Revisited: Turn Baggy Jeans Into Skinny Jeans

Yesterday I started tailoring some cheap organic jeans I bought off Ebay to fit me - we all know that organic denim can be really pricey and jeans are not always easy to buy online cause the fit has to be just right (those thighs, that ass, the length)! In the pic above I am wearing some Aura Organic Jeans that had been baggy flare bottoms, a size too big for me --- but shoot, they were only $9$ so I bought them off Ebay without a regret. I turned those puppies inside out, put the pins in to mark the new seam lines, compared the lines to some jeans that fit me well, then got to sewing!

Here is a video I made about a year 1/2 ago on how to tailor your too big jeans to fit ya more stylishly (AKA baggy into skinny)... I am excited to look back on this video to find it is just about to hit the 130,000 views mark with over 240 comments of the youtube sort (debates on whether I am an ugly man or pretty woman and if only fags wear skinny jeans)...!

Pretty rockin' for an old school slide show!


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DIY: Make Your Jeans Fit Again

Recently I gained some weight - and this is a good thing because all my life I have been under 100 lbs (due to health problems & cajun genetics). As happy as I am to be putting on some baggage I can not fit into any of my favorite organic jeans anymore, and don't have the money to invest in a new pair of denim. So this is my eco friendly solution on how to keep my favorite jeans that I got a little too big for!

First you will want to measure your hips and then the hip of the jeans to compare inches - that way you can figure out how much fabric to add into the sides.

Cut open the waist down a few inches on each side, in order to make an opening for the fabric.

Measure your fabric scraps and cut them out - mine were 2 inches wide and 4 inches long. You'll want to sew the scrap pieces into the open slits, which will most likely make a "V" shape.

I used a very tight zig zag stitch and organic cotton scrap fabric that had a little stretch to it- that way I still have room to grow!As you can tell I love the hell out of my Loomstate organic jeans - they have holes, they are dirty, and maybe they look worse then worn out but these are my most favorite pair and I am sooooooo happy I saved them! Now onto my organic black skinny jeans... YAY!

Watch the DIY video for this blog post HERE, with more pictures and description! (Music by Lykke Li)

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See it HERE on You Tube!

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Eco Birthday Wish List

My 31st Birthday is coming October 5th and this morning I was making an eco birthday wish list in my head, which I decided to share so that ya'll can partake in these cool discoveries too! Strange but true, even though I own an eco fashion store I rarely ever buy anything for myself and don't have even 1/10 of the amount of clothes & undies as most people (men and women alike). I am a reluctant shopper... but here goes my eco gift discoveries:

1. Hot Organic Skinny Jeans! - These are not so easy to find since organic cotton is already so rare, but also the skinny jean style is totally on it's way out the door. I still love it, especially in this purple color by Good Society which are just like the ones I had in 8th grade except without the zipper sides. They don't really have my size in the dreamy unicorn purple (I wear a 24/25 and the smallest they have is a 26, although I would sport them anyway.) So, my slightly more realistic wish is for these blue ones in dark vintage.

2. Eco Panties! - This is something I can never have enough of! I have mostly American Apparel panties and a few Blue Canoe organic briefs, but the AA ones don't seem to last longer then a year before stretching out and being...well not too cute or even functional anymore. I found these perfect bamboo panties over at Bo Belly on etsy! They are affordable, simple, sexy and in sultry colors. Another fab etsy store with eco skivvies too is Louella Bloom - with perfect cami's and nighties that are in colors like black & magenta...a sort of dreamy unicorn magenta. :)

Then check out this vintage looking set by Brooke There, too cute to be true and made with soy & organic cotton! (You can get it with black trim instead of white depending on what look you are going for.)

...While keeping with this theme, I wouldn't mind having a pair of Urban Fox's eco thigh high stockings too (but those are a bit pricey even for a birthday)! They are so awesome though, don't you agree? But for the less expensive not eco fiber version go to American Apperal (pictured here), suuuuuper sexy warm wintery socks.

3. Another 'wife beater' tank! - I wear tank tops like crazy, I LIVE in them, I stretch them out like a cheap pair of AA undies... and I have been sweet on this "dig deeper" SKIN ON SKIN tank for almost a year now. This shop donates to charity, supports equality of all people, and uses organic cotton to make these hardcore sexy tanks. (If you happen to be gay, lez, or bi this shop has some really sexy slogan tanks perfect for you!)

...So now I realize I just want the affordable basics that will function for years in my life... well except for this really expensive fabulous beautiful fair trade winter coat in PURPLE!

YAY ... share your eco wish list in the comments, whether your birthday is coming or not :)

Men's Organic Jeans

If these aren't the sexiest men's organic jeans ever! Corsican eco designer MACHJA has been acclaimed as the organic "Gap" of Europe, but I find their detailing, design, quality and ethics so far superior to anything the gap has ever dreamed of. And this season's organic denim from Machja is no exception. I think they may have even outdone themselves with the sturdy quality, seductive shade of indigo blue and the fab signature "M" stitched on the back pockets of the Martingala Jean.
Coming to The Oko Box in the next few days, with Machja's organic men's Figari shirt and organic Ombro polo(shown in this picture).