Plaid & Studs

More studs. Mostly because I had some left and felt the need to use them up before they, too, were thrown into the diy bin never to be seen again. So very sad. I have to take all that stuff out and just do it, like Nike. I think I was inspired by a mix of Western movies and the sexy James Dean, with his rebel attitude. It's darn rebellious, y'all!

Ingredients: leftover studs (about 120), plaid shirt, tweezers (to push the prongs into place), thumb power (caution: this project makes your knuckles and fingertips numb), patience.

Song of the day: Sean Roman - Lick

Stripe-It-Up

Mom's style from back in the day (1972)

a new DIY project

gap stripes

more gap stripe campaign

Stripes are all the rage. Although that expression never really was my favorite. "Rage", for me, implies a certain anger and viciousness, and my feelings about stripes are far from being described by those two nouns. Stripes have come back into style might be a better way of putting it. The new GAP campaign has clearly incorporated stripes, and these can be found all over their store: vertically, horizontally, in all different widths. I think that stripes are a nice, clean and modest pattern. They remind me of Brittany (in France) and the whole sailor look, which I, for some reason, associate with organization and cleanliness. I found the blue and white striped dress at H&M for about $20 and have decided to amp up the striped look a bit by adding some more military details (although the epaulette may be a bit too large to be called a "detail"). I found the blue patch, satin cream-colored rope and beige fringe at Fabricville in Montreal (for about $14) and will eventually sew them together. I love the plaid look that's been going around as well, but the stripes are an even better way to look casual yet put together at the same time. My great friend Shannon (below) is also a huge fan of the stripes - and we can't say she looks too shabby in them either!

Shannon (wifey!)

Laurent and his striped number