From the Magazine: Issue 23


Style: Take Two


A boring old jacket gets a mod makeover with a few simple snips. THE RESULT: an inexpensive look equally suited to the urban safari and vests-are-everywhere du jour


By Starre Vartan



Photo by Anthony Verde, Styling by Camilla Slattery

If you’re handy with a sewing machine, you can DIY. If not, take the jacket to your tailor. Either way, this is an easy project:

 

1 Turn jacket inside out and cut stitching, holding jacket body to sleeve. Use small sewing scissors, or better yet, a seam ripper, so you don’t accidentally cut the fabric with too-large scissor edges. Only clip the threads holding the two pieces of fabric (arm to jacket body), not the fabric itself. If lined, do the same thing with the jacket lining.

2 After you’ve worked the sleeve free, simply hem the shoulder neatly with a machine or (if you’re good) by hand. Turn right-side out.

3 Repeat on second sleeve.

4 Pair with a belt (wide or skinny) in a contrasting color and revel in your chic reuse.


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