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August 26, 2005
Bleachin' My Way to the Eighties
I am not a crafty person. In some ways, I would like to be. I make my kids birthday party invitations myself and do little cutsey favors and such. But I am not one of those heavy-hitters who goes to Michael's every weekend.
I just learned to knit last year and have enjoyed making lots of scarves. Of course, I live in California, where nobody needs scarves. I am about a quarter of the way through a sweater project. For Winter 2007, maybe?
But I have gotten inspired by The Cut, Wickedly Perfect, Project Runway, and other shows where contestants pull things out of their asses. So I decided to bleach mine!
I've seen those amazing Rock & Republic and other designer denim brands with the rips and the bleach and the crystals. But $275.00?
I had a pair of boring dark blue jeans that had acquired holes in the knees from working at the Cat's cooperative preschool (the one he got kicked out of; not the one he attends now.) They used to be "prim and proper" type denim, so the holes made them look "off." As a result, they have been set aside for a few years.
But I decided that I wanted to try an experiment in tie-dye bleach. I had nothing to lose.
Plus, it made a terrific project to do with the Cat while Spliggle took a nap yesterday. The Cat was angry at me for defacing the jeans. He saw me bundling them up with rubber bands and complained: “Not acceptable. That is why Daddy is going to get really, really mean.” He insisted that I call Daddy to ask permission. (Since when does he believe that Daddy is the ultimate authority? Pout.)
Click on the photograph for more pictures of the result:
It is definitely reminiscent of the whole acid-washed 80’s. I am not a rock star grrrl, and I do not wear tie-dye. But I thought that having a blend of blues and white on the bottom might end up being kinda cool. I figure I’ll pair them with a really conservative cable knit sweater or something so that I don’t look too “out there.” I searched for some slouchy-ankle boots, because I think that might work with this “look.”
Either that, or I will resign myself to the fact that they look eighties and maybe I shouldn’t be wearing something that was in fashion when my hair resembled a satellite dish.
But it was a fun project!
Posted by karianna at August 26, 2005 07:38 PM