| Show I Salt Lake designers Drop Dead Sarah Nielson Contributing Writer Cable providers have hay a a. a Yourself It channel that thai teaches viewers to scrapbook make objects out of wood and numerous other skills Two local i sisters have now taken I that idea and applied it to toI I I fashion I- I ISue r Sue and Wendy Clements own and operate Drop Dead DIY Fashion bugs have taken laken notice of DIY fashion as it il makes a mark markon markon markon on on on Salt Sail Lake fashion When you spend a lot lol lotof lotof of money on clothing you your 4 r t T Prop Dead DIY local clothing sold on tin eBay und und r or or at c want to look good You dont don't want to lo walk into inlo a party with other people wearing your clothes Wendy Clements said One of clothing makes you feel special Clements and her sister are arc happy to lo see their home state embracing independent fashion 4 Other cities including New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and Los Angeles have had successful popular boutiques stocking shelves with designs from locals Now the Clements want that thai trend to lo continue People support local bands so why not nol support local fashion Wendy Vendy Clements said Sue Clements the elder of the two Iwo DIY designing sisters started selling her fashion items Hems on eBay in 2003 She teamed learned up with wilh Wendy four months ago Its more productive to work together so we combined forces Sue Sueh h 11 i Ht rh I J 1 Clements said The sisters 19 and 23 have h ve been sewing since they were in their early teens Wendy received her first sewing machine as a gift at al age 13 Both Bolh women recall designing as early as 10 years old My first experience with sewing was cutting culling up sleeve long-sleeve thermal shirts and turning them into inlo cardigans then Ihen cutting culling up pants and adding fabric to 10 the sides Sue Clements said 1 00 It Do t- t Yourself Continued on page 2 t 4 q in Sisters create DoIt Do- Do It- It Yourself It-Yourself clothing Continued from page 1 Wendy Vendy recalls using dental floss to secure clothing before learning to sew Her favorite design is a corset made from froma a Nightmare Before Christmas shirt One of Sue Sues Sue's s creations is a dress made from an old Boy Scouts of America shirt and camouflage fishnet material For the Clements music has been a strong influence on their work the designs all have a punk- punk rock theme Music is how and why I started designing Sue Clements said Ten years ago when I got into the punk rock music scene you couldn't find punk rock clothing so I made my own Growing up in Layton Utah Ulah Sue wanted to stand standout standout standout out from the rest of her classmates in school and now that des desire re to create and be unique has morphed into a fashion career Th The Clement sisters want to offer one-of-a- one kind clothing not found in chain stores Most of their designs are reconstructed clothing m made de from vintage concert shirts They also sell screen-printed screen tee shirts and Sue does all the artwork by hand |
