How To Make Your Own Pop Art Fashion

Spring in Utah!

 Hey Friends! It's snowing here today on my little "Patch-A-Heaven" so I'm inside dreaming of Spring. Spring for me means planting my garden, tending baby lambs, enjoying sunny days and Spring Fashion!
 One of my favorite trends this year at Fashion Week is the Pop Art Trend. Basically it's wearable art! Some of my favorite pieces come from Celine and Prada. So today's DIY project was inspired by those two pieces (which you can see below in my pics.) I love the runway, designer fashions, but my budget doesn't allow all designer pieces! So to supplement my closet, I'm showing how I made my own Pop Art inspired pieces, on a minimal budget! (I spent $3!)

  I already had the Fabric Paint  (purchased some at Wal-Mart and some at Joann Fabrics) from my first Pop Art Inspired T-shirt Transformation which you can view by clicking here:
http://fancyewe.blogspot.com/2014/01/pop-art-fashiontrend-inspired-t-shirt.html

  Then I went "thrifting" at our local thrift store to find a cheap sweatshirt. I found a plain white one in very good shape. $3.00. Score! Then with my sponge brush and black fabric paint, I began making my mark on the shirt. I used mostly sponge brush strokes. This is the fun part! Art is best when it's individual. So mine has some similar elements to the Celine designer tank, but then I did my own thing too. I added lips like the Prada number (I mean, who doesn't love red lips?!) To make the lips I drew the outline of the lips free hand with my red fabric marker then filled it in with the red fabric paint and sponge brush. If you aren't good at free hand, I'm sure you could google a lip template and trace it on and then fill in.

  I allowed the front to dry overnight and then finished the back the next day. Most of the runway pieces have black and white and then bright primary colors mixed in artful strokes.

Here is my white sweatshirt before I started and my inspiration found in the Mar. issue of InStyle Mag.
My favorite looks from this trend come from Celine, with Prada in a close second.

Here's my finished shirt and my inspo taken from these Prada and Celine designer runway pieces.

This is a super fun, super cheap, super fast way to add some "Art" to your Spring wardrobe!!


 

 

My ultimate favorite chambray shirt underneath, from Koo-de-Ker, SLC. And it's a beanie kind of day here in windy Utah!! As you can see now the snow has melted. You never know what you're going to get here in the Spring!

 

 

J Brand Boyfriend style jeans, from Koo-de-Ker, SLC.

 

Cherry Red crossover, peep toed heels from Charlotte Russe (Old)

Pop Art FashionTrend Inspired T-shirt Transformation

I know it's only January, but I'm already looking forward to Spring Fashion. Call me eager or call me crazy! It may be that I hate Winter, it may be that I love Fashion and Fashion Week is only a month away. Or it may be that I love the new. And if you read Vogue, they predict a new spirit of personality and individuality in fashion this year. And they say it will be the year of dressing dangerously! Are you ready for dangerous?! Well.. I'm ready, and I say BRING IT!! If there is one thing about me (good or bad), I'm not afraid to be myself. I'm not afraid to dress the way I want. I don't want to look like everyone else. Yes, I follow trends that I like, but it's much more fun to start your own! If you aren't ready for dangerous, I say just make your style more you. Let your true personality shine through in your clothes. For me, I love trying to give current runway fashion trends a dose of my own individuality, always have! And today I want to share with you one of my favorite Spring 2014 runway fashion trends....POP...ART!! It's bold, it's artsy, it's black, white and pops of color. I love the use of Primary Colors with black and white best!
 
I really like this trend so you will probably see it a lot in the next few months. For today I have a DIY project to share. This was inspired by my love of this trend and the awesome Celine outfit Cate Blanchett is wearing on the cover of Vogue this month. So here is my attempt to bring my own dangerous individuality to the pop art trend in the form of a T shirt transformation!

What I bought:
Fabric Paint, I chose Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint, in Metallic Black, Red, Blue and Yellow

What I already had on hand: (Because I also love creating new, trendy clothes that are easy on the budget!)
Old paint rollers, one small and smooth, and one large and textured (I have used these on various home projects, but they worked just fine! And I washed them up for use again! )
Cardboard and newspaper for mess control
Small foam paintbrushes, these are also washable and reuseable!
1 $3.00 White Fruit of the Loom Men's Large T-shirt, from Walmart (designer, I know, but it's what I had!)

What I did:
 Because the T shirt was a men's large and I'm a size 0-2 and have a female shape, I needed to take the shirt in. (Yes, I could have bought my own size, but I wanted this to be a longer, and I already had a men's shirt, so I was saving $ using the one I had)  I put the shirt on inside out and marked with safety pins where it needed to be tapered in. Then I marked lines with a pencil and cut off the excess. I cut some off the sleeves too. Then sewed the new seams with my serger, starting at the sleeve and ending at the bottom hem of the shirt. Turned it right side out, tried it on to make sure it fit and then got creative, individual and dangerous! (Yes, I'm laughing at myself saying that!!)

For the fun part......I put lots of Metallic Black paint in a piece of cardboard and rolled the small, smooth roller in it and went to town rolling it over the T-shirt (that I lined with newspaper to block transfer through to the back). Then I added the other colors using the larger, textured roller. Then I used the foam paint brushes so make some more definite lines in places. And for dangerous individuality's sake I added some art work of my own in the form of a heart, star and lips!

I really liked how it turned out!

No...it's not the amazing Celine number, but it is dangerous individuality nonetheless!

Hope you like my little T-shirt Transformation! And I hope it inspires you to show your own "dangerous individuality" this Season!

  Here are some pics from today's project!

Here I am looking super hot in my manly T-shirt. (Sarcastic, before transformation)

      

Here I have marked the excess fabric to be removed using safety pins.

    

Here I've laid the shirt out and marked the line to sew along with a pencil.

    

Then I cut off the excess shirt!

 

Sewing the new side seam with the serger.

 

Here I've cut excess off the sleeves too.

 

My new, more girly artists palette!


 





My tools and Inspo!

 

Ready for creativity!


 

Let's get this party started!! Dip, roll, and repeat baby!

 



Now to add those pops of color!

 



Notice how my assistant is super careful about his paint placement! (Yes, sarcasm!) Don't be precise, just go with it and have fun!

To style the shirt I went with Moto, it's a trend hot right now and I kinda like it!

Here's the finished project!

 

 



The Jacket: Wilson Red Leather Moto, thanks to my seester (it's hers, but I thought it would look bomb with the shirt!) The Jeans J Brand Highwaist skinnies.



 

The Boots, Victoria Secret Motos