A TikTok user makes her own 'designer' tiny handbags using glasses cases and hardware store finds
- TikTok user Chantal Maguire shared an idea for creating handbags from designer glasses cases in a video tutorial.
- Maguire drills holes on the sides of sunglasses cases and fastens drawer handles.
- She also showed fans how to add chains and clasps to the DIY miniature purses, which are a nod to the tiny handbag trend famously worn by Lizzo and other celebrities in 2019.
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The latest fashion idea to float around TikTok involves one creator who's showing people how to transform designer glasses cases into red carpet-inspired tiny handbags.
TikTok user Chantal Maguire gives a detailed tutorial on how to create the miniature "purses" using a drawer handle from a hardware store and an empty glasses case.
Maguire demonstrated opening a sunglasses case to the hinged opening, where she marked two equally spaced spots. She then drilled two holes where she had marked and attached the handle to the case using screws.
"Bam, you've got yourself a purse — and tell me you aren't looking at this thinking shooketh!" Maguire says at the end of the video.
Maguire's TikTok hack gives people a clever way to create their own version of the miniature purse — a trend sparked by French designer Simon Porte Jacquemus, who released the $500 4-inch-wide Le Chiquito purse in 2019. Lizzo famously added fire to the trend when she arrived at the American Music Awards in November 2019 carrying an ultra-tiny Valentino bag.
"I thought it was cute, and creative repurposing is sick," one user said commented on Maguire's tutorial.
"If Kim K wore it y'all would be obsessed," another user wrote.
Maguire also shared a follow-up video, which demonstrates how to secure a clasp or chain to the cases using a strong adhesive, such as E6000 glue, and tape.
There's no shortage of ideas demonstrated by TikTok creators that show people how to give a new life to items in their closet.
For example, creators have shown fans how to find the perfect pair of jeans without trying anything on and how to turn a pair of tights into a crop top.
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