Ksubi’s Designer Duo Take Artistic License

Ksubi designers Dan Single (far left) and George Gorrow with model Whitney wearing the brightly painted jeans they made.

What You’ll Need

• one pair each of white and black jeans in identical styles
• white and primary-color oil-based paint
• a palette for mixing
• a flat, wide paintbrush
• x-acto knife, needle, and strong black thread

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Step 1: let it rip

Using an X-Acto knife, cut the white jeans along the side seams so that the front and back halves are separated. Do the same with the black jeans.

Step 2: mix-a-lot

Mix the primary-color paints with white for a palette of bright pastels. Next, lay the front half of the white jeans faceup and apply abstract streaks up and down the entire surface.

step three: the whole story

Allow time to dry, then sew the painted front half to the black back half with the needle and thread. (Optional: Repeat these steps with the other two halves for a second pair of customized jeans!)

from teenvogue