Thursday, May 14, 2009

Chain Gang





D.I.Y.-ish. I took some chain and safety-pinned it to the sides of an 2-year old AA dress. I got the safety-pin chain idea from an editorial in a magazine I'm blanking on. The stylist stuck chains all over Alexander Wang tees and Balmain shoulder pads. I figured American Apparel could use the same treatment.
I topped it all off with a men's chambray shirt and thrifted white booties. Rather fulfilling fashion-wise and most importantly cheap, cheap, cheap!

Challenge to readers: how else to use safety pins on clothes you already have in your closet. Discuss.

LL


26 comments:

Amanda said...

I use safety pins on the inside of garments to hold them together in a way that gives it a different and new silhouette.

Goth-people use safety pins just as they are for decoration...


I loved you DIY-ish dress!:D

hellohoneyno said...

hot outfit! if it were left up to me, i'd make something silly like a safety pin necklace (one similar to a paperclip necklace in grade school). love it!

Tea said...

MMM hot hot!

Anonymous said...

Brilliant! Such a fantastic look ... and an undo-able DIY is my favorite kind of DIY.

Unknown said...

cute cute cute ...I'm thinking you're tiny tiny :) DIY and vintage are the best way to be unique and fabulous!

Syed said...

I am so jealous of that chambray shirt! Love the diy :) I'm tempted to buy a ton of safety pins, and make a pattern on a t-shirt.

Anonymous said...

LOVE your booties. So hott. I like how you mixed up the look with the men's shirt. Sweet combo. :)

xo, Becs
http://www.stylewithbenefits.wordpress.com

Unknown said...

Who knew a little bit of chain could step that dress up about ten notches? I love it with the awesome shirt and boots! Hmm how else to use safety pins... Cut a garment into strips then safety pin it all back together for a shredded rockstar look!

greenjeans said...

So that chambray shirt is awesome! And congrats on making chains and safety-pins look really cool rather than really angsty-teenagery.

I used to rock one of those huge safety pins as a button on a cardigan with no buttons...

camerafilmroll said...

I love it! So gonna try it out! (:

Lisa said...

Ooh love this DIY! Hmm I'm not much of a girl for safety pin experimentation...if it were up to me I might buy the biggest ones I can get my hands on and embellish them with ribbons and charms and pendants and use them as blazer lapel pins.

Wanderlusting said...

In my current blog post, the dress I am wearing is actually safety pinned in the back - discreetly though - to shorten it. But hot damn, i love your ingenuity! That dress is HOT x100000!

H @ Narnia's Closet said...

ooh great grunge look! you remind me of michelle pfeiffer in grease2 haha

Noormol said...

very cute! I love DIYs that can be done right before leaving for school :)

Dream Sequins said...

Yay DIY! I think I may use them to pin together a t-shirt with rips, so it looks like it was pinned on purpose ;)

Aline said...

ah, you look so great!!!!!

Winnie said...

Ooh I like this, especially because you can change the position of the chains whenever you want!

I've never done anything interesting with safety pins other than using them to make skirts a little shorter etc!

Shen-Shen said...

I LOVE this simple DIY.. I think I may need to try this myself. Genius idea, you look hot.

phamzy said...

i like the idea of hanging chains on the skirt!


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Robin Bailey said...

I love it.
Where are your booties from?
I adore them.

indigotangerine said...

your boots are very vintage rocker glam. I like the way you took the safety pin- chain past the goth look. I have a big safety pin that i stuck fake pearls on and used as a pendant.
-indigo

Elizabeth Marie said...

Cute cute!! Love DIY, I'm getting better but Im still a newbie.

And I'm a twin too! AWWW!! We're cool. XOXO

Sharon S said...

Hi there-you look fabulous and thats a great diy job! Have a lovely weekend!

stylefrontier said...

this is a great DIY project! love it!

Lesley said...

hot hot hot! i need to do this!

LizBlair said...

What a great look. I can't believe how much style you can add to an ordinary outfit this way!