Make "Punk" Bondage Pants Now, as some of you may know, and some of you won't. I class myself as a "punk".. and all "punks" make their own clothes (apparently).. Here is how you can be "punk" too, by making the "punk" essential.. bondage pants! (or trousers.. but "punks" always call them pants) Materials you will need: Scissors Chalk Good sewing skills or someone who has them. Pants of your choice, as sturdy as possible. Any length and number of zips (I use 9...2 hip, 2 butt, 2 leg, 2 cargo, and 1 crotch) About a square yard of any pattern of THICK, STRONG fabric, leopard print is fun. You probably will not use the whole yard. Junk suspenders. Extra Suggestion: instead of using suspenders for the straps...try using nylon webbing. it doesn't stretch and it will hold pins, studs and spikes much better. you can pick this stuff up at fabric stores and sometimes better hardware stores. its usally found in hardware stores near the d-rings and clips. Four steel "O" rings (keychain rings work well). Steel clips (Hardware stores sell them). Rivets (optional, but cool). First, take the pants you decided on, and put them on. Pinch the back of the calves until the pants are as tight as you want them to be WHEN ZIPPED, making sure the inseam is parallel with the outer seam. With chalk, mark on the bottom seam of each leg on either side of the excess fabric, and once at the top of the "triangle" of fabric you've pinched. Take the pants off, take the chalk, and "connect the dots." You should now have drawn two identical triangles in chalk on the backs of your bondage pants. Using scissors, cut out the triangles along the INSIDE of the chalk lines (otherwise it will be too tight). Now, place the zips over the closed cuts, and sew the zips on. Open the zips. Size two triangles of fabric to be a half-inch bigger on every side than the triangle you cut out. Turn the pants inside out, and sew the triangles to the pants at the edges of the fabric. The legs should now zip shut tight, and open to reveal the fabric. Sew zips to the hip and arse pockets of your jeans. If they are cargoes, you can tear off the top flaps, and sew zips on them, too. You can make cargo pockets by slicing a slit in the side of the pants and sewing a zip on it, then turning them inside-out and sewing a square of fabric on the inside (you can use rivets to secure the corners...and it's a good idea). Make sure the top and sides of the square are long enough to cover the zip and leave a little extra room past it. If you want, cut the flap off that covers the fly on the front, and remove the zip fly/buttons for button fly. Cut the crotch seam open down to the inseam, and sew a LONG zip from the top of the fly to the inseam (if the zip is too short, sew up the seam below it. Now you have a half-crotch zip. If you're a girl, a homosexual/bisexual man, or a straight guy who likes to moon people, you may want to extend your seam slice and zip all the way to the back waistband, for a "full opening." Finally, the straps. Cut four 2.5" strips of material off each side of the suspenders (use the "short ends"), after taking them apart and cutting off the buttonholes/clips. Turn the pants inside out, and mark with chalk the four places where you want your bondage straps secured. Cut the outseam of the pants along those marks, making sure only to open the seam and not to cut the pants themselves. Double-stitch the end of the 1.5" piece of suspender to just inside the open seam, then loop the rest of the suspender through one of the keyrings. Double-stitch the other end of the suspender, making a loop containing the ring, and sew the seam back up, making sure the ring is on the OUTSIDE of the pants. These rings will secure your bondage straps. Take the rest of the suspenders, and trim to the size you'd like. On each end, attach a steel clip by putting the end of the suspender through the loop, folding it over and double-stitching it down (rivets work, too). Clip the straps to the rings. YOU HAVE MADE BONDAGE PANTS. You officially rule. If you'd like, sew on patches, add more straps, zips, pockets, whatever you like. The possibilities are limited only by your budget and the size of the pants. Have fun! Article written by dogbomb