ReadyMade: Instructions for everyday life

Natty threads (and bags, jewels, and accessories) you can make, or re-make, yourself, from ReadyMade's project vault.

Craft a flattering high-waisted skirt from a collared button-up shirt, and avoid having to put in a zipper...

Billy Reid gives a work shirt woolly sleeves, adding visual contrast and warmth for fall...

In homage to old-fashioned workwear and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, Kin Lee refabbed some seriously premium one-of-a-kind denim...

Eviana Hartman fashioned an edgy one-piece wonder from an old mechanic's jumpsuit...

Turning a men's shirt into a simple paper-bag skirt is the perfect way to recycle an old button-down...