D.I.Y studded shorts...

After lusting after Rihanna in her studded shorts at Coachella I decided to stud some shorts of my own.

My blue cut-off Levi's shorts are seriously too short to wear without tights so I have been keeping my eye out for a longer pair that I can wear with bare legs this summer.

I managed to pick up these awesome black ones from a vintage shop in Cardiff for just £20 which is waaaaay better than the over-priced versions you can get in Urban Outfitters. The studs were approx.

 £8 for 50 (including p&p) from Ebay

I marked out where I wanted to place the studs wih masking tape and a good ole' faithful Sharpie pen,

 Using this weird pointy tool that I found in my Bf's random 'odd-job' draw (do all men have these??!!) I carefully pierced the denim whilst being careful to keep the hole smaller than the stud back as you don't want them to slop all over the place or become loose.

 I decided to put a row of studs along the seam that runs down each leg and also across the top of the back of the shorts so that there is a little 'stud action' from all views. I then simply pushed the stud-back through from the under-side and then screwed the stud cones on as tightly as I could manage.

I can't wait to wear these bad boys once the weather picks up a bit

xoxo

Ragged Priest inspired jacket...

I have gushed about my love for The Ragged Priest in an earlier post. 

All of it is very original looking and vibrant but a little too expensive for my student budget so I decided to attack an old denim jacket with dye & bleach to re-create my own version.

It was a pale blue/white denim with a humongous black current juice stain on the back of it from last year's Isle of White Festival. I soaked it in pale pink dylon dye and then tie-dyed it in bleach for 20 mins. It turned out great and the stain has been camouflaged out almost completely.

Now I just need to buy some studs to toughen it up a bit and then I am good to go. Very on-trend for this season and when I get bored of it I can just dye it black or navy.

xoxo

splurging on studs, leather and spikes...

Having felt a bit lack-lustre of late I decided to treat myself (with the help of various overdrafts and store cards ) to a couple of new pieces for my wardrobe.

On trend mustard floaty shirt from New Look, approx. £16.00 (with student discount)

Leather-look shorts H&M, £14.99

Studded brogues from Office, £12.00 from £55.00 (bargain!!!!)

And these amazing, spiked bad-boys from Topshop £7.50...hunted for these everywhere but a friend finally located them for me the other day :)

xoxo