Denim is something that is always in style, and almost everyone has a pair of jeans or a denim jacket in their closet. Since almost everyone owns denim I like to find ways to make my denim unique because I like to stand out, that's where this jacket comes into play!
I was inspired to update my denim jacket when I walked into
Urban Outfitters a couple of years ago and saw a denim jacket that had a bunch
of unique embellishments on it. I fell completely in love with
it until I found out that it was a one of a kind that one of their stylists had designed and priced at about $200. After leaving the store I realized that I
could probably make a jacket similar to the one in the store for a much cheaper
price, so I got my creative juices flowing.
When I got home I took my denim jacket that I bought from
American Eagle for only $40 and sewed a yin yang symbol from an old t-shirt to
the back and the sleeve from a flannel that I had out grown on to the collar. I also pinned some pins that I had in my room onto the front. Within a couple of hours
I had my own one of a kind denim jacket and it only cost about ¼ of the price of the
jacket from Urban Outfitters! I’ve had this jacket for a couple of years now, and not gonna lie I feel pretty cool when someone asks me where I bought it and I get to say that I made it myself.
Jacket: American Eagle (embellished by me), Shirt: Purchased at a concert, Jeans: Hudson, Belt: H&M, Boots: Doc Martens
Photography by: Aimee Richter
Get creative with your denim! Add embellishments to your jacket, embroider something onto the leg of your jeans, have fun and make it your own!
Xoxo, Alex
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