Customising Your Denim with boohooMAN

A little while ago, along with a handful of boohooMAN's favourite menswear bloggers, I was invited to their Denim Workshop. The boohooMAN design team were on hand to teach us how simple it can be to customise your own denim, at home with just a few common tools. I've never customised denim before but after a short while I finally got the hang of how to make rips, distressed looks, applying patches and making unique cuts.

Anyone can do it, seriously. All you really need is some iron-on patches, scissors, sand paper, something like a needle to pick the threads and of course a large table to work on, or maybe even the floor.

I chose this dark denim jacket from boohooMAN to showcase my skills and wanted to start off with the front of the jacket by colouring in and making a showcase piece of the front denim pockets. For my left pocket, I used a white marker pen to colour in the pocket flap and stripe pattern on the pocket. The right pocket has been torn off and painted yellow where the pocket previously was. I then picked the stitching on the left pocket and sanded the edges giving it a bit more rustic look.

I think I went a little over the top with rips on the arms and back, so my top tip would be that less is more when you are a beginner, getting the hang of denim customisation. Remember you can always add extra rips later on for further personalisation.

Finally to showcase that this is a true one of a kind, limited edition, created by me for me piece - I added a little '1 of 1' motif at the hem of the jacket.

What do you think? Only honest comments welcome!!

Show me how you customise your denim by tagging your photos with #boohooMANstyle.