Skorch
F E AT U R E
DO IT YOURSELF
Stitchin’
and confident
by LILLI HINGEE | frocksandfroufrou.com
It’s
It’s cold, grey,
wet day in
Melbourne
today, and I’m procrastinating a
few other jobs on my list by doing
that embroidered collar tutorial
that I promised you. Behold! the
first DIY post I’ve done in over a
year (the last one
was that heart
tee remix from
the start of 2016,
yikes!)
I got the idea for
this shirt after
seeing a photo
of the wonderful
Stephanie Beatriz
(the actor who
plays Det. Rosa
Diaz on Brooklyn
Nine-Nine)
wearing a shirt
with the words
“fuck” and “off”
embroidered on the collar. She
pulls it off magnificently, but she’s
about 193 levels of sass above
me, so I thought I’d have a go and
DIY myself something similar…
but with a slightly less provocative
catch phrase.
I chose “Feminist Killjoy” because,
well, because
I freaking love
the phrase, and
Stephanie Beatriz
may be 193 levels
of sass above me,
but that doesn’t
mean I have
zero sass.
I wore it and felt
fierce and spent
the whole day
exchanging grins
with women on
the street and on
public transport.