T Shirt Surgery Vol. 1

So in a recent bitch-fest, Felix and I were discussing the absolute lack of fairness when it comes to nerdy apparel...all of the cool shirts are in guy sizes! Not only that, if you're lucky enough to find a retailer on the internet outside of Hot Topic, they're likely out of any female size and will be until the next rapture.

So, if you're a lady (like myself) and need some sort of video game related shirt, you're forced to take matters into your own hands.

Since not all of us are lucky enough to get fancy with a sewing machine (more on that later...I swear, I'm not an old lady...or am I?), we have the option of hand-sewing or, if you're not cool with that either, seeking out no-sew shirt alterations in order avoid looking like Lady Sovereign. (not that I don't love you, Lady S-O-V!)

This is an easy, no-sew strategy to turn a boxy looking boy shirt into something a little more feminine (and dare I say a little racy).

You start with a boy shirt somewhere close to your size (I wear a Boys 8), preferably with some sweet-ass video game character.

You cut off the sleeves at a diagonal, like so.And cut the back into a square...its very important that you leave the collar of the shirt intact, and leave it attached at the sides. If you haven't already figured it out, we're making a halter top.And then with whats left of the back, you're going to cut a bunch of horizontal lines, and then cut them all straight down the middle. This is how you're going to make you fancy new halter top fit your body; its easiest to do this while you're wearing it, but pull the pieces until the top is fitting snugly to your body, and then tie each corresponding piece together in a double knot. You can trim off the ends if you please.

At this point, I like to deepen the neckline (this makes it look more like you're wearing a sweet-ass shirt, and not a lobster bib). You can either leave the collar as it is, in a loop, or cut it to knot it like you did with the pieces on the back.

And the result...
(back detail)
Try it out, whydon'tcha!