How are you gonna make yourself stand out in the crowd of jean-wearin’ cuties this fall? Give yours a splash of personal style, of course! Just ‘cause jeans are universally liked, it doesn’t mean yours have to be. So cut ‘em, draw on ‘em, or sew ‘em – whatever you have to do to make your pants say something about Y-O-U.
Glitz for the Glamazon
If you love all things sparkly and colorful, then you’ve just gotta add some shine to your jeans. So head down to the craft store, and pick out rhinestones in colors that’ll match a lot of your tops. Then grab your hot glue gun, and get creative, girlie. Once you’ve decided where on your jeans you want the jewels, just put a little dot of glue on the back of each one. Then you can carefully place them on, using either your finger or a toothpick to position them. Just be sure to give those sparklers some time to dry before you try on your new and improved bottoms.
Patches for the Sweetie
Goin’ for a vintage or boho look to fit your style? Then find some cute fabric, and cut it into patches for your jeans. Remember that you can totally be creative with your patches – no one said you have to stick to squares. Cut out hearts, triangles, circles, or stars. Also, decide if you wanna leave your edges open to fraying. If not, make sure ya fold ‘em in twice before you start sewing. Then put a thin coating of fabric glue on the back of your patches, and stick ‘em in place. You can either finish by hand-sewing the edges or by using the zigzag stitch on a sewing machine.
Rips for the Edgy Babe
Lots ok jeans come ripped, but isn’t it more fun to choose exactly what yours are gonna look like? That way, you control the boldness, and you can make your jeans as edgy as you want. So first, place a block of wood inside the pants leg and underneath the area where you wanna put a rip. Then scrape a utility knife horizontally to loosen the fibers, and if that’s not enough of a tear, you can cut the hole a little larger with some scissors. Make sure you always hold the utility knife with the blade down toward the table, and don’t cut toward yourself. And remember that any fraying and tearing you do is gonna get worse with each trip through the wash, so don’t overdo it.
Doodles for the Artist
The margins of your notebooks are filled with scribbles and cartoons. So are the covers of your binders, your pencil case, and your tennies. Well, it’s time to move on to bigger and better things, chica. Grab a sharpie, and make your jeans into a masterpiece.
Bleach for the Thrill-Seeker
If you’re sporty and adventurous, you’ve gotta make your jeans show it. And bleach is just the way to do that. First off, you’ve gotta be ready to get down and dirty, so wear some old clothes that you won’t mind destroying. Lay your jeans out on an old sheet or on some newspaper outside. Then mix up a solution of 1/3 bleach and 2/3 water in a squirt bottle, and use that to make patterns on your jeans. Leave the finished product out for a few hours ‘til it dries, and be careful to wash the jeans alone from now on.
