1.Move out the imperfect zip by cautiously loosening its sews on the hooded jacket. Use a pair of little scissors to cut off each single stitch; and then force them out with your fingers.

2.Measuring the length of the original zipper with your measuring tapeline.

3.Buy a replacing zipper of the same length and coloring as the original one so it fits the hooded jacket. Unzip the zipper so that you have two apart pieces.

4.Put the cloth end of the zipper piece that carries the pulley within the left edge of the jacket front. Pin the zipper to hold it in place. Tailor in the zipper onto the liner of the cloth. Topstitch the outside cloth onto the liner and the zipper fabric.

By using your imaging and some supplyings, it will be possible to style a one-of-a-kind Nike hoody that will be your individual creation and the talk among your friends. This creates a fun craft for your friends or children to do together. 

1.Design your pattern. Make the type of pattern you want for your Nike hoody on the cartoon paper. When you have a layout designed on paper, you will be able to use that as a usher to shift your creative activity to your jacket. You can draw it using all the colourings you want to apply.2.Set the iron-on patches, while using the adhesive side on the Nike hoody, where your drawing dictates. Use a hot smoothing iron to reassign the patch to the Nike hoody fabric. If you are using more one iron-on patch, let each patch time to cool in advance of moving on to the next patch. There are all sizing's of patches, so use different sizes to give your hoody some proportion. 

Since we've spent a lot of time in discussing women's clothing, today we will have a look at men's clothes. As for clothes for men, they can be described as comfortable, casual, wearable, suitable for school or other occasions and also you can choose from a lot of materials like lots of denim, lots of graphics and lots of plaid.
Hoodies make great layering pieces as well! Most of them are inscribed with symbols of college sports teams, some come with a zipper, and some have a hood fully lined with fleece. They’re warm and pleasant to wear, and they look quite cool. Among the prints, we note: Pitt, Southern California, Penn State, Notredame Irish, Texas Longhorns etc. Have you found your favorite ones?
Long-sleeves are the ideal tops for fall and winter. Sometimes T-shirts just aren’t enough! The long-sleeves at American Eagle have various styles, from graphic jumpers to simple sweaters and polo-necks. All of them have at least a small logo of the brand on the chest, if not a whole print on the front. You can use these as first layers for winter, or you can wear them with the sleeves up, in a very casual manner, with a pair of jeans and some sneakers.
Graphic tees are also a cool and necessary addition to your wardrobe. You’ve worn them through summer, and now you can layer them with shirts or hoodies for the cool season. The prints on these tee include the traditional American Eagle logo, as well as writings, and the color range is quite wide: white, yellow, green, red, blue, black etc. There are also some cool striped polo T-shirts, which have a slightly more elegant look, because of their collars.


 

Have you ever thought of designing your own hoodies but have no idea where to start? Here will introduce you two ways to design your own custom hoodie. 
Instructions
1), The first and possibly the easiest way to design your own hoodie will be to buy a plain hoodie with the color you favor. You can pick them up in your local clothing stores or other arts and craft stores.  
2), Buy some iron in transfers. These can be usually found in the electronics 
department of stores, but as well as can be found at arts and crafts stores.
3), Use your paint or photo editing program to design your print on your computer. If you haven't the program then you should download a free photo editing program from the Internet. 
4), Print your design onto the transfer as directed on the box. Follow the directions on how to iron the transfer to onto your shirt.
5), The other way to design your hoodie is to use an webstie specializing on designing hoodie, including  http://www.customink.com.
6),There are a variety of hoodies you can customize on this website and it will also provide an online program where you can easily design your hoodies just to follow the steps it asks you to do. This online service will cost you a little more and will be a bit less rechnically needed for you if you need a lot of set hirts. 

If you want to enlarge your cotton hoodie, the most common way is to shrink garments to make it large. Since garments like cotton hoodies are not easy to come back to its original state if you over-enlarge it. But if you do not bother too much about it, then you can try this. 
Instructions
1), Find a dress that meets your needs. You should use a female dress form for women's hoodies and a male dress form for men's hoodies. The dress form must expand to the size you want to stretch the hoodie to. It must also have a head, which not all dress forms have.
2), Adjust the spacers on the dress form until it is the approximate size you want to stretch the hoodie to.
3), Try to put the hoodie on the dress form. If it doesn't suit well, you will need another stretch to make it small size and then re-stretch to your needed size. 
4), Take the hoodie off the and soak it in warm water.
5), Gently wring out most of the excess water, but not all of it.
6), Put the hoodie on the dress form. Be sure to pull the hood up over the head. Wait for it to completely dry.

Although spring is yet to come, the warm weather already makes you put the coat away. To keep fashionable and keep warm but not too warm, hoodies are great choices for men. 
A number of popular brands that were once solely in the market of selling t-shirts have now begun introducing lines of men's hoodies including Affliction, Aqua VI, Ed Hardy, and Manchester. These hoodies are usually full of graphics and processed in a unique way. Many are stone washed and tacked with dyes and pigments to create one of a kind patterns and designs. Some also come with foil or rivets. This of course puts them at a higher price point, typically $40 to $50 more. The material is also usually thinner and hangs off the body better. In recent years these have been very popular, as the name of the brand drive purchase almost more than the garment's appearance. Men over age 20 typically buy these styles.
Men's Sports Hoodies
Another style of men's hoodies are the sports hoodies. These come from brands such as Nike, Reebok, and Adidas and are very different in appearance and material. They are designed for athletes, so the material is thinner and slicker to keep the athlete cool and get off sweat. The designs are simple and are mostly stripes and simple graphics with the company name. These are usually designed for athletes, teens, and active adults. It is also trendy to buy them in the color of a favorite team.

If you want to have a hoodie that fits, try shrinking it in the washer and dryer. If you bought a large hoodie by accident, you may need to make it smaller. One possible solution is to shrink the hoodie in the washer and dryer. In some instances, your hoodie 
may be preshrunk, making it difficult to shrink any further. If your hoodie is made of cotton, the material is bound to shrink somewhat. 
More Instructions
1), Wash your hoodie in high heat or add it to an existing load or wash it separately. You must remember that if you wash it with other cotton clothing, every cotton dress will also shrink.
2), Dry your hoodie in high heat. Cotton usually contracts under high heat because the cotton fibers retain the water. The water makes the cotton fibers to tighten and shrink. If dried too quickly, the cotton fibers will keep their shortened length. If dried slowly, the water will lose and return the thread to its original size.
3), Try on your newly shrunk hoodie. If it is still too large, repeat the process until the hoodie fits snugly on your body. This may take two to three more washes and dries. 
Warnings
 It's always possible for your hoodie to shrink overly.

Although spring is yet to come, the warm weather already makes you put the coat away. To keep fashionable and keep warm but not too warm, hoodies are great choices for men. For hoodies are your best choices when you are doing exercise and when you want to dress casually, they do not have some limitation on your body shape or outfits coordination. What's more, it will cost you too much to buy hoodies and you can change some new fashion hoodies if you like. 

Brand Name Hoodies for Men

The market is literally full of hundreds of different manufacturers that all have their own line of men's hoodies, ranging from brand names to private labels. As with any category of apparel, men's hoodies have their own set of trends and popular brands at the moment. The most common and universally known and appreciated for its casual appearnce and lower price point remain the west coast brands. These include Billabong, Hurley, Volcom, and Quicksilver. These hoodies are usually simple and only have one main color with a supporting logo or basic graphic. They are usually the lowest priced, but are extremely durable and with their casual nature, can be appreciated by a wide range of age groups.

Hoodies are the common dress in the fall and winter either seperately or matched with shirts as an extra layer of clothing. People who like using their hooded sweatshirts as outer wear, but only have zipperless hoodies, will face some difficulties. However, hoodies without zippers can be changed by installing a zipper. It's easy for to add a zipper to a hooded sweatshirt. It will take one to two hours to add a zipper to a hoodie.
More Instructions
1), Fold a crease in the front of the hoodie and use a steam iron to iron it.
2), Cut and lay a strip of versatile fusible interfacing down the middle of the crease. Using the iron, steam the interfacing into place. Cut the interfacing with scissors.
3), Cut the sweatshirt down the middle of the interfacing with scissors, where the crease was ironed in. This will be where the zipper will be installed.
4), Use wonder tape to lay the zipper in place. One or two pins also can be used to install the zipper in place.
5), Use a sewing machine to sew the new zipper on, beginning from the bottom of the shirt to the top, for both sides. Be sure the zipper teeth are facing inward before sewing.

The size of sweatshirts is different from T-shirts and dress clothes. You usual size may not perfectly fit into the hoodies. So you should measure yourslef properly with a tape measure and some instructions. Here are some steps for you to follow.
 More Instructions
1), Check the size chart for the sweatshirt you like. Some websites have a link to the size
chart directly from the product page. The size chart will tell you to measure which parts of your body.
2), Take off any outer garments, such as sweaters or jackets. Wear only what you plan
to wear under your sweatshirt, such as a T-shirt.
3), Have your friend measure the appropriate parts of your body, such as your chest, sleeve, neck, and shoulders. Measure the chest by wrapping the tape measure around the torso, just under the armpits. To measure your shoulders (also called "overarm"), your friend will need to wrap the measuring tape around your shoulders near the top of your shoulder blades at the fullest part of your arm. Decide the right sleeve length by running the tape measure down from the top of your shoulder to your wrist.
4), Try to find your matched size in the size chart. You may not perfectly match into one size; if your shoulder fits a small size, but your chest needs a medium, then follow the larger size to ensure comfort.