Custo Barcelona....ooooh!

I discovered Custo Barcelona earlier this week by watching Fashion Week Live on YouTube and I absolutely fell in love! I cannot believe I never knew about this duo until this week. Their work is perfection. Surprisenly the ready to wear is pretty affordable also and can be found at www.shop.custobarcelona.com. Their Spring/ Summer RTW 2012 was one of my absolute favorites of fashion week so far, after Derek Lam S/S 12! I love that seafoam green,my favorite color, will be seen every where for Spring and Summer '12! The prints are so vivid, with hypnotic geometric styles, the flowiness and sheerness of pants and tops,..i love it all! It is all soo interesting to look at! I really could stare at their collection for hours. Custo Barcelona was founded by two brothers David and Custodio Dalmau! They have been showing at Fashion Week every year since 1997. Here are some of my favorite looks from the S/S 12 Custo Barlcelona collection!

Those pants are to die for. Its such an unusual pairing of colors but i absolutely love it. So unexpected. 

This outfit is bananas! The chevron stripes, sporty hooded vest and watercolor blotched pants are to die for! I would do anything to have these pants in my closet!

Love!

This man looks like a dream! peacock pants! beautiful!

I love this mix of peacock, plaid and palm trees!

My absolute favorite piece inthis collection! Very Bermuda, vibrant, geometric shapes mixed with stripes!

I cannot really tell what is going on with the shorts, but I adore them.

Look at that jacket! He looks great!

Look at all of those vivrant colors and the hand work on every piece. It all makes my heart flutter! What do you guys think of the Cusco Barcelona S/S 12 collection??

xoLW

White Short, Red short

Finally I am able to post! I was having some photo uploading difficulties but I figured it out. I bought these BDG High Waisted white shorts from Urban Outfitters and was extremely ecstatic to finally have a pair of white shorts, especially high waisted pair. I love anything high waisted really. I kept trying to wear them with my outfits and it just never worked out. I realized after three weeks of buying them, that I actually hated how white shorts/ jeans looked on my bottom half. I always felt self conscious whenever I would put the shorts on. I wanted to return them but I realized I threw away my receipt for them(great right?)so I had to keep them in my closet. After that, I decided that it's time to get creative and find a way to wear them shorts, find a way for me to love them again. It was time to DYE them! It was super easy and I'm so much happier with the shorts now that added some color to them. I'll give you a step by step guide on how to dye anything of yours that white, cream or a light color. It usually works on denim or cotton.

BEFORE DYEING

Took this picture to show you guys the before photo of my shorts that I love/hated.

Step 1: Go to a supermarket(Target, Walmart, Kroger), go to the crafts aisle and look for a fabric dye. There were so many colors that I was unable to contain my excitement! There was turquoise, lavender, red, light blue, fucshia, and even bright yellow!(Seriously it cost $2.00 for one pack)

Step 2. Fill a stainless steel sink or bowl up with extremely hot water.(The hotter the water, the deeper the color, and the less it fades when you wash it). Pour the whole power packet of dye into the hot water and mix until dissolved. (You might want to wear gloves, because my hands were stained after. The label should have these type of warnings.)

Step 3. Put your shorts or jeans into the water and stir constantly for 20 minutes straight. (Yes I know this may hurt your arm for a while but I promise it will be worth it! )

Step 4. After 20 minutes has passed, you can occasionally stir it for another 20 minutes.

Step 5. Next you would want to rinse the shorts off with cold water. I did it until the water was mostly clear. Gently ring out the shorts to get rid of excess water.

Step 6. Let it air dry. This took about two days to fully dry. That's it! Simple! Here is the end result!

Red Shorts AFTER DYING! 

It dried just in time for July 4th and I got so many compliments on them! These are now one of my favorite pair of high waisted shorts. I think I'll buy another pair and dye those lavender!

xoxo Lesly