shooting the moon

fringed tops seem to be very big for this summer.. kimberley and emily of wildfox have certainly jumped on the trend.. as have topshop, new look and other high street stores. so i decided to give the fringed effect ago on an old vest of mine.

so...
1. here's my top and my bog standard hairdressing scissors. since they're sharp.
2. i started off in the centre of the tank, with small approx. 3 inch cuts going up the top. then i left about 1.5cm gap between that cut and the next.

3. then i repeated the process the whole way round the top... cutting through the back and front at the same time.

4. once the whole top was fringed. i gently pulled on the fringed sections to stretch them out a bit, in my opinion the effect looks better and disguises the clean scissor cuts a little.

i shall do an outfit post featuring the top later on if i have time! i do like the effect, however i think i shall revisit my version.. and make it into a cropped fringe shirt like this topshop one.

p.s. i cant stop listening to mona after the kings of leon gig. i mean seriously. give them a listen here. i especially love 'shooting the moon' and 'teenager' and 'lean into the fall' from their self titled album 'mona'