D.I.Y Fashion Ideas for the Summer

Are your jeans or even your favorite shirt not doing it for you anymore? Are they out of date and out of style. Well don’t throw them away! With a cut here and some jewels glued there, you can recreate your old pieces to look new again, and we at EGL are here to help.

D.I.Y Distressed Jeans

One of the latest trends are distressed jeans. Every brand name you can think of has a distressed style denim pant for sale. Instead of spending your money on a new pair of jeans, you can recreate this look from a pair of jeans you already own. All you need is a few tools and a washer and dryer to achieve this look.

Here is a quick YouTube video to show you how:

Once you have followed those easy steps for creating your distressed jeans, you will be able to style them in many ways. Check out these looks we love that you can use as inspiration for your jeans.

D.I.Y Dip Bleach Shorts

Another way to spruce up your old jeans is to revamp them as shorts. This next D.I.Y. project is called dip bleach. The dip bleach gives an ombre effect to your jeans.

Here is another D.I.Y. video to help you achieve this look:

Now that you have completed bleaching and creating your shorts, you can begin to think of how you will wear them. Take a look at how these ladies styled their dip bleach shorts.

D.I.Y Twist Tee

Do you have a t-shirt that is pretty plain, just laying around, and that needs some jazzing up? Have you ever thought of making a few adjustments to the shirt and didn’t know where to start? We have found a quick D.I.Y. shirt idea you will love!

This twist tee is easy to achieve. Check out this quick tutorial in the link below to achieve this look.

Now that you have some great ideas for some easy D.I.Y. fashion projects, what project will you choose? Let us know when you create your look and how you decided to style it in the comments below.

Written By: Tiffany Greene
Fashion Stylist/Blogger for The Posh People