Looking for something different to wear but can’t find anything that works for you in your closet? Turn to Bridgetr Artisse for some smart, savvy and money-saving ways of repurposing unloved items in your closet as well as those found at garage sales, thrift stores and consignment shops. It’s all in how you put it together– LITERALLY!!
I have known Bridgett for a long time and her book is something I keep on my bookshelf to give me ideas on how to recycle/reuse things. Between her and Barbra Horowitz, they are the gurus of going green in your own closet.
Here’s a video from LiveWellNetwork’s Mirror Mirror show (and some commentary) about B. Artise and how you can do this too. It’s not rocket science– it’s merely shifting perspective on various pieces of clothing!
Want one-of-a-kind outfits that don’t cost a lot of money? Re-invent what’s already in your closet!
When Bridgett Artise re-designed a few thrift store finds for a local fashion show, she didn’t even know what the word ‘vintage’ meant.
“The judge pulled me aside and was like, ‘Oh, wow. You like vintage, huh?’ and I’d never heard of vintage. So, I went home, Googled it and was like ‘Wow!’ — not realizing every single piece I picked was vintage,” she explains.
Missing the embed code for the Live Well Network– so here’s the link!
http://livewellnetwork.com/Mirror-Mirror/episodes/Born-Again-Vintage/8536033
It was the birth of her Born Again Vintage line.
“Born Again Vintage is just really giving vintage or old clothes a second chance,” Bridgett says. It’s something that green store owners, like Sherri Eichberger, say more and more clients are looking for.
Bridgett’s signature style is putting together pieces that normally wouldn’t be paired together.
“I’m usually driven by the piece. So, I buy the piece because I like the texture, I like the color, I like the pattern, and then it might sit for a year. You know, because I really don’t know what to do with it. Then, all of a sudden I’ll buy another piece and it’s like, ‘Oh my God! That goes with that!’ Then, it’s just magic. Magic happens,” she says.
It’s the same sort of thing Bridgett teaches in her book.
“There are 25 demonstrations broken into five categories: four seasons and then one for prom dresses and matron of honor dresses and all those things that definitely sit in your closet and you don’t know what to do with. And it gives you step by step on how to cut it, what type of seam to use, what type of thread. It literally breaks everything down for you to be able to do it yourself,” she says.
For more information about Bridgett Artise’s Born Again Vintage visit http://www.b-artise.com.
Check out her book, Born Again Vintage on www.amazon.com.
I have seen B. Artise’s fashions and they are amazing. So fun and different. They make you really think- and her book shows you that you can do it too.
So buy your friends some books for holiday gifts and start working on YOUR closet now!
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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