Chic Sweats: 22 Ways to Transform and Restyle Your Sweatshirts - Softcover

Marshall, Carmia; Webber, Carmen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312378610 ISBN 13: 9780312378615

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2009

Synopsis

Sistahs of Harlem are back to give another essential wardrobe item a complete new makeover. This time, they’re reinventing sweatshirts, both vintage and new. Everyone has an old favorite college sweatshirt or comfortable hoodie, now it’s time to pull them out of the closet and give them a fabulous Sistahs of Harlem twist.

In Chic Sweats Carmen and Carmia show you how to make twenty-two fabulous designer looks out of an array of sweatshirts, sweatpants, or hoodies—new or from your closet. Complete with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, and detailed illustrations, the projects showcase their signature style blend of vintage and urban. In Chic Sweats you can learn how to:

• Turn your favorite hoodie into a poncho

• Transform an old pullover into a babydoll dress

• Reinvent your favorite team’s sweatshirt into a sleek triangle skirt

• Plus much more!

Also included in the book are interesting sweatshirt facts, dos and don’ts for every body type, and visual glossaries of skirts and sleeves to help create the perfect look for you.

About this title

About the Author

SISTAHS OF HARLEM's, CARMEN WEBBER (a contestant on season 4 of Bravo's Project Runway) and CARMIA MARSHALL (a celebrity wardrobe stylist) are fashion and style innovators. They are also the authors of Denim Mania and T-Shirt Makeovers.

Reviews

Adult/High School—The authors take the ordinary sweatshirt and offer several ways to spice it up by making it into a skirt, a dress, or just a very different kind of top. They start with the basics of supplies and equipment, how to measure, and how to work with sweatshirt fabric, both by hand and on the machine. They then discuss body basics and fashion dos and don'ts, including how to camouflage figure flaws. From there they move into the specific projects. There is a wide variety of ideas, and each one contains detailed directions, complete with step-by-step illustrations. These projects are mainly for those with sewing experience, but they will appeal to teens who are looking for ways to personalize their wardrobes and are willing to put in the work.—Sarah Flowers, formerly at Santa Clara County Library, CA
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Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312378610
• ISBN 13: 9780312378615
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160