Wardobe sanity check time!

[cupcake_goth]

So, I have this stripy blazer. It's by Ralph Lauren (thank you, Marshalls!), it's got a lovely shape, and I've done some tailoring to it to make it fit me even better. But the black stripes are a skosh narrow. They are not wide enough for my preferred Beetlejuice/circus aesthetic.

While I was waiting (and waiting, and waiting) to fall asleep last night, I was thinking about this blazer, and what I could do to it. "Oooh!" I thought, "I could take some 7/8" black ribbon and sew it down each stripe. Huh. Or I could paint over the stripes."

Now, in the vaguely rational light of day, I realize I perhaps should get a sanity check on these ideas. That's where you people come in.



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Help me, LJ hivemind! Be my sanity check! (Stop laughing.)

Comments

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

I agree with the stroppy one on the ribbon and paint but I have a different paint suggestion. Now this will really depend on whether you have decent fabric paint or not and you'll have to count the stripes but what about painting every second white space black? That way you don't have to depend on your own hand to create the straight lines and you can just tape off the white spaces you want to remain. Again, it won't work if the number of white spaces can't be divided in half but it might be worth a try.