A Guide to Upcycling Your Closet

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With the increasing challenges related to global warming, many people have started shopping more consciously. While it could be an effective way to spend on sustainable and ethical brands, but you should also aim at shopping more wisely. If you want to be more sustainable, you can also find creative ways to wear your clothes. Upcycling could be an effective way and the act of giving a new life to your clothes that have no longer been in use. Upcycling your closet is becoming the next hot trend.

A New York-based designer Emily Nam can even turn your old pants into a new dress, whereas UK-based company Kimai will recycle your gold and stone jewellery into another. There are multiple other designers and applications who may assist you in Upcycling your wardrobe. If you do not want to spend anything additional, you can also upcycle your closet by implementing some creative ways at home. Go through the guide to understand the best practices and find out how you can upcycle your wardrobe more conveniently.

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Upcycling Your Closet

You can cut down on waste and upcycle your clothes by transforming them more creatively. Creating a sustainable closet requires a little time and attention. You can always start doing it by yourself. Here are some effective upcycle clothing ideas that you can refer to give your closet a makeover and up your style.

Dye It

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Whether it’s an old dress or a shirt with a stain over it, you can give it a new life by dying it. You can buy some fabric-safe dyes to give your clothes a new look or huh can use scraps like onions, flowers, haldi, or avocado skin and pits to dye your clothing pieces. You can also choose the bleach dying or reverse dying method. Reverse dying is a method that is ideal for clothes that already have a colour. You can certainly use the diluted bleach to use it on a colourful fabric.

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Side Stripe Pants

Side stripe pants have become a trend recently. Well, you can do it comfortably at home with the help of a few items. All you need to do is grab your old pair of jeans, a 1-inch velvet ribbon in colour of your choice and some iron-on adhesive tape. Make sure to secure everything together and give your old pair of jeans a fresh and revamped look.

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Turn it into a Tote

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Bags are a must-have accessory that can give a whole next-level vibe to your look. Many people still use those paper bags or plastic bags while going out grocery shopping. If you are into Upcycling your closet, you should also look for other ways to be more sustainable. You can either consider investing in eco-friendly bag brands to help you shop guilt-free or an easy way could be by transforming your bag. Consider using your old sweater or T-shirt and turn it into a gorgeous tote bag. You can either use the same fabric material to produce shoe bags, shopping bags, makeup bags or more. Cut it according to the size length and give it the look that you want. You can also check out our blog on style hacks to make your bag look amazing and give it a more appealing look.

Adding Pom Poms to Old Fabric

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Do you wish to give your old and boring sweater a new look? You can easily revamp your old sweaters and make them more stylish by adding Pom Poms to them. All you need is some yarn in colour of your choice and embroidery thread for this method. Use a fork to create this fluffy accessory. Once you are done, you can start securing and attaching it to your sweater. You can turn your boring piece of sweaters into a quirky and fun item, that too without spending too much on it.

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Revamping Button Down Shirts

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There’s no need to splurge on those expensive shirts with detailings when you can create and replicate it yourself. All you need to do is take your plain button-down shirt, and add a patch over it, or you can add some colourful buttons to revamp the look of your shirt. You can even use fabric paints to give it a fun makeover and twist it into a clothing piece you desire.

Revamping Old Pair of Jeans

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We all have pairs of jeans which are lying on our wardrobes for a long. You can certainly revamp and give them a makeover at home. The most common way people suggest is by cutting down the shirts and creating them into shorts. You can also add a patch of another fabric or use paint to give it a new look. In contrast, if the jeans do not fit you any more, you can create a storage box, pillow, or photo frame using that denim material.

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Word Sweaters

Upcycling your closet could not be easier than this. All you need to do is visit the craft store and grab some iron-on letters to revamp your sweater. You can iron on the word of your choice and sew it on the sweater. You can also consider doing embroidery to create the letters on the fabric. This hack is not just for sweaters, but for any piece of clothing. It will entirely change the look of the fabric and give a unique finish to it.

These are some of the ways you can use to revamp your old clothes and give them a fresh look. Upcycling your closet could be an effective strategy to live a more sustainable lifestyle and make the most of your clothes before throwing them away. 

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