My Daily Outfit

Last night I finished making both of these awesome shoes so I constructed my outfit around that. I also wasn't sure of the weather so I decided to wear my corduroy pants that work in any temperature. But then I put them on and realized they were flared and I hate flared pants, so I quickly sewed them into skinnies. So fashion disaster averted ;-). I also had just finished putting these awesome purple rhinestone buttons onto my tuxedo jacket so I decided why not, and wore that as well.
Jacket: Got it back when I was Drum Major for the Harvard Band
Tank Top: Target
Pants: Macy's maybe? DIY'd by me
Shoes: Thrifted. DIY'd by me!

DIY from the Runway

When I saw these shoes

at the Louis Vuitton show my first thought was that I needed them. Then I realized they'd never actually mass produce them. But then I finally realized that I could totally DIY them!
I started with a plain black pair of high heeled sandals, $5 from the thrift store, orginally from Banana Republic.

Rhinestones:

And of course nail polish:

First I attached the nail polish (it helps to file the glass of the bottle to get it to stick better), with krazy glue, to the t-strap of the sandal. Luckily in this case it was the exact same size:

Then I started attaching the rhinestones, one by one, to the ankle strap that did not have the holes in it.

Close Up:

When I was done with that I was going to attach feathers to the front but thought it looked a little cheesy. So instead I attached more rhinestones because you can never have too many. Here is the finished product, slightly more elegant than the original inspiration:


Enjoy!

Future D.I.Y. Projects?

I love trying to make things inspired by stuff on the runways; especially the shoes. Here are some I'm looking forward to trying.

Alexander McQueen Spring 2010
These are amazing! Steampunk shoes, even if I don't like steam punk all that much these shoes are pretty cool. I'm thinking that I could just spraypainting a cheap pair of booties bronze. Then find metal pieces from the hardwar store, spray paint them gold and attach to the heel of the shoe. Probably very difficult but also probably worth it in the end.

Louis Vuitton Spring 2010
These look like sandals that have everythiing from the $1 section of CVS attached to them. But they look so pretty! And come on, nail polish bottles on your feet are pretty cool. And this would be a much easier project, just get some cheap sandals, nail polish, paint for the shoes, some rabbits feet and you're good to go!

Alexander McQueen Spring 2010
I kind of love this skirt, not to mention it would be incredibly easy to make yourself. It reminds me of the big strips of rubber in the car wash and also like those paper lanterns you make when you're in elementary school.

Sadly enough I had to turn the search on google onto strict and still go through 3 pages before finding a picture that didn't feature scantily clad girls washing cars.

I'm right about that though right? I'm very excited about making the shoes, hopefully I'll find some free time at some point.

Shoe Tutorial - Inspired from the Runway

I really loved these shoes from the Valentino 2009 couture show. Of course I can never actually afford any designer shoes so I decided to find a way to make them myself.

I started by going to the thrift store and finding some cheap plain black heels. I ended up getting a pair for only $5! Then I got some silver spray paint, trim, and glue.

(the second pair of shoes are for a second DIY project that I haven't gotten around to making yet)
First step was spray painting the shoes silver. It didn't turn out exactly like I wanted, but I think I like this way better anyway.

The third step is adding the trim to the shoes.

To do this I first measured where I wanted to the trim to go while wearing the shoes. Once I figured out where to attach the trim in the front I glued it and let it dry overnight (or I might have used velcro because I didn't have the patience to let it dry that long, but I do recommend actually having patience :-P).
After it dries I wrapped the trim over the top of my feet and attached it to the back of the shoes. Again I glued it and let it dry overnight. The final result:

I love love love them and actually wear them a lot.