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Customize
your Wardrobe
By: Daysi Calavia-Lopez
Sometimes it seems as if people have uniforms; everyone wears the
same thing. Yeah, you'll go to a mall and you'll see a cute shirt,
but as you walk out of the store you'll see ten girls wearing it.
Argh!!! You complain to yourself and think that you have no
other alternative.
Think again. Custom
made clothes and accessory items are a solution. However, originality
may sometimes come at a high price. For $95.00 at www.nicnorman.com,
you can take a photograph that you really like and have it made into
a belt buckle. You send your own art or a photograph to an address
provided on the website. You can leave the photograph in its original
form or have a designer modify it. The website offers a diverse selection
of colors and belt styles. Before the belt is complete, the company
sends a proof of the belt so you can approve it or voice any changes
you want. The process takes 2-3 weeks from the time your picture was
received.
For t-shirts, check
out www.tees.com where you can custom
make shirts by following three easy steps: 1.Select a design 2. Select
a blank tee 3. Select the details. There are many designs available
for only $9.00. Some designs include "Fonzy," the character
from the famous show Happy Days, or phrases such as, "I
want to be a low rider," "Skate America," and even
"Jesus is my homeboy!" You can also e-mail them with whatever
you'd like your shirt to say. This website also includes vintage t-shirts
for both guys and girls ranging from $16-$34.
At www.choiceshirts.com
you can put your name on a t-shirt with one of their custom-made featured
designs for $19.95 (adult size) and $13.95 (children's size). You
can also have "Photo shirts" made for the same prices, but
you must upload the photo. The website also offers thousands of other
shirts featuring various styles in different categories ranging from
Christian to patriotic, bikers, pets, humor and more.
You can make similar
custom made tees at T-shirts USA located in Dolphin Mall. It costs
$6.99 for the plain shirt and 20 to 50 cents for lettering. In that
store you and your significant other can even decide to engrave dog
tags with each other's names on them. Or make t-shirts that say "I
love _____!"
If wearing a t-shirt
that proclaims your love for someone or has that person's face on
it is too over the top for you, then you can design one with your
best friends and let everyone know who the "Shorty" of the
group is.
Custom made clothes
not only alleviate the boring graphic t-shirts put out by corporate
giants like Abercrombie & Fitch, they're a way to communicate
to others who you really are. They can show off your school pride
or that you're part of a fraternity or sorority. So the next time
you are bored with the clothes you've seen everywhere and on everyone
and you want to get creative by yourself or with a group of friends,
you can think about making your own!
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