulous fashionable gay men, and hot naked straight men. But best of all was the wardrobe; there were wardrobe changes with the blink of an eye to to achieve a severe fashion overload. I thought of an amazing DIY though after watching the karaoke scene, to make a belt with a long sheer train attached to it. I'm not sure if thats exactly what Carrie is wearing above or if it is some fancy styling. Either way its HOT HOT HOT! Would be perfect to add to a LBD or tank dress, simple to chic with one amazing belt. I'll be dreaming about it until I make it so I should probably get to Joann's asap. 

DIY: Metal Power Shoulder Dress

Photos: The Style Shark

Step 1: Buy yourself a roll of aluminum tin available in the roofing section of Home Depot for around $13 (pictured above) and a plain black power shoulder dress. I got mine on ebay.

Step 2: Use clippers to cut off 2 sections of tin, one for thigh, one for each shoulde. We will then take these sections and cut them down into their exact size listed below, and round the corners.

Step 3: Cut out your pieces to your desired shape and size 

Step 4: After marking your armor position, we can now attach them using the glue gun just glueing the right and left edges of the armor to the garment. An alternative to glueing could be using velcro to attach the metal to the jean so then the metal pieces are removable and you could wash the garment easily.

Cut it off

All the cool kids are doing it!

PC: Wildfox

MIRROR MIRROR (DIY)

As I have shown before Mirror Shoe DIY, but for this particular look you would use broken glass instead of the pre-cut squares. Enjoy :)

What you need:

1 pair of shoes (I found my pair on clearance at UO for 9.99)

Craft Square Glass mirrors at Joanns or Michaels

(come in two different sizes use one or both)

Hot Glue Gun

1. Plan your pattern, you need to make sure all of the spacing between the mirrors fits perfectly and there is no idle edge since you cannot cut the mirrored pieces. To do this you can use som scotch tape for a temporary adhesion.

2. Plug in your glue gun and go!

Things to think about...

My shoes had a leather strap and the glue gun worked but if I moved around in them too much the top layer of leather would peel off and the mirror was gone... To avoid this try a synthetic material for your shoes. Also beware of the stringing of the glue form the glue gun this can make a huge mess and stick to the mirrors and make for tedious clean-up.

Day 2: ACNE Armor Jeans DIY

Materials:

Aluminum Tin Metal

Heavy Duty Clippers

Tape Measure

Jeans

Glue Gun with Fabric Glue

Cereal Bowl

Time: 

1-2 Hours

Difficulty:

Medium/Hard

Step 1: Buy yourself a roll of aluminum tin available in the roofing section of Home Depot for around $13 (pictured above).

Step 2: Use your clippers to cut off 3 sections of tin, one for thigh, one for shin, and one for knee. We will then take these sections and cut them down into their exact size listed below, and round the corners.


Shin: 5 1/2" tall x 4" wide
Knee: About the size of the bottom of a cereal bowl or 4" x 4" with metal flaps on side

Thigh: 4" tall x 5 1/2" tall

Step 3: Now you will want to lay all of your armor pieces out and contour your shin and thigh pieces to match your knee piece by cutting out half circles on the bottom of the thigh piece and the top of the shin piece. Pictured below

Step 4: Now that our armor is all done, you need to put on your pants to mark the exact positioning for your armor. The most crucial piece will be the knee piece which must go on the bottom half of your knee so you can bend freely. Mark the position with a fabric marker or sharpie and then place the shin and thigh piece above and below accordingly allowing enough room in between so they do not overlap or clash when your legs move.

Step 5: After marking your armor position, we can now attach them using the glue gun just glueing the right and left edges of the armor to the jeans. An alternative to glueing could be using velcro to attach the metal to the jean so then the metal pieces are removable and you could wash the jeans easily.

VOILA! YOU'RE DONE! 

Day 1: Acne Armor Jeans DIY

Today was Do-It-Yourself day I guess. I've been achin' for the Acne Armor jeans for quite sometime now, I originally axed a DIY ruling it near impossible. However today I was feeling frisky and got my brain juices flowing and with help from a friend decided to use aluminum roofing tin that is easily pliable (even for little girls) as the metal armor material. So I went to Home Depot wandered around aimlessly and out of place until I found the tin which was available in a 6" X 25' roll for around $13. I inherited a great old toolbox as well which I knew I could use to cut, ply, and contort into my desired pieces. I ended up using heavy duty scissors that my grandpa used to trim the rose bush with (name?) to cut my material into my desired shapes. My biggest unknown factor was attaching the tin panels to the jean, I initially thought to poke holes in the tin with a hammer and nail in the corners and stitch the tin to the jeans. However, it was seemingly tedious and awkward trying to sew the panels in the skinny leg of the jeans, so I impatiently took to the glue-gun to get the job done. My errors thus far are sizing of the panels, mine are too large, and the durability of the glue gun cohesion. I'll get back to you tomorrow with a full step-by-step tutorial and the finished product!

Body Chain / Chain Vest / Chain Harness DIY

We start with two identical necklaces, these two I purchased from Forever 21 for under $10 for each.

Because I want the harness to be all chain I'm going to get rid of the ribbon on the necklace and replace it with the longest chain on the dangling part of the necklace by bringing it up on each necklace.

Next I am going to cut off the ribbon from each necklace.

Now our necklaces should look like this, with no ribbon. Take ONE of your necklaces, find the main connector piece (pictured above with red arrow) and gently pull it apart at the seam with your pliers to make an opening in the chain. Once there is an opening, we are going to take our second necklace and link it's connector piece to the connector piece of our first necklace and then use the pliers to put the seam back together so there is no opening.

After connecting your two necklaces it should look like this and you are finished! You may wear it like a vest with the opening in front or in back of your body, or you may connect the connector pieces on the other side of your necklace for more of a harness.

To try this yourself, find a necklace that is long and multi-layered like this one from forever 21, order 2 and get re-arranging!