Spring Break
Altering Clothes to Fit Your Style
Kristen Thompson/staff reporter
Issue date: 9/9/05 Section: The Verge
For girls in their mid-teens to early 20s, altering their clothes to suit their style is fast becoming the new trend.
Several girls who alter their clothes do so to save some money or just stand out from the crowd.
Most girls start making their own "creations" in high school, said Courtney Becherer, a junior art major.
"Everyone was wearing pretty much the same thing, like Abercrombie and Fitch and American Eagle," Becherer said.
When altering their clothes, some girls spend anywhere from $60-$80 or go to a thrift store. After they have chosen a pair of jeans or some other item of clothing they want to change, they will take paints, sand paper or scissors and try to give a normal item of clothing that destroyed look.
"As far as shirts go, there are endless possibilities. I can rip it, I can make it one sleeve, I can make it into a tube top." said Asia Parker, a sophomore family and consumer sciences major.
Parker has been altering her clothes since her sophomore year in high school.
Altering one's clothing can be a time consuming project. More often than not, girls who do so will get thrift store finds and make an older style outfit look new, Becherer said. Most of the altering is done by cutting or tearing the fabric, but some do sew their items for a more pulled together look.
Several thrift stores in the Charleston area offer the best clothes for the money, said Pamela Thomas, manager of the Community Thrift Store.
"I think it's great," Thomas said. "Its just creativity."
Several girls who alter their clothes do so to save some money or just stand out from the crowd.
Most girls start making their own "creations" in high school, said Courtney Becherer, a junior art major.
"Everyone was wearing pretty much the same thing, like Abercrombie and Fitch and American Eagle," Becherer said.
When altering their clothes, some girls spend anywhere from $60-$80 or go to a thrift store. After they have chosen a pair of jeans or some other item of clothing they want to change, they will take paints, sand paper or scissors and try to give a normal item of clothing that destroyed look.
"As far as shirts go, there are endless possibilities. I can rip it, I can make it one sleeve, I can make it into a tube top." said Asia Parker, a sophomore family and consumer sciences major.
Parker has been altering her clothes since her sophomore year in high school.
Altering one's clothing can be a time consuming project. More often than not, girls who do so will get thrift store finds and make an older style outfit look new, Becherer said. Most of the altering is done by cutting or tearing the fabric, but some do sew their items for a more pulled together look.
Several thrift stores in the Charleston area offer the best clothes for the money, said Pamela Thomas, manager of the Community Thrift Store.
"I think it's great," Thomas said. "Its just creativity."
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