Distressed/destroyed T-shirts (DIY)

Hey guys hope all is well (: I'm coming to you guys with a pretty simple Distressed T-shirt DIY project. I've been addicted to doing this to my T-shirts/sweaters since highschool and even though this has definitley been done before I think its worth sharing just one more time for inspirational purposes because honestly who dosent love those sexy grunge vibes? Your favorite over sized distressed Tee paired with some booties and leather?! OMG Just slay me already!!

Things you'll need:

I ususally use Scissors (two sizes for diffrent areas), a razor (clean of course)  & bleach (which is optional I just personally thinks it adds more character) to distress my shirts but you can also use a box cuter, sand paper, a seam ripper honestly anything you think will give your shirt/sweater the right amount of grunginess lol.

I know it would be simple enough to show you this DIY through text and pictures but c'mon would that really do it justice? So I decided to make a quick video for you all (while simultaneously flaunting my new editing skills lol) showing some techniques I like to use to distress my shirts.

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Now just incase some of you guys wanted to know how I bleached the shirt after I was finished I'll show a couple pictures below.

After laying my shirt on a hard flat surface outside I poured a decent amount of bleach in a small cup mixed with a little water (for health reasons) and literally just splashed little amounts of the bleach where I saw fit. The "splat" effect comes from the liquid bouncing off the ground from impact and landing back on the shirt. Because I layed the shirt on the floor the bleach seeped right through to the other side so less work!! After I was finished I hand washed it and let it hang dry over night.

THE AFETRMATH

And here it is!! lol I love the way it came out I recommend hand washing the shirt just to keep it intact longer especially if you decide to bleach yours because the bleach will thin out the fabric. I hope this post helped all my grungy-chic babes out there and I would love to see what you guys come up with!! hashtag #astoldbygen on Twitter/Instagram. Till next time babes!

-Gen