New from Old How to Transform and Customize Your Clothes
New from Old How to Transform and Customize Your Clothes by Jayne Emerson, published by Firefly Books in 2006, is a practical guide designed to inspire creativity in fashion. This first edition, comprising 144 pages, offers women the tools to revitalize their existing wardrobe by transforming and customizing clothing items. Drawing on her extensive experience in the fashion industry, Emerson provides a wealth of ideas for updating garments, encouraging readers to embrace their personal style through innovative techniques.
Readers will find a variety of projects and expert guidance throughout the book, including detailed instructions for transforming lingerie and shoes, dyeing techniques, and making alterations. The book also features “Before You Start” sidebars, inspirational photographs, and illustrated instructions to enhance the learning experience. With a focus on sewing fundamentals and creative design, this edition serves as a resource for anyone looking to infuse personality into their fashion choices while exploring the realms of art, fashion, and crafts.
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The inspiration and the skills to create fabulous, personalized clothing.
Any woman can transform and customize the clothes already in her closet, making them new, hip and utterly de rigueur. Drawing on technical skills and extensive experience designing for top fashion houses, Jayne Emerson offers inspiration to women who prefer personality in their fashion. Using bargain buys or closet orphans, women of any age can create updated designs by, for example, adding braid, over-dyeing a shirt or converting a sweater into a bolero.
In addition to the specific 30 projects described in detail, the author reviews the necessary sewing fundamentals and provides expert guidance for:
- Transforming lingerie and shoes
- Dyeing, over-dyeing, tinting
- Adding decoration
- Making alterations and changing form
- Making jewelry
- Using non-clothing items.
Throughout the book there are “Before You Start” sidebars, inspirational photographs, illustrated instructions and an eminently practical techniques section. When vintage has become too expensive and secondhand looks outdated, a new wardrobe can be created using New from Old.
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