Anyways, this post is in regards to the Fourth of July which I celebrated as my first full day in England (irony?)!
Over the summer I was stalking one of my favorite blogs: MAFFASHION. She's this Polish fashionista I found on Lookbook years ago and I think she's just divine- I want to be her picture-life.
This post particularly caught my interest: http://madamejulietta.blogspot.com/2011/05/2405-otwarcie-butiku-p.html
CHECK OUT THAT VEST!
As soon as I saw it I knew I had to replicate it so I could be an obnoxious American tourist celebrating our country's independence in the country we earned it from (I know... that sounds ignorant as hell and I'm not really serious... it's just WHEN does that sort of opportunity present itself?! I just wanted to make the most of it...)!
So I started work on it this summer...
I went to the Salvation Army on Marietta Street right around the corner from Tech and scored this little gem for less than $5- why spend on something I'm going to shred?Got some fabric paints and then I went to town with a seam ripper taking off the sleeves and mussing the jean up with a razor blade and some kitchen tools- a little more rustic.
I used the material from the sleeves to make the patches on either side of the chest as well as for the panel along the back. Added some 'Bedazzler' stars (thank you Ebay!) and voila! Pa pa l'Americano!
I got this little tee from WalMart and used transfer paper to print this image by Mitch Epstien- I scanned it from a book in the Architecture Library. I love how it captures a Bicentennial America.
These were all taken by Trond Liu (thank you!) on the CRICKET GROUNDS @ OXFORD :)(Worcester pictures to come very soon!!)
God Bless Europe and its sense of style. I'm in deep love.
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