TEE / H&M

JEANS C/O FOREVER 21 (here)

BOOTS / PUBLIC DESIRE

If anybody as short as me has noticed, jeans can be very scary. They scrunch, they’re always sold out, and online shopping can be a nightmare. If a model is 5’9, and the jeans fit her perfectly at her ankle, just exit your browser. But what happens when a petite girl gets angry/creative? A DIY, that’s what. In this collaboration with Forever 21, I strategically picked out flare jeans with the sole intention of hacking off a chunk of the hem. Cropped flares look effortless on tall women, and I wanted a pair (that didn’t cost me an arm or leg, too). Why pay $60.00 for jeans that you can cut at home? This pair from Forever 21 are already distressed and have an interesting wash, so all that was missing was turning them into a pair that suit ME. Here’s how:

1. Put your flares on and fold them as much as your heart desires. (Cropped flares are about 2 inches above the ankle)
2. Secure them with pins and carefully take them off.
3. Lay them flat on the floor and with measuring tape, measure the length you have folded.
4. Remove the pins, measure the length you got in step 3 starting from the hem up, and draw a line with a white crayola where the measurement ends.
5. Cut across, and distress with sandpaper or the blade of your scissors (or throw them in the wash and dryer, they all work).
6. Wear them and rejoice in the fact that you saved about $3o.