Ryan Gale

The big secret the fashion industry doesn't want you to know: You can pretty easily DIY your favorite clothes and fashion trends. Not only will you score a personalized item completely unique to you, but it'll cost you half the price, if that, of what some popular retailers sell these trends for. Tons of creators on TikTok and YouTube have already tapped into the DIY fashion trend, meaning tons of easy DIY tutorials are already waiting for you on these platforms.

In college, Symphony Clarke had a rich roommate, who she says “would look so bomb” when the two would go out. Like the average college student, Clarke, now 24, isn’t rich and knew she couldn’t afford Gucci or Dior, but she wanted the same vibe. A friend suggested she start thrifting. “I was like, ‘You mean Goodwill?’ And they were like, ‘There are so many other places besides Goodwill,'” she tells Elite Daily. One trip to the thrift store later, and the wheels in Clarke’s head started turning.

Now that athleisure is a billion-dollar business, it can be hard to feel unique when you're stepping into the same sweatsuit and sneakers that half of Instagram is wearing. On the flip side, Instagram is also a treasure trove of accounts selling reworked sportswear into one-of-a-kind pieces to make you stand out on the timeline.