the scoop

Last summer I saw the cutest jeans (see below) and thought wow, I think I can recreate these for a fun DIY. It's a good time of year to work on little projects while I wait for the arrival of spring!

Here's What I Did:

1. I took a pair of old jeans, cut them the length I wanted. Tip: Jeans always look best on me if they hit the smallest part of my ankle.

2. I  filled a bucket up with cold water and added about a quarter cup of bleach.

3. I dipped the jeans keeping them smooth and straight down in the liquid to the level I wanted the faded section.

4. I let them set without moving them for four hours.

5. Then I dropped them down a little further and let them set for one hour. 

6. Next I took them out and hung them up outside in the sun to dry. Tip: You could let them dry inside a tub area or anyplace as long as the dripping has a place to go.

7. Once completely dry I washed them in the washing machine and dried them like I normally would. Tip: I always hang dry my jeans to make sure they last. I have jeans that are close to 15 years old that are still perfect.

My next DIY will be a tulip hem which I recently saw and love. I have done about every hem you can name, raw hems here and here, step hems here in white and  here in black and here and here in blue, and faded hems as seen in this post. So I might as well try the tulip hem. Here is a pair of cropped flares with sort of tulip hems that I wore last summer.

my look

The jeans are a pair of old straight legs,  my sweater is old from the Gap, shoes are Marc Fisher and my bag is Louise Vuitton Never Full GM. I layered some of my necklaces which was really starting to get popular when I took these pictures last summer.