How Do You Make Cut-Up Retro Shirts?
If you want to get a retro 1980s look with minimal time and effort, cutting up your T-shirt is a great way to do it. There are a dozen books out there that give you hundreds of ways to cut-up, rip-up and deconstruct your T-shirts, but there are a lot of looks that you can do without patterns and complex instructions. One of these looks is a retro ’80s off-shoulder cropped T-shirt. This look takes one minute and two cuts, and no careful planning. In fact, the rougher the cut and the sloppier the look, the more ’80s it will be. Choose a T-shirt that is at least one size bigger than what you usually wear. You want to wear it slouchy so it fits loose. Make the off-the-shoulder cut. Take your scissors and make a single diagonal cut–moving from one side of the collar, across the top and below the opposite shoulder. Make sure that the cut below the shoulder doesn’t cut off the sleeve entirely. Crop the bottom of the shirt by making a single cut across the bottom, at least a few inches above
