Customised Topshop Rucksack

As I was browsing the Topshop website a few nights ago I came across a rucksack that I reaaaally liked which made me annoyed as I already have a Topshop rucksack and so buying another one would be stoooopid. I quickly had the idea to customise the bag I already have using inspiration from the one off the website.

This is the bag I was inspired by. Image from Topshop.com

 

I just think the vintage floral pattern and leatherette look so cool along with the zips and chunky stitches.

 

This is the rucksack I have, which is still cool. Topshop.com

I found some spare velvet lying around and so decided to tack it to the pockets in a very messy and non-planned way. I was going to use leatherette like the bag from the website but I didn't have enough...

 

I think the deep purple colour of the velvet really stands out against the studs so I'm pretty pleased with what I've done, even if the sewing was very rushed!

DIY Halloween

I don't know about you, but as much as I love having a laugh, I hate spending huge amounts of money on dressing up costumes that I will only wear once when I could be spending that money on a nice going out dress that I could wear again. Therefore, when my Sixth Form had a "horror" themed dress up day, I wasn't too impressed. The year 13s had 'decided as a group' (I put that in quotation marks as most of the year 13s don't even get on) to go as "zombie school girls" and I thought that seemed like quite a fun idea - a simple shirt and tie with a bit of fake blood.

I decided to customise an old shirt, however as I got more and more into it I shifted from "zombie school girl" to simply "girl in shirt."

 

 



I went fairly crazy with Sharpie pens (I did this the night before and it was late and I was too lazy to get the paints out) and drew some pretty random stuff including; worms coming out of my pockets, skeleton lovers, a snake wrapped around my arm and a skull necklace (hence why I did not wear a tie).

 

 

Around the arm holes and the bottom of the sleeves I attached safety pins and wore a spiked bracelet to match. To go with it I just applied some dark eye shadow and pretended to be cool.

 

 

I also added detail at the back by cutting a skulls head which everyone thought was totes orig(inal).

 

 

- Please ignore my hunched appearance. -

 

 

So if you're also being forced to dress up this Halloween and you're not really into it - customise something you already have a make it work for you. Just do a better job than me.

 

 

BYE