Raquel Allegra captured my attention with her high fashion shredded tee-shirts, reclaimed from Los Angeles County jails. I wrote this tutorial for shredding tees in her style. Click on any image to enlarge it. Any questions? Send me an e-mail at outsapop.com@gmail.com.

Step 1.

Unravel the hem seam open all around.

Step 2.

With a seam ripper find one layer of thread and pull it open from the hem.
This thread will determine how wide your shredded part will be. The
unravelled area will be about 2,5 times wider than the original. If you pull
out about 10cm (about 4 inches) it will be about 25cm (10 inches) wide when
done.

Step 3.

The easiest thing is to leave a few jersey loops unravelled. These are good
points to pull the nearby loops open. Speed things up loads.

Continue until it’s shredded to your satisfaction. To guide you, I made two videos to demonstrate how the unraveling is done.

As you can see I have put my feet inside the shirt to help stretch the jersey tight. The jersey unravels easier when it is pulled tight and straight.