For my ten day embellishment, collar and cuffs challenge I wanted to deconstruct the shirt including two other t-shirts to create a reconstruction on the shirt that I wanted to embellish. to do this I tie-dye elements a t-shirt and used it for my collar using the coloured dyes I created for the big knit challenge pink, orange and yellow, I also dyed the pleated element from the shirt that I reconstructed on and Dyed it the same way as the collar. I embellished the bottom of the shirt with buttons to match the colours I chose for 1950’s, citrus as I wanted them to symbolise lemons, oranges and grapefruits. I wanted to add a few extra textile techniques to my shirt by sewing a running, blanket and tack stich using embroidery threads to balance out the shirt. I then used the arm knit technique I learned from the big knit workshop to create a laddered necklace effect to add extra texture to the shirt. Finally I tack stitched the sleaves from the big knit t-shirt that I dyed to the sleaves to bring it all together as one final embellishment, collar and cuffs challenge shirt. Overall I really enjoyed deconstructing, constructing and embellishing my shirt to tie in with 1950’s citrus theme. I feel that I was able to show techniques that I learnt from the ten days of the fashion/textiles course and I’m happy with the overall outcome of the embellishment, collar and cuffs challenge.