5/22/12 DIY Ombre Button Down

1. Take an old shirt or thrift a shirt you want to ombre! We got this shirt at a Goodwill!

2. Fill a bucket with water.

3. Mix in bleach according to directions on bottle.

4. Wet the bottom of your button down.

5. Dip the bottom of your button down into the bleach and let sit.

6. And wait.

7. Wait.

8. Make sure only the bottom is in the bleach solution.

9. When satisfied with results, rinse bleached area with water until all the bleach is out.

10. Wash by hand with detergent solution.

11. Hang dry or use dryer.

12. Wear stylish new ombre shirt! -like a baws ;)

Something awesome about this shirt is that the blue stripes didn't bleach out! Only the grey was washed away from the bleach. I think the button down came out pretty well for our first try. Things NOT to do that we learned from doing this; make sure you do not throw the freshly bleached shirt into the washing machine to keep the bleach from blotching other parts of the shirt. Also, make sure you thoroughly wet the area you want to ombre so the bleach slowly climbs its way up the shirt. Overall, this was loads of fun doing with my friend and heck, it is a rad shirt!