Fashion & Style Get Crafty
By Marie Rounsavell, MARIMELLO
When Stephanie Syjuco started posting patterns on her site as part of the Counterfeit Handbag Project, her goal was to “put high fashion in the hands of the every woman.” Other crafters have been shunning the box stores and malls, taking the Handmade Pledge to purchase only handmade items. And many have begun counterfeiting couture items by redesigning them and attaching fake logos.
Faking it has developed into a trend of its own.
If you aren’t feeling as political, there are still plenty of DIY ways to bring high fashion into your closet. Check out the way designers incorporate handwork like crochet and knit into their designs. Every winter a few chunky (and easy) knits pop up; this year, almost every knitter reinvented the Pidge Scarf, and for $20, anyone with two sticks can whip something similar up that fits right into their style.
While this crochet and gold link necklace Cheung Lik showed at Harvey Nichol might not be precisely your thing, the idea is what matters and could inspire you the way it did me to go home to that thrift store gold chain belt and start hooking.
If you don’t knit or crochet, the recent resurgence in crafting makes your chances of knowing someone who does much more likely. Hit up your friends or check out Etsy and ask someone to do custom work. Crafters love a good challenge…but love anyone who will buy us some yarn and new crafting toys even more.
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Tags: Accessories, Cheung Lik, Crafts, Culture, DIY, Downtown Doll, Fashion Accessories, Handknit, Handmade, Knitted Metal, Pidge Scarf, Tribal Runway, TribalRunway.com
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