DIY: Distressed Denim

Rips, rips, rips. They are everywhere! I love this huuuuge trend in denim and for me, I reckon the bigger the rip the better. But you don’t need to fork out hundreds of dollars on a new pair of ripped boyfriends – you can simply DIY. Love that.

Yep – now when your jeans start looking a little worse for wear, you can bring them back to life with a few strategic tears and you’ll be bang on trend.

Here’s how to DIY:

What You’ll Need:

An old pair of jeans
Scissors
Sandpaper
Safety pin
Small wooden block

What To Do:

Starting with the biggest hole on your knee, try on the jeans and mark out where your knee is with a pencil or safety pins.

2.Placing something underneath the first layer (to stop it from ruining the other side of your jeans), grab a pair of scissors and snip a thin hole on the knee.

3.Use a sandpaper block to fray the hole and to add more tears around it. It’s best to rub the block in different directions to get more of a distressed look.

4. You can also choose other areas of the jeans to distress, just make them smaller so the feature is at the knees (around the pockets is a good place).

♥ swiish tip:

Throw your jeans in the washer and dryer after you’re done distressing them. This will bring out the frayed areas and make them look more obvious!

*DIY courtesy of rue Daily