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1 Way to Wear a Man’s Shirt: DIY Strapless Dress (No scissors needed!)

05 Saturday May 2012

Posted by Peaches in How To / DIY, Peaches' Today Wear (PTW)

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bustier dress, Creativity, DIY dress, how to wear boyfriend shirts, men's shirt, strapless dress

I have another easy DIY following this previous DIY post last week, where I used a man’s shirt to make a paperbag skirt! The significant other doesn’t complain anymore – he kinda likes how I’m having fun with his work clothes (he’s a doctor)! 😉

Note: I am petite and standing at only 5’2″ and therefore this DIY would work as a short dress for me. If you are however tall, this DIY would work as a top for you 😀

Incorporating the same steps as the DIY paperbag skirt, pull the shirt upwards to cover your bust!

Step #1: Thrift through any male’s closet (secretly), and find one you like!

  • Step #2: Wear a strapless bra (just in case of wardrobe malfunction!)
  • Step #3: The upper part of the shirt(where the collar is) should be fitted above your breasts.
  • Step #4: Button the shirt as desired until you get a ‘sweetheart’ neckline like a bustier/corset.
  • Step #5: Take the sleeves, pull tight and make a knot below your bust. This gives the grecian effect.
  • Step #6: Take the excess sleeves and make a bow!
  • P.S: The way to keep this from falling off is to firstly wear a good strapless bra! Make sure the buttons are tight and secure wherever you button them on your bust, and lastly make sure you tie a tight knot!

This is the finished product:

Men’s Shirt: New Look

I hope you found this fun! Let me know if you’ve tried this before, and if you are going to – I’d love to see a picture 😀

♥ P E A C H E S

1 Way to Wear a Man’s Shirt: DIY Paperbag Skirt (No scissors needed!)

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by Peaches in How To / DIY, Peaches' Today Wear (PTW)

≈ 28 Comments

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Creativity, DIY paperbag skirt, how to make a paperbag skirt, how to wear boyfriend shirts, men's shirt

So what happens when you’ve run out of clean clothes and the only ones hanging all crisp in the wardrobe is a rack full of this:

No, not women shirts but men shirts. Shirts that make a man look so big, strong and, yes, dashing. Yes, it works even if it’s from that scene in Risky Business when Tom Cruise starts doing this:

So what did I do? I start rummaging through the significant other’s clothes trying to find something decent to wear. I decided to be creative and make a paperbag skirt with one of the shirts! I’m a petite 5’2″ so if you are taller – a bigger shirt would be better!

Here’s how I do Tom Cruise:

Practically drowning! So here’s how I turned a shirt into a paperbag skirt, with NO scissors needed (did I hear a sigh of relief?):

Step #1:

  • The upper part of the shirt should be fitted around your waist with the collar around your waist.
  • For a paperbag skirt effect, fit the shirt at your smallest waist area!
  • Button it tight until it sits fine on your waist!

Step #2:

  • Take the sleeves and make one knot in front of you.
  • Make sure you tuck in the outside bits under this knot if it bothers you that there are bits sticking out (like collar tips for instance).

Step #3:

  • Take the excess sleeves and make a knot/bowtie/however you like tying your knots!
  • No matter how you tie it, it’s still going to look cool anyway!

You now have your own DIY paperbag skirt! How easy was that?!

Unbutton some of the lower buttons to give the skirt a sexy parting!;)

Easy peasy to do on your own, is funky to wear and one-of-a-kind YAY! 😀

If you’ve done this before, I’d love to see it! If you have not, what are you waiting for? Raid the nearest male’s closet!! Just make sure you iron the sleeves out once you’re done using them 😉

The silent stalker of a BF is hopefully not going to get too upset at me – I didn’t iron the sleeves when I was done with it. Oopsies.

♥ P E A C H E S



 


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