csevenm - lyra boilersuit cutoffs...

That feeling when you love an item but just need it to do more than one thing to justify the purchase!

I’m not a big fan of having several of the same item in different colours, but when I saw the G-star Arc Boilersuit a few years ago I just couldn’t decide which colour I wanted, so I stepped outside of my comfort zone and decided to buy both.

Whilst having a look through pinterest, to get some ideas about how I might be able to customise one of the boilersuits, I found some amazing images to help define this project.

I opted to get a true fit in the indigo denim and the next size up in the aged blue for a looser oversized silhouette.

with a heavy heart I took a pair of scissors to the brand spanking new aged denim boilersuit, tentatively at first to ensure I didn’t cut too short and carefully as the arc shape is engineered to follow the form of the body and does not lay flat on a table.

With the boilersuit cut to length and the hem pressed into place for an extra skinny turn-up I almost wore them to death that first summer, the only issue I had was every time I washed them, the turn up would unravel and the cut edge began to fray. Before this summer started I took the time to wash, trim and repress that supper skinny turn-up and this time I have stitched the turn-up into place, so I wont have to worry about unfurling hem’s and frayed edges anymore.

A perfect look with my hightops, unfortunately my adidas don’t look like this any more, but at the time they went perfectly with my UBER SKINNY TURN UP boilersuit cutoffs.

Ta-dah… My baby blue boyfriend boiler-shorts with extra skinny turn-ups, perfectly paired with my white stripe bodysuit, it is definitely the one for lounging around this summer. Worn open during the day with sleeves rolled up for ventilation, then sleeves down and buttoned up for the chilly summer evenings in ma’s garden.