Ze Ztuds - DIY (pt. 4)

I know, I know... you all can now breathe because of all of those overly anticipated and suspenseful moments!

These are the jeanz. With a z. With the ztuds. With a z. Z's make everything cooler - so do X's but they're harder to pronounce - I think they're pronounced [ch] in Mayan. I guess all the rare letters in Scrabble - you know, the ones that only have one wooden game-piece equivalent, that are worth a whopping 10 points - are automatically bad-ass letters and should be substituted for their phonetic equivalent in everyday words.

Anyway,

Jeans: H&M (probably about $40 or so, that's generally the price for their jeans - this particular style is called "SQIN" - also known as skinny)

Studs: Mood fabrics (to be said with in a low voice, imitation of Tim Gunn) - I think about $4/per bag of 50 or so.

Make it work!

Inspiration DIY

Original look: Jak&Jil

The second I saw this I knew I needed to create a similar look. It's almost as if she were in Terminator or something and a layer of prosthetic skin was ripped off in an overly-aggressive battle, most probably involving some sort of automatic machine gun and/or flaming hot magma, revealing the inner mechanics of her robotic being. Anyway, in the words of Tim Gunn, I "took a trip to Mood" (although most definitely not on the same budget) and bought some studs. Ok, they DID have the larger, square ones, but I felt as though the smaller round ones were nicer and would look more detailed. Of course, this is something I regret insofar as it probably took me about 3 times longer to get them on the jeans than I would've had I bought the bigger ones. However, I am happy I got through them all - with a little motherly help of course, thanks mom! - although my left index finger seems to be permanently indented. Photos of the finished version to come soon. Take THAT Schwartzy!