HOW TO TURN TROUSERS TO SHORTS // Islanders At Home // River Island

How to: Turn your trousers into shorts Shop new arrivals now: https://bit.ly/3cIDR3m Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riverisland/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riverisland/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/riverisland Get creative at home and DIY your denim. It’s easy to customise and a fun project to get stuck into if you’re bored. The weather is heating up so why not give your legs some air time by turning a pair of jeans into shorts? Give your old clothes a new lease of life and who knows? You might have found your fashion designer calling. Project runway who?! Start off your design career with this simple how-to. Remember us when you’re famous! You will need: an old pair of jeans, a measuring tape, pins, tape, scissors, needle and thread. • Grab your jeans and measure the length you want your shorts to be on one leg. Put a pin in to mark the length and then measure a further 9cm from that first pin and pin that too. • Use tape or draw a line at the second pin to help you cut straight later. • Repeat steps 1 + 2 on the other leg. Make sure you are happy with the length because once you cut there’s no going back! Check that both leg lengths match up too. • Fold up from the short hem 3cm twice to create a cute turned up style. To keep the fold in place put a pin in the side seams and either hand sew or use a machine to secure the fold in place. If you sew at the side seams the stitch lines won’t be so obvious. • Ready to w