How To: Get fashion tips for your 30s
Free fashion advice! Learn how to build a classic wardrobe with suits, blouses, dresses, and accessories in this free video clip from a clothing designer.
Free fashion advice! Learn how to build a classic wardrobe with suits, blouses, dresses, and accessories in this free video clip from a clothing designer.
Tips for fashion illustration and croquis proportions, including bust and waistlines and garment seams. Draw croquis in this free fashion illustration video series with a fashion designer.
This week, Rob and Corinne take a trip to Simplicity Pattern Co. to get a lesson in fashion sketching. Don't think you can draw? Fooey! Give it a try! This video drawing for fashion lesson gives yo ua few pointers that will have you sewing in no time.
Makeup and clothing maven Kim Kardashian originally started off as a fashion stylist. And Rachel Zoe is about as high in demand in Hollywood as Halle Berry, even helming her own TV show for a few seasons now.
Take a look at the first place winner's tutorial on making a dress out of old tees for the Generation-t tee recon contest! Follow along with the steps in this fashion design video and make your very own quick and easy dress.
This week, Kenley Collins, of the Project Runway fame, shows us how to turn an old vintage skirt into a summer must have with fabric paints. Follow along with the tips in this how-to video, and revamp some of your own old clothes.
Special Guest Threadbanger Ryan Moore shows us how to make a pair of summer shorts from an old pair of jeans and fellow threadbangers share their ideas and projects. This video sewing lesson is a quick and handy renewable fashion tip. Follow along with the steps and beat the heat.
Have you ever heard of wet felting? Well, it's the oldest form of textile making and relatively easy to work, thanks to this tutorial by ThreadBanger. Learn how to create a classic-looking beret for this winter season. No sewing required!
ThreadBanger give us a great recipe to make a unisex bomber hat using just a flannel shirt, white faux fur, a measuring tape, the bomber hat pattern, a sewing machine, and two and a half hours of your creative time. Add pom-poms at the ears to give it extra flavor! Super cool look for both dudes and ladies.
This week Corinne shows us how-to make a classic back to school accessory that can be worn by both the guys and gals. This quick and easy tie is sharp, and will start the school year off right. Just follow along with the steps in this how-to video and you'll be on an honor roll.
To kick off T-shirt Madness week, Threadbanger forum member ArtCrazed shows us how-to make an adorable purse out of two old tees! Follow along with the steps in this how-to video and learn how to refurbish some old clothes into something new!
You wanted more summer lessons, you got em. This week learn how to take an old mens shirt and turn it into a rockin new rockabilly swim suit. Just follow along with the steps in this video and take your new stylish suit to the beach.
Jess shows us how to transform some old tees into a uber cute tube top tutu! Follow along with this video fashion design lesson and learn how to sew together this outfit.
Just in time for Mothers' Day comes this great tutorial on how to make a Upcycled Spring time Capelet from one of our beloved Threadheads. This sewing project is a great renewable fashion statement, and is easy to make; just follow the steps in the video.
Ready to get into custom hat-making? Be your own milliner, with the tips from this video fashion lesson. In this video episode, Rob and Corinne hook up with Hat make Victor Osborne for a super DIY lesson on how to make Hat Molds on the cheap.
This week on Threadbanger , we have T shirt reconstruction guru Megan Nicolay on the show. Just in time for summer, the author of Generation-T gives us one of her favorite t shirt lessons from her world renowned book.Learn how to make a halter top in minutes plus a look at some Threadbanger viewer creations.
Getting no respect at the grill? This week to help Celebrate the Memorial Day Weekend we're showing you how to make your own Chef Hat and Apron out of some old bed sheets.
Ever wanted to copy a garment? This video sewing lesson will show you a way to make a pattern from any piece of clothing. This episode of Threadbanger featuring Couture Designer Kenneth King specifically teaches us how to make a cloak inspired from the Oscar Nominated film "The Dutchess."
This video fashion design lesson offers another great tip for recontructing a t-shirt. Revamping old pieces in your wardrobe is a sustainable and economical way to stay fashionable! Winter is so last season. Spring here we come....This week Threadbanger meets up with the Sistahs of Harlem for a long overdue T-shirt recon.
This fashion how to video has great tips on how to dress the post-partum body. If you just had a baby, you'll notice that your old clothes just don't quite fit. Get some great fashion tips on how to disguise those troubled areas after pregnancy to make your feel better.
This how-to video shows you how to walk like a fashion model with Posh Teens. This is important if you want to be successful in a fashion show. Make sure you have your chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach in, and butt out. Start out in a model stance with the dominant foot in front. When you start walking, keep your body in the position mentioned above. Keep your head up and walk in a straight line. When you get to the end, step to the right, left, and then walk back. This video shows ...
How to do fashion illustration; get professional tips and advice on how to begin a career as a fashion illustrator in this free fashion video series.
Everyone loves a great LBD, but sometimes we get a bit stymied on how to best accessorize it. Fashion Expert Sharon Haver of FocusOnStyle.com shares women's fashion tips for how to accessorize a little black cocktail dress. Learn some great tips on accessorizing that black dress and put more mileage in your fashionable wardrobe.
With the weather getting colder and colder this winter season, you may need to update your winter clothing with some new, warm sweaters. If the weather is just a little too chilly for your taste, then layer yourself up with this fashion tip. See how to make a lux short-sleeved sweater in this video from GiannyL.
Of course Barneys New York has the most cutting-edge, fashion sunglasses around. What good is a gorgeous pair of sunglasses when they don't flatter your face?
'80s denim is back and cooler than you think. In this how-to video, stylist Francesca Mills from Elle magazine offers some tips for keeping the look modern and not dated. Watch this video fashion tutorial and learn how to wear 80s style denim without looking like a fashion victim.
This season, the bigger the better. Sleeves that is. This how-to video from Elle magazine offers some tips for puff sleeve usage, without looking like a fashion victim. Proportion is key. Watch this video fashion tutorial and learn how to wear big voluminous sleeved pieces.
One of ThreadBanger's forum members, EmilyPeace reveals a great way to recycle your Bath Poufs into a cute dress! What's a bath pouf, you ask? You know those poofy thingys that act as your wash cloth or sponge in the bathtub or shower? Those things. You'll need some spare fabric (such as an old curtain), about 6 or 7 bath poufs, scissors, a measuring tape, some pins, a zipper, and a fabric marker for this recycle fashion idea. Good luck!
Running out of costume ideas for your next Halloween? How about a tutu-clad ballerina, french maid, pirate or fairy? Or if you're brave enough, why not wear a tutu to the supermarket? ThreadBanger shows us how to make a tutu out of an old petticoat, some tool, and ribbon... This project takes a while to complete, but once done, you'll be the bell of the Halloween ball! And isn't that worth any amount of sewing?
ThreadBanger pays homage to the movie "Fame" by showing us how to make the perfect "80's-tastic" duffel bag out of old umbrellas. With this thrifty idea, you will need a few umbrellas (broken is fine), scissors, a square pattern, a sewing machine, a zipper, and anything handy that will work as a strap. Use your new custom duffel bag to carry all your leotards or dance shoes in, or make a statement on your way to the video store to rent "FAME!"
ThreadBanger's Decor It Yourself show us how to "do it yourself" when making a wine rack using just scrap wood and old belts. At a great size, it's easy to store and great to give as a gift. Looking to fill that wine rack and don't know where to begin? In the later half of this video, the gals from ThreadBanger take us wine tasting and give advice for your next wine shopping excursion.
If you've ever wanted to learn how-to transform yourself into a skunk here's the perfect opportunity. In this 2 part special, Infinity Circus shows us how-to make a skunk hoodie. Not a hoodie out of a skunk, not a hoodie for a skunk, but a hoodie that makes you look like a skunk.
This week, Meg shows us a quick and cheap way to add extra seating in those cramped dorm rooms. Plus, some easy tips on how-to make your dorm feel like a cozy home away from home.
This Is It... Your next Halloween costume: The King of Pop, Michael Jackson. What you'll need: A black suit and black tie, red collared button-down shirt, and a pair of white socks and black shoes. Accessorize with a black rimmed hat, a pair of aviator sunglasses, and a dust mask. Seem pretty easy? Well, with this tutorial, ThreadBanger sheds light on a few extra touches you can add to make your MJ costume more authentic than the rest.
Watch this video fashion design lesson to see who took second place in the Generation-t tee recon contest with how-to make a wrap shirt. All you need is two t-shirts and the steps, so follow along and get sewing.
Watch this fashion design lesson to see who took third place in the Generation-t tee recon contest with a how-to for making a no-sew fringe halter top!
Collections are a fashion designer's medium for presenting new designs and creations. Learn to introduce a fashion collection from a designer in this free fashion video series.
Design silhouettes are an important part of fashion illustration, outlining the body and working with natural curves of the hips and torso. Learn to design fashion with silhouettes from a designer in this free fashion design video series.
This week Meg takes us back in time and shows us how to make an amazing Starburst mirror. Follow along with the home interior how-to video, and learn how to add a little vintage flair to your own home decor.
Designing fashion means putting hairstyles in drawing croquis illustrations with Draw fashion hairstyles like messy, sexy, or parted up-dos in this free fashion croquis video series with a fashion designer.