Last year on the MAKE YouTube channel, commenters started saying I looked like the singer from the English synth-pop duo La Roux. Here’s how to get the Mondrian jacket look from the video for their song Bulletproof. The costume tutorial includes plans for a remake of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s jacket design. You can also make […]
For Halloween I’m dressing as Elly Jackson from the pop-synth group La Roux. Elly wears a “neo cameo” necklace by Australian designer Sylvie Markovina, consisting of two layers of laser-cut acrylic on a brass chain. With a flick of my vector graphics muscles and access to a laser cutter, I made my own version to […]
Six Lady Gaga costumes to get your Halloween on! Giant blonde hair bow Gaga by Meg Allan Cole Red lace Gaga by Sarah James Lady Gaga bodysuits, cowl hood, and shoulder sculpture by Carleyy Video glasses by Angela Sheehan Telephone Gaga by Meg Allan Cole More: How-To: Lady Gaga Telephone Bra Lady Gaga Wardrobe Cookies […]
AngryRedhead has a brilliant project over on Instructables: shoes, spraypaint, and Sugru make some devilish custom shoes! This Instructable shows how to make a pair of stylized shoes using Sugru and spray paint and how to add treads to shoes that are a bit slippery. Most of the instructions are on the high heels as […]
I think the ankle can be one of the most attractive parts of a girl’s body. These tatted ankle corsets, part spat, part tattoo, are made by Pamela Quevedo (Merced, CA). I think they would be a beautiful and unique way to accentuate that graceful place where the leg joins the foot.
It’s getting chillier here in Michigan… do you have your official, locally made Michigan Mittens?
Ecouterre reports on the recent Reconstruction 2.0 competition at Parsons where students cut up Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Sumer 2010 collection and stitched them back into their own wearable art. Pictured below is the winning piece “Time Travel” by Janelle Abbot, Zachary Clark, Emily Hudson, and William Norris.
