By Jenn Kennedy
Are you ever browsing a store or website and wish you could modify something a touch — change the color, the pockets or the pattern? Here are two genius options for juicing your creative mind.
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Imagine This Custom Couture Fashion Design Kit, $895, is fun for any age. Find it at fao.com.
Don’t we all secretly dream of being a fashion designer? Now we can. This kit includes a Designer’s Portfolio with everything a designer needs to begin the process, including fabric swatches, pencils, sketchpad and a questionnaire for her to capture the details. There are a variety of fabric swatches to choose from like organza, taffeta, charmeuse and chiffon. Once the design is created, you can collaborate with a professional New York City fashion designer. The final product comes with a hand-sewn, custom label with a moniker of your choosing.
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Custom Vans sneakers, $50 at vans.com.
So maybe a gown is too ambitious for a first project. How about sneakers? The timeless tennis shoes of the skater, surfer and punk rocker are now customizable. You can choose from old school style or the newer slip-ons, and you select the color and patterns — the result is a one-of-a-kind shoe, which is shipped directly to your doorstep.
That’s my shoe above, which matches all the navy basics in my closet.
