Crafty fashion links

Lots of wearable craft links today, folks.

First up, there are some dead simple and effective gothy tutorials over at Antimony. Some are a little on the kitsch side but with a little thought and the right fabric, any goth wardrobe can be catered for. Perfect stuff for beginners.

I've been looking at a lot of trashion blogs this week, and I'm really warming to the movement; it has a DIY ethic that to me is pure 70s punk and could so easily be twisted to fit any style. Anyway, Outsapop has a brilliant tutorial for shreadding T-shirts with very deathrocky results. Or how about turning some old jumpers into a glam-rock lightning bolt jumper? Or turning a plain t-shirt into a knotty lattice one? (The only downside to that one is that those were very "in" recently. Beware of being mistaken for "hip"!) There's also a tutorial for fusing plastic to fabric which has endless possibilities although the results don't last long. If you prefer a more romantic look, here's a tute for turning a shirt into a peasant's blouse style top. Last up isn't really a tutorial but with a dress pattern and some fabric, you could easily have a go at making this cage dress. By the looks of things, fashion models seem not to wear an awful lot underneath them, but I'm imagining a Steampunk/Victorian-industrial style outfit with it; it does look rather like crinoline.

And just because I'll forget to post them otherwise, here's a couple of items you might want to save your money for: this gorgeous chained ear-cuff and, completely unrelated, retractable fangs. I'm not really into the "disappearing fangs" thing in vampire movies, but these could be all sorts of subversive fun when out and about.

That's your lot for today. Now I really must get to bed.