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DIY Fashion Blog: Studded Collar

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CMU chapter.

About the Project: I’m a little obsessed with studding and after seeing this project on Pinterest, I couldn’t help myself but do something similar. This is such an easy project—you can wear a revamped shirt in no time at all. Stud your sheer or denim shirts! Note: If you’re new at studding, refer to my first blog post to learn how.

Materials Needed:

  • Sheer or denim shirt (My bright green sheer shirt is from Avalon Exchange in Squirrel Hill)
  • Gold or silver pyramid studs (From bonitagirl on Amazon)
  • Tweezers (to fold down the prongs)

Step-By-Step:

1) Take your shirt and lay it flat on an even surface. Decide where you want your studs to start on the collar, and make sure to place it diagonally. Note: Studding sheer shirts will be tougher because the fabric is more slippery, so it may take you a couple tries to get your studs in perfect position.

2) Continue studding, lining up the following studs according to the first. It’s up to you how many studs you want to put. You can stop after three on each side, like this:

3) These next two steps are optional. I kept studding until I had six studs on each side. Make sure the studs are spaced out as evenly as possible!

4) I added even more edge to the shirt by placing studs on the shirt pocket.

5) And there you have it! Your very own studded collar shirt done in 15 minutes or less. It’s the perfect amount of sass paired with delicate fabric! As always, simplify the rest of your outfit to let the studs be the center of attention.

Laura Stiles is a Creative Writing, Professional Writing double major at Carnegie Mellon University who will be graduating in May 2014. In addition to being Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Carnegie Mellon chapter of HerCampus.com, she is Co-Prose Editor of The Oakland Review, Carnegie Mellon’s literary-arts journal, a manuscript reader for Carnegie Mellon University Press, and has copy-edited for Carnegie Mellon’s newspaper, The Tartan. She was also Communications and Arts Management Intern at The Hillman Center for Performing Arts in summer 2012, and is ecstatic to be studying abroad in Sheffield, England in spring 2013. In her free time, she enjoys singing along to music on long car rides, spontaneously kicking off her shoes to explore lakes and creeks, and curling up with a soft blanket and a captivating book. She was also recently pleasantly surprised to discover that she has a taste for sushi.