lunes, 2 de mayo de 2022

comfort zone (out of)

White shirts have never been in my list of essentials. Despite of what magazines and experts like to tell us, style comes in different sizes, colours and shapes, so each person has to find her own wardrobe essentials. Your little black dress can be a pink one (or a purple jumpsuit), your perfect pair of jeans can be jungle print palazzos and your crisp white shirt can be a destroyed and revamped shirt.
This second hand shirt was purchased with the idea of jazzing it up a little bit. So I started to add some inserts of a striped fabric, and considered to add some buttons. Obviously, this little project got out of hand and became a massive revamp with lots of sewing. I actually enjoyed the process, cutting the shirt, then picking some fabric strips and creating an interwoven pattern. I even asked some friends to donate any buttons from their sewing boxes to the project!. Concerning embellishments, it's always worth to be overdone. So this shirt could receive some painting, more buttons or whatever!.


Las camisas blancas nunca han estado en mi lista de prendas esenciales en mi armario. A pesar de lo que revistas y expertos puedan decirnos, el estilo viene en diferentes tamaños, colores y formas, así que cada persona tiene que buscar sus propias prendas esenciales. El vestidito negro para tí puede ser rosa (o un enterizo morado), el famoso pantalón vaquero perfecto puede que sea en realidad un pantalón ancho con estampado tropical, y tu camisa blanca puede ser una camisola destruída.
Esta camisa ya la compré con la idea de hacerle algún apaño. Empecé a añadirle tiras de tela de rayas, y también quería coserle botones. Evidentemente, se me fue un poco de las manos y se convirtió en una completa destrucción, la corté y la volví a coser con tiras de tela creando un entrelazado. Incluso le pedí a mis amigas que me dieran botones que tuvieran en sus costureros para este proyecto. Tratándose de adornos y accesorios, siempre vale la pena hacerlo a lo grande, así que podría añadir pintura, más botones o lo que vaya surgiendo!.
I've worn my 'new' shirt in a pretty conventional ensemble. Not my usual style, but I'll come back to my colourful self soon!
Para estrenar mi 'nueva' camisa, me puse este atuendo bastante convencional. No es mi estilo habitual, pero ya volveré a mi propio ser a todo color muy pronto.

- second hand shirt (label Ulla Popken), sunday street market / camisa de segunda mano (marca Ulla Popken), del mercadillo del domingo
- navy leggings, idem
- wool coat-jacket, clearance sale (old) / chaqueta-abrigo de paño, liquidación-outlet
- sneakers, Adidas outlet (old) / zapatillas
- cork bag, Fine Cork Portugal (old) / bolso de corcho
- scarf, charity shopped (old) / pañuelo, de tienda Cáritas


Have a fabulous week!
Espero que tengáis una semana estupenda.

7 comentarios:

  1. Your revamped shirt looks absolutely fantastic and I fully agree with Goody that it's a work of art!
    I'm sure we'll get to see you wearing it in your usual unconventional way soon. Perhaps with even more buttons and embellishments :-) Have a great week Monica! Besos xxx

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  2. The street scenes and trees are gorgeous but that decontructed shirt is stealing the show, it's sensational and looks brilliant with those rather chic skinnies! xxx

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  3. La camisa te ha quedado muy chula Una idea muy original.

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  4. You've done a wonderful job with the shirt and it looks fab on you! Who knew a simple shirt could be so transformed!
    xxx

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  5. Oh, wow, I love what you've done with the skirt - the weaving fascinates me! Hooray for totally time-intensive projects! Those chestnut trees are amazing - we have ginormous ones here too! My grandad called the spike of flowers a "candle."

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