DIY baroque shorts

Browsing through asos magazine recently, I started to lust after these gorge baroque gem hot pants! I mean, gems + tiiiiny shorts are two of my fave things, so onto a winner here!

But they're all pretty pricey for a student, so I decided to give it a go myself!

Here is what I did, in trashy MS paint form:

Pretty self explanatory ;) Just scissors, flat backed gems, a glue gun and a little creativity! I used hot glue, but superglue would be fine. Also you could stitch beads, but that would take longer. If gluing, use a strong glue, and try to avoid places where the fabric will naturally crease, to improve sticking power.

Here is the finished product on:

What do you think? xxox