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Whew, it’s hot. I took these images before I left for Europe on another hot summery day. Button down shirts are my favorites so naturally I’m a fan of shirt dresses as well. I got this shirtdress probably more than a year ago from Charlie by Matthew Zink which is a swimwear brand and I never got a chance to wear it. While organizing my closet, I rediscovered this shirtdress and the same dress I got in blue (which you can see here.) I should organize my closet more often because it’s like going shopping! haha

The thing about shirt dresses is that you can unbutton and show a bit (or a lot) of skin and create different moods. I wore my shirt dress with my favorite two tone Celine sandals and the usual suspect, my Celine mini box bag.

I accessorized with my favorite marble pyramid bracelets (completely sold out!) and my two dainty necklaces. I shot these images with my new and first intern Christina who happens in Downtown L.A. We went by the city hall and I rediscovered how gorgeous the City Hall is when it’s empty. 

Charlie by Matthew Zink Shirtdress (similar here and here from ASOS. This striped one from Nordstrom is cool and very affordable too!)

Celine Classic Mini Box Bag

Celine Two Tone Mirror Sandals

Song of Style Jewelry Bracelets

Chloe Dafne Sunglasses

photos by Christina Choi

 

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The Thing About Shirt Dresses.

Whether they come as soft woven shirt dresses with a half button placket or as sand-washed silk shirt dresses with full length button front, chest pocket and elasticated waist, shirt dresses are a must have. And because of the versatile nature of the buttons on the dresses, they can help you create different moods. Be inspired.

Greylin William Sleeveless Shirtdress

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Sandwashed Silk Shirt Dress By Boutique

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Utility Twill Shirt Dress

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Utility Shirt Dress

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If you have been following my blog, you would know how much I love distressed jeans especially in the form of boyfriend jeans (as seen here and here and many more!) I’m sure you all have at least a few pair of denim that’s just sitting in your closet untouched whether you don’t love it as much as you used to or sometimes you completely forget they even existed until you start organizing your closet. Well, bring’em out and give those blue babies some lovin’.  I’ll show you how to make the perfect pair of distressed jeans.



Materials:

1. Denim (Anything close to 100% cotton, boyfriend jeans would be good like the one I got from Banana Republic. This pair & this darker wash here is cool too)

2. X-acto knife /scissors

3. Magazine or a piece of cardboard

4. A pen that writes on fabric or chalk

5. Lint roller

6. Shaving razor (Optional)

7. A tweezer

8. Washing machine & dryer (not shown)

*It’s important to choose the right denim to distress. Distressing a pair of denim with elastic material won’t give a good raw look. 100% cotton is the best.



1. If you’re lazy to try on the jeans to measure where the knees are, you can fold the leg of the denim up to the top of the inseam.  That crease is where your knee cap is going to be.

2. Slide the cardboard and mark in the areas you want to distress. (I marked it right above the knee and around the lower pockets.)

3. You can either snip it with a pair of scissors or use a razor. I made two openings side by side about couple inches apart.

4. Take your tweezer and start pulling out the blue individual threads. Make sure you keep the white threads in tact. (Now, you may think this process is too time consuming, but you just got to be patient! I promise you won’t be disappointed by the results.)

5. After that’s been dealt with, this might be a good time to use your lint roller and clean up the mess before the next step.

6. Actually, all you gotta do is throw your denim in the washing machine and then dry after.  I repeated this process twice for a more organic distressed look.



Lastly, trim all the excess threads that are hanging out and VOILA you’ve got yourself a nice pair of distressed jeans!



From top L to R: See the transformation from the original denim to distressed and washed & dried once and then repeated the process the 2nd time.



Of course my favorite and easiest way to wear my distressed boyfriend jeans is to wear it with my go to striped button down.

 

I wore my DIY distressed jeans to my design meeting and everyone complimented on how cute they were and surprised that it was a DIY! (pat on the back hehe)

I love these and practically live in these pair.  Now you try it!

J-Crew Striped Shirt (love this one from Madewell)

Song of Style Jewelry in Malachite

Chloe Drew Bag (this new python one I’m coveting *drool*)

Michael Kors Rose Gold Watch

Isabel Marant Chain Sandals

photos by Jennia and edited by Christina Choi

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