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video I'm going to share with you 12 fashion hacks they can use on your old
or thrift of clothing ways you can practice your creativity and celebrate
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as we transition from summer to fall I wanted to show you a very easy go so
transformation that you can do at home you can actually transform an oversized
sweater into a very cute sweater dress so the first thing you want to do it is
to take off the sleeves
now that we have the sweater on without the sleeves we're going to bring the two
sleeves together in the front cross it over once and then we're going to bring
it over our shoulders take your safety pin we're going to pin the sleeves
together in the back
and here is the final sweater dress I love the cross detail in front and who
could guess this was originally an oversized sweater so this is how you
transform an oversized sweater into a sorta a dress without any sewing or
cutting
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have you ever wished that you could resize an old shirt or one that you
found out of their store to make it fit you a lot better
it doesn't really highlight any of my curves so I'm going to take a little
hair elastic like this we're going to add a cute little ruching detail using
this hair elastic with your shirt inside out grab the fabric but you want to
Roush just like that flip it back over
I've been seeing this detail on a lot of tops at Urban Outfitters selling for
about like forty to fifty dollars but I thought I'm going to DIY this because
it's so simple and really easy to do to any sweater I actually pulled this off
of an old pair of shoes or if you use a shoelace and then thread it through just
like that make sure that both of your sides of your ribbon is even
and then last but not least just hi everything into a bow so here is the
finished sweater I really love the lace up detail on the side I think it's super
sweet and so cute perfect for back-to-school
so I'm sure if you're going back to school you might get a lot of free
t-shirts during the beginning of the year but you have no idea what to wear
them to we're going to flip my shirt backwards now that you have your shirt
on backwards we're going to tuck it into our jeans if you want to make this look
a little bit more flirty and fun you could turn it into an off shoulder top
simply by tucking the shoulders down and you can also tuck in any excess fabric
that you have here if it's bunching up so you can also wear your jacket over so
you don't see this logo in the back
have you guys seen Ali's new video it's how to transform a purse into a belt bag
it's actually pretty cute I have to send it to you
so I got this purse I hadn't worn for a couple years now I removed one side of
the strap and I'm going to wrap it around the smallest part of my weight
slip it through one of the holes on the side be sure to pull it tight and adjust
to where you want it you have the other strap through bring it to the other side
and just clip so what do you guys think of this DIY so store like tampons or
little knickknacks in here for a weekend trip I think it's really great for a
festival as well in my Chloe hack series I want to inspire you to think outside
of the box when you're getting dressed in the morning I know this might look
like a conventional jumpsuit but I figured out two different ways you can
wear it but you can actually wear this jumpsuit backwards which is a really fun
and playful way they can wear this for school so this could be a fun little
weekend look and then if you wear it backwards it could be a nice daytime
look first of all dressing modestly or covering up does not have to feel or
look boring I mean you can definitely add a pop of color to your wardrobe
you guys know I have an obsession with denim jackets and I think I have
probably one too many in my closet firstly your denim jacket on the ground
and then we're going to flip it over to the back of this denim jacket I'm going
to add these embroidered flowers I got these ones off of Amazon for a really
good price and I think it really dresses up the look of the jacket I'm going to
use a hot glue gun so you can also use fabric glue or to sew it on but we're
just going to be quick and simple today and use the hot glue
I think this is one of my favorite clothing hats what do you think Bella I
get a lot of my fashion inspiration from my mom she was the one who actually made
this top right here so I'm going to show you two different ways and you can
transform a long-sleeve shirt
let's quickly hack just remove the sleeves so you're left with your shirt
without the sleeves so you can actually just kind of bring it around your
shoulders take two safety pins and pin it together tada wasn't that clothing
hack super easy take the sleeves and we're going to bring one sleeve around
the shoulder bring the other sleeve around the shoulder as well try to lay
as flat as possible taking your safety pin we're going to pin these two pieces
of fabric together bring the two sleeves together I'm not letting a transform a
long-sleeve shirt into pretty much any silhouettes that you want all you need
are safety pins and your creativity
when I was going back to school a majority of my budget was allocated
towards tuition and textbooks not towards clothing hmm what should I wear
today I'm so bored of my jeans and t-shirt kind of look it's just looking
kind of plain but they have to style up your plain old t-shirt and jeans is to
look for a pair of pants that has a waist tie to it or self time like this
untie your waist tie bring it over your shoulder try your best to lay it flat
and then just tie it over your shoulder like this kind of like a halter top holy
hack is perfect for those of you who have a very strict dress code but what a
different way to style up your clothing oh yeah
raise your hand if you can relate this is such a hashtag short-girl problem
I hate when I'm walking around and I like trip over my pants after I've had
my pants I had some excess fabric here and I don't want these to go to waste I
think these would actually make really cute headbands or hair accessories so
first I'm just going to combine the two pieces of fabric together by overlapping
it and then I'm just going to quickly and simply nan it together
two-minute headband is so simple and so easy you could just bring it around your
hair just like that and I think this is a really fun and simple way to spice up
your everyday hair look we're in the summertime I scored this long maxi dress
for a couple bucks at a thrift store a quick and simple way to change up the
silhouette of the top of this maxi dress is by removing the sleeve
that's a really simple way to create this halter neckline maybe you're not a
fan of this long maxi dress silhouette and you want to instantly shorten it
well take a belt wrap it around your waist and then now we're just going to
pull the fabric up and over the place where we want this dress to end I'll
transform my long maxi dress into the chic short mini dress and I'm going to
top it all off with a leather jacket now ready for a nice dinner date with my
girlfriend's I'm not going to lie this was highly requested by you guys on my
Instagram you guys asked me how do I not my shirt now taking the fabric from the
back bring the fabric to the front and then taking this hand drop it over and
then through this loop here we're going to pull in the excess fabric and pull
and tighten as much as you yeah you reached the end of this video comment
down below and let me know what are your current clothing dilemmas and struggles
I would love to solve your fashion dilemmas in my next video be sure to
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back-to-school I love you guys all so so much and I will see you next time bye