Your unexpected fashion accessories

3 Simple Methods To Tie Dye

Tie-dyeing is a technique used to dye natural fabrics. Its bold and bright colors and color variations without edges give the old clothing a new magic. Its simplicity and attractiveness have undoubtedly led to its multiple independent discoveries throughout history. It subverts the traditional tie-dye fancy, and uses a more free pattern and shape to interpret fashion.http://www.livedye.com/Techniques1.html

Now, I will show three simple methods of tie-dyeing:

The Tools You Will Need：a workbench, dye materials, rubber bands, rubber gloves, squeeze bottles for the dye, large ziplock bags,and a wooden dowel or something similar for creating the twist in the shirt.

Before dyeing your clothes, wash them with warm water for better coloring. If you want to make the dye bloom faster, you don’t need to dry it. If you want more regular dyeing, it is better to dry it. If dyeing indoors, cut and place some garbage bags to prevent possible stains. .https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-tie-dye-instructions-1106341

Method 1. Crumple

STEP 1：Use your fingers to start crumpling the T-shirt until the whole T-shirt is all rolled up.

STEP 2：Secure the T-shirt with three rubber bands. The tighter you tie it, the more pronounced the pattern texture.

STEP 3：Use squeeze bottles to dye. You don’t need to cower. You can pour into it at will for a more natural and chic effect and you should also dye on the back side of the T-shirt.

STEP 4：After dyeing, put it in a sealed plastic bag.

STEP 5: After waiting for eight hours, open the sealed bag, untie the rubber band, and unfold the clothes.

2. Spiral

STEP 1：Place the paper tube, (or your finger, or a wooden clothes pin) in the centre of the shirt and start turning clockwise until you have a flat pie shape.

STEP 2：Put on the rubber bands. Slip three bands on and divide it into six pieces. Keep the whole thing as flat as you can.

STEP 3：Use squeeze bottles to dye. Dye colors on each piece, and pour the opposite piece with the same color to get a more perfect effect. Remember to stain on the back as well. Pay attention to put light colors firstly, then dark colors.

STEP 4：After dyeing, put it in a sealed plastic bag

STEP 5: After waiting for eight hours, open the sealed bag, untie the rubber band, and unfold the clothes

3. Concentric circles

STEP 1：Pick up from the center of the T-shirt, start from the beginning, divide it into four parts, and tie it equally with rubber bands.

STEP 2：Dye different colors on each piece, the order is yellow, blue, red, purple

STEP 3：After dyeing, put it in a sealed plastic bag

STEP 5: After waiting for eight hours, open the sealed bag, untie the rubber band, and unfold the clothes

※After the dye has set, you will need to wash away excess dye. Put the tshirt in cold water and add salt, soak for 20 minutes, rinse with cold water by hand until drained. Then put the T-shirt in the washing machine, wash and rinse with hot water.

YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE VEDIO VERSION IN YOUTUBE：

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Multipurpose, The fashion trick of Bandana

Have you ever thought that you only need a small scarf at a party to become the focus of the people? But don’t think it’s a small handkerchief, because it is fundamentally different from the handkerchief you used to wipe your nose when you were a kid! It has a proper name-“Bandana”.

But in fact, the early bandana had nothing to do with fashion. It was only used as an outdoor laborer to cover the mouth and nose, or to prevent sweat from entering the eyes during exercise. About to the beginning of the twentieth century, it was slowly integrated into daily wear, and classic totem elements such as paisley pattern were sought after by rock singers and street culture, and gained a foothold in the fashion industry. https://www.heddels.com/2017/05/the-history-of-the-bandana/

Bandana has evolved along with fashion trends today. People who use it also cross gender, group and class. Whether it’s street fashion, vintage or outdoor style, you can see the emergence of bandanas and interpret them in many ways. https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/bandana-accessory-history/

Now, I will show different ways of ‘playing’ bandana

First, the classic method of folding the headscarf has six steps：

Bandana’s patterns and colors are also very diverse, three different styles are shown below

Paisley Pattern

**Paisley is traditionally known as a unique, intricate curved feather-shaped pattern that was originally designed based on Indian pine cones. Many hip-hop elements are now integrated into this pattern**
.https://www.heddels.com/2017/05/the-history-of-the-bandana/

Yayoi Kusama’s classic pumpkin pattern

**Pumpkins have become one of Yayoi Kusama’s recognizable themes. Yayoi Kusama said she likes the“human-like” form a and sense of humor of pumpkins.** https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/26/yayoi-kusama-pumpkin-dot-to-dot

**I bought this bandana in Japan‘s LOFT MALL and thought its unique rectangular shape and classic pumpkin pattern are perfect for decoration**

Pure color series

There are many ways to wear a bandana. You can make the most of your imagination. Here are some classic ways to wear.

As you can see from the examples, different styles and hairstyles have different effects. There are many ways you can try to find a bandana that suitable for you. But more importantly, use your imagination to match the bandana to your look.

Turn waste into treasure and create unique fashion items

I think what fashion brings to me is always positive side, because it often makes me think about how to connect my interests with daily life. With the continuous development of society, the shortage of energy caused by excessive use and waste, although we are always taught to save resources,, how many people can actually save resources？ I think it’s the virtue of frugality that we turn waste products into our own accessories. It saves material, turns waste into treasure, and it’s very unique. You can not only exercise your practical abilities, but also increase your imagination and creativity. Now, I want to share with you two DIY small fashion items. They are very easy to DIY.

The first is to transform the plastic bottle caps into an earring box:

Materials: two plastic bottles, a pair of scissors, a knife, a decoration, and a hot glue gun

△STEP 1：Remove the cap from the bottle

△STEP 2：Cut the plastic bottle to the neck of the bottle

△STEP 3: Trim the body of the bottle until the cap can be covered

△STEP 4: Put another cap on the other side

△STEP 5: Apply the decoration to the bottle cap with a hot glue gun

A tiny Earring box is accomplished

It can be used not only for storing earrings, but also for accessories. It’s cool to hang on a bag or belt.

The second is a coin purse made of old zipper：

Materials: an unused zipper and needlework of the same color

△STEP 1 :Unzip the zip

△STEP 2: Half of the zips are folded from one quarter and start sewing the folds to the tail

△STEP 3: Turn down and press at the end of the first sewing, overlap with the other half of the zipper, and continue sewing along the side

△STEP 4: There is one part left after sewing, continue folding this part and sewing along the fold

△STEP 5: zip it up

A coin purse that can hold a lot of coins is completed

YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE VEDIO VERSION IN YOUTUBE:

https://youtu.be/TSyHXr2tKQw

Many people think that plastic bottle caps, old zippers, etc. are just simple living waste products, but it ’s amazing that those ordinary items can be made into beautiful fashion accessories by beautifying and renovating. And, while making these two DIY items, I found the joy of leaving my phone, which is rare and it also makes sense to rediscover the beauty of life in recycling or as a gift to someone. Do you have any ideas? Do you want to drop your phone and try another stylish DIY？

Visit London best sneaker stores in one day

In fact, I have been a little confused recently. Whether the personality of modern people is slow temper or quick temper？ The reason why I think so is because an impatient friend and usually work super fast, but inadvertently said “I bought the Nike × Undercover joint name in Goxt, and I am really excitedwill be received in another month!”

What？ a month? ? When it comes to buying sneakers, unless it is not available in the region, otherwise I basically not have the patience to wait for a month. For me, buying sneakers is to look for the one you like in eyes and ask the store staff to get one to try it on, then pay to take it home and wear it to enjoy the thrill of wearing new shoes. But in today’s highly developed sneaker app, such a simple thing seems to be getting farther and farther away from us

However, if you want to find this original intention, it is not impossible, because in the global trend of sneaker culture-London, basically it still retain the original appearance of sneaker sales and culture.

I’ve developed a plan for you, ” visit seven great sneaker stores in London in one day”. Make sure you can fully enjoy the sneaker culture in one day. Let’s go!!

01 Goodhood

📍151 Curtain Rd, Hackney, London. EC2A 3QE.

🕚 Mon.-Fri. 11:00-18:30, Sat. 11:00-19:00, Sun. 12:00–18:00

Goodhood was originally founded in 2007 and can be said to be a very stylish store. The interior space of the store is not very spacious, it relies on numerous simple shelves and decorations to create a rich sense of layering and space. The store’s products are more diverse, not only sneakers, but also clothing and daily necessities. https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/10-years-later-how-goodhood-sparked-a-retail-revolution-in-london/

02 Sneakersnstuff London

📍107-108 Shoreditch High St, Hackney, London. E1 6JN

🕚 Mon.-Fri. 11:00-19:00, Sat. 10:30-18:30, Sun. 11:00–17:30

Sneakersnstuff originated in Sweden and opened its first overseas branch in East London. When I entered the store, I was surprised by the spacious area. Due to the wide space, Sneakersnstuff allows the store to be divided into different areas with different styles. In addition, the rare shoes and extremely valuable related materials displayed exclusively in the Sneakersnstuff store have become one of the important reasons that the store must be explored. https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrysamaha/2018/11/26/sneakersnstuff-luxury-sneaker-store-nyc-erik-fagerlind-interview/#51a7e8317779

03 Pam Pam

📍129 Bethnal Green Rd, London E2 7DG

🕚 Mon.-Sat. 11:00-18:30, Thu. 11:00-19:00, Sun. 12:00–17:00

pam pam opened in 2015 and is the first sneaker store in the UK specializing in women’s high-end sneakers. The combination of white decoration and navy blue embellishment makes the store’s style fresh and simple. https://www.standard.co.uk/fashion-0/pam-pam-the-uks-first-women-only-trainer-shop-opens-in-london-10122740.html

04 END.

📍59 Broadwick St, Soho, London W1F 9QS

🕚 Mon.-Sat. 10:00-22:00, Sun. 11:30–18:00

END. London is the largest store of END. The interior decoration of the store makes use of marble, stainless steel, mirror and maple, all of which are textured, to create a simple, bright and modern shopping environment. And the huge shoe wall on the two floors is full of goods. Popular brands such as Nike, adidas, Acne Studios, Stone Island Shadow Project, COMME des GARÇONS, Moncler, etc. provide customers with more choices.

05 Footpatrol

📍80 Berwick St, Soho, London W1F 8TU

🕚 Mon.-Sat. 10:00-19:00, Sun. 00:00–18:00

Footpatrol’s store decoration is a futuristic metal frame structure. When I first walked into the door of the store, I had the illusion of entering the capsule. And exclusive sales, special color matching and other unique shoe choices are another major feature beyond the unique decoration here. The only limitation here may be the size of the shoe, which is mainly for men size, so it is not very friendly for people with small feet.

06 Size？

📍32-34 Carnaby St, Soho, London W1F 7DW

🕚 Mon.-Sat. 10:00-20:30, Sun. 12:00–18:00

Another sneaker chain store not to be missed in London, is size? It also produces many high-quality co-branded sneakers. Compared to other stores that specialize in displaying their own taste, size? pays more attention to the fun of providing consumers with overall space. Therefore, we can see relaxing colors and details embellishment everywhere. In terms of merchandise, most of the collections and styles you can imagine can be found in size? What’s more exciting is that the products here are updated very fast, there will always be new models waiting for you!

Fortunately, these sneaker stores are concentrated in two districts：SOHO and Hackney, which are very close to each other.

Hope after a day of exploring, you can harvest your favorite sneakers！

Your unexpected fashion accessories

What is fashion? This question may be hard to answer, but for me, fashion is not exclusive to fashion professionals who are often involved in Fashion Week or fashion professional students with expertise. Everyone can discover their own fashion, fashion belongs to anyone.

The small decoration in the look is part of your fashion concept. Michelangelo “Perfect is not a small detail, but pay attention to the details can achieve perfection.”

In this blog, I found some small unexpected objects that are common in my life, which are used in my outfits to form my own fashion concept.

Push Pins

The color of push pins makes me fascinated. These bright little nails remind me of the earrings cause their shapes are so similar. And although the structure of push pin is simple, it have its own unique design. I usually like to match them with different colors of clothes, which can achieve the effect of contrast color.

Again, this is also suitable for solid color matching. When your dress is all black or all white, a pair of brightly colored earrings will make the whole look less monotonous.

Tape measure

When I used the tape measure, I suddenly found that the length of the tape measure is very suitable for the long-sleeved belt style in recent years. The long length can naturally hang down and the scale on the tape measure makes this belt more designable, very simple and practical.

It is also suitable for use as an ordinary belt, just need to knot

Paper clips

Paper clips can be used in more places, because it can be pinned to various places of clothing without damaging the clothes. And due to most of the autumn and winter clothes are dull in color, I chose colorful paper clips, so they can add a little vitality to the overall outfit.

In addition to simply adding paper clips, you can use various imaginations to add more details to the paper clip. I have tried adding some small parts to the paper clip to make it more styling.

You can also add paper clips to various accessories and let your imagination run wild!!