Wardrobe Refashion

resew a man's shirt

100% recycled man's shirt Blouse "Irina" with epaulettes

The shoulder pads are made with the bottom of the sleeve of the man's shirt, so do notneed a buttonhole!

More details and photos here 

2 men's shirts = 2 dresses

Before

After

These two mini shirts dresses are made starting from 2 recycled man's shirt ....

100% cotton 

More details on my blog " Ma chemise d'homme " 

Reuse man's shirt

Upcycled man's shirt 100 % cotton 

Blue man's shirt + fabric printed flowers + fabric eggplant

More details and photos here

Ma Chemise d'homme : " Upcycled menswear for women " 

How would you refashion it (men's shirts)? and so long!

I am so sad to see Wardrobe Refashion stopping and that I won't be a Wardrobe Refashionista anymore. I so enjoyed this! I for one fully understand Nikki's decision to step back and try out new adventures and I think that she has done a wonderful job with Wardrobe Refashion that she can be very proud of.

But, I just started being a refashionista in September and I am not ready to stop yet.  Also I don't want to stop sharing refashions and ideas with all the lovely people I have met through Wardrobe Refashion. Let's keep in touch! I will continue to be a refashionista on Grey Duckling and will follow all of you through RSS for now. 

Now for the last 'how would you refashion it' on Wardrobe Refashion while there is still time. Last time we looked at jeans and the response was great. I have updated the jeans post with all your ideas and a couple of my own and I will go on to doing some refashions with jeans that I can share with you next week over on Grey Duckling. If you are interested you can check out the Jane Austen Dress in the meantime. It is a refashion of a purple skirt taking aboard some of you great ideas for skirt refashions.

This time around I would like to know 'how would you refashion men's skirts'? Like the last couple of times I will summarise your ideas in a couple of weeks and then I will follow it up with a shirt refashion of my own. I can't wait to hear your ideas.

Butterfly shirt

Butterfly shirt sleeves – 100% recycled man’s shirt. 

The shirt is completely disjointed and re-cut. The sleeves are kept in full with gathers and lifts to give them more depth and volume

More détails and photos on

 Ma Chemise d'homme 

Upcycled menswear for women

Boxers...or Briefs?

I was busy last month making some boxers for the men in my life. 4 to be exact. My husband, his 2 younger brothers and my father in law. You can check out the post HERE on my blog about them. They are all made from scrap material from my stash and the front one is made from a pillow case.

xo Steph

100% man's suit trousers

I love the androgynous look given by the transformation. This is a very comfortable to wear as containing wool and elastane, slightly stretchy.

More details and photos on my blog " Ma chemise d'homme "

Ma chemise d'homme - Upcycled menswear for women 

Upcycled two men's shirt ....

men’s shirts 100% 

More details and photos on

Ma chemise d'homme : Upcycled menswear for women

Young person's shirt now for an old(er) person

It's amazing how little it takes to turn an ordinary item of clothing into something a youngster might pay top dollar for. Take this plaid shirt, which I picked up at an op shop. All I had to do was pick off the pocket which was emblazoned with the words “flip flop fascism” and a picture of a swastika wearing thongs (flip-flops) and it became something my teacher boyfriend was able to wear to work. Except that he never did. Because it turns out he never liked the shirt - with or without its pocket. Which just goes to show that just because a man doesn’t appear to have a signature style, doesn’t mean he doesn’t. More to read on my blog.

 

Upcycled a man jacket into a big bag

 

2 wooden curtain rings + khaki cotton with flowers + a man  jacket = a BIG bag XXL !

Discover more about the construction of this bag (DIY) on

my new blog Ma chemise d'homme specially dedicated to upcycled menswear for women.