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I-DIY: Whip Up Your Own Kenzo-Inspired Ribbon Sweatshirt

By Chloe Daley, Video by Jack Pearce, Video by Christopher Michael Beer, Photographed by Amelia Alpaugh

We admit, we love being ahead of the game when it comes to trends. So, when we saw the Kenzo grosgrain ribbon sweatshirt coming down the fall '13 catwalk, our heads went spinning. It's the perfect way to bring a cozy winter essential out into the spring sunshine, and it's so easy to make but so luxe-looking that it'll elicit the best sort of cognitive dissonance. Using a basic men's crewneck sweatshirt from H&M and some extra ribbons, we whipped up our own version of the runway look. Watch on for this seriously easy how-to.

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Transcript
00:06Hi guys, I'm Chloe with Refinery29 and today I'm going to be making a version of the Kenzo
00:11sweatshirt that I saw on the 2013 Fall Runway. So let's get started. What you'll need is a basic
00:17crew neck sweatshirt, various ribbons, scissors, and fabric glue. So for the first step I'm going
00:22to go ahead and cut the arms off the sweatshirt so it's a little more spring appropriate. I went
00:27ahead and tried it on and marked it at the elbow and now I'm just going to go ahead and
00:31cut them off. I'm going to go ahead and roll the sleeves up so it shows the underside a
00:36little bit. So for the next step you'll want to take your ribbon and I have an assortment
00:40of greens and blacks. You'll want to go ahead and cut different pieces however long you want.
00:46I'm going to leave some edges frayed and then some cut diagonally. Start laying a pattern
00:51out and then once you have laid out your pattern you can go ahead and start gluing them on.
00:56So once you're done laying down all the ribbon you're finished. This is a great project if
01:01you want to revamp an old sweatshirt for spring and it's a great way to get a head start on
01:05the look that Kenzo has for fall.
01:07We'll see you next time.
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