From yesterday evening’s product photo shoot with new face, Taylor, for freshly stocked DISASTR77 tanks, tees and work shirts.
How to turn a pair of DISASTR77 men’s work pants into a cute skirt
Last August, while Duane Peters was staying with us during the Glory Bound tour with Mike Vallely, I did a photoshoot with him and Alyssa G. for his DISASTR77 clothing line. Now, if you looked at any of those links, you’ll see quite a bit of back story. There’s another photoshoot in the works for some new tees and tank tops.
Use code: 1977 at checkout for 15% off all of DISASTR77 gear through this Wednesday, June 8th.
Between the seven members of this household, we have quite a bit of DISASTR77 clothing but all the DISASTR77 pants are for guys, so I decided it was time to show the ladies that you can totally make a cute skirt from a pair of Tokyo Hiro work pants:
First, take any pair of workpants and cut as short as you want the skirt to be. *Tip: Check both sides (front and back) to make sure you're not cutting the design in half.
I couldn't find my seam ripper so I used my scissors to disassemble the seam of the back of the pants.
Not wanting to lose the design off the front leg of the pants, I cut it out with plans to put it on the front of my skirt.
Sure, you could machine-stitch this patch on- but that's boring (just ask Duane). I hand stitched it on purpose.
I love that he loves to hang with me while I'm doing my thing.
Stitched the pockets closed with a simple, clean straight machine stitch on the front pockets, small zigzag on the back.
The back is tricky. I have a pretty damn good eye, so I pinned this up without measuring and then tried it on. Fit PERFECT. What can I say? Time to close up the back...
Trim all the excess fabric before you start sewing. It helps the fabric to lay down and gives you a smooth back.
Stitched it up with simple straight stitches again.
Okay, I double stitched the back for extra sturdiness. Some of us have junk in the trunk that needs extra reinforcement, k?
Am I going to give this a clean hem? Hell no. I like to leave a little something to show this was modified. (Also, I like the unfinished look.)
A perfect fit. (See why I got rid of those pockets?)
Fin!
This may totally not be your style, so mod these pants however you see fit. The point is, IT CAN BE DONE. Get out there and make your clothes your own!
