A TikToker has revealed how to adjust the waistband of jeans without the need for a needle and thread – and viewers are calling it the ‘best hack ever’.
Jenny Nguyen (@jennyxngyn), from the US, shared a video revealing a simple technique her mother taught her.
The 12-second clip has been viewed more than 262,000 times and liked 35,000 times, with impressed followers flocking to leave comments including ‘this is so clever’ and ‘GENIUS’.
Jenny, who is 6 feet tall and has a 24 inch waist, is having trouble finding jeans that fit properly, but all she needs is a shoelace and scissors to solve the problem.
The fashionista makes two slits in the waistband of her jeans and then threads a shoelace through them, which acts as a drawstring.
“My mom taught me this, absolutely nothing new but I just wanted to share it,” she captioned the clip.
The video starts with Jenny, who weighs 48 kg, wearing jeans that drown her petite body.
She holds up her tools (a white shoelace and a pair of scissors) before starting the simple step-by-step guide.
Jenny makes two incisions on the inside of the waistband to warn viewers not to cut through the outer layer of fabric.
She then weaves a shoelace through the holes and ties the ends together at the front. This causes the waistband to gather in the same way as a drawstring.
Jenny Nguyen has revealed how to adjust the waistband of jeans without the need for a needle and thread
Jenny holds up her tools (a white shoelace and a pair of scissors) before starting the simple step-by-step guide
She makes two incisions on the inside of the waistband to warn viewers not to cut through the outer layer of fabric
Jenny weaves a shoelace through the holes in the waistband and ties the ends together at the front
The TikToker tries on the custom jeans to show how they now fit her perfectly
Finally, the TikToker tries on the custom jeans to show how they now fit her perfectly.
Jenny emphasized that the trick was to ‘crack the jeans’ as you push the shoelace through the waist.
A flood of comments were left by a number of viewers who were incredibly impressed with Jenny’s simple but effective hack.
One wrote: ‘this is so clever’, while another wrote ‘GENIUS’.
“This is the best hack ever!!!,” a third agreed.
Another person added: “you are a lifesaver.”
“THIS WORKED SO WELL,” someone else said.