DIY:: Lace Shorts

I’m revamping my wardrobe by taking the old clothes and turning them into something that I actually wear. I would not say that I have a huge collection of clothes, but I do have one closet full of clothes. I recently noticed that I only wear a handful of them on regular basis. Other stuff is clothes that I really like but not wear so much, so I am tackling one by one to refashion them.

First up was the 90’s dress from my previous post. The second one is the old pair of jeans. They fit me fine, but did not have enough stretch, so wearing them for a long time was uncomfortable. I decided to make them into jean shorts (great video tutorial on how to distress it here), but failed because I did not consider the fact that my jeans were skinny jeans. If you try to make a jean cut-off by chopping off your skinny jeans, they turn out a little funny. They are too fitted and weirdly shaped. I did not want to give up on them, so I went to Pinterest to find some solution. I saw this pin, adding a lace fabric to the side to expand the size a bit and thought that would work for my shorts!

My lace is from Nakamura, the online shop in Japan. I wrote a review of their shop here. They have so many options for lovely lace pieces.

{Outfit details: Shirt – Nasty Gal, Shorts – Self made, Purse – 3.1 Philip Lim, Slip on -got them for 2000 yen (20 dollars) from here, Necklace – Moose and Nigel}

It has been unexceptionally hot here. I was wearing jeans earlier in the day, but they got drenched in sweat while I was walking around, so I had to switch them to these shorts. I love how my old jeans now have a purpose beyond just existing in my closet!

最近は新しい服を買うのを我慢して（物が増えてしまうので）、今クローゼットにあるものをＤＩＹしたりして新たに楽しめるように工夫してます。

これはスキニージーンズだったのですが、堅めのジーンズで履き心地がいまいちだったので、切って、ショートパンツにしました。
それだけだとピタピタしすぎてしまうので、サイドに切り込みを入れ、レースをつけることでゆるさを出しました。

今日は暑すぎたので、朝はジーンズを履いていたのですが耐えられなくなり、このショーパンに着替えました★