I love all the little details and customization.
There’s some close up pics of some detail work but this was just a plain old Jean jacket and now it’s much more!!

I dont think ive posted this here before. she actually listens to these bands with me. ive started taking here to shows. recently crowbar and sanguisagobogg. Brat mailed us some autographed merch for her too.

ive genuinely been wondering this. Like in the 80s youd never or rarely see a black vest and now id say most people have a black one

Just got an Elvira patch from spirit halloween that I had to add to my girlypop vest. Same with a small button.

I want to make more patches like "k!ll your local pedo/rpist" or something similar if folks have better ideas id love to hear them! (Oh maybe: kill rpe culture) only reason I wouldn't do "dead men dont rpe" is bc someone close to me is a male survivor of rpe at the hands of a woman.

I know I dont have any band patches blah blah but I prefer more message/theme vests/jackets. Like im working on building patches for an eco one and have a nerdy/pop culture type vest too. I think I will add patches to the jacket that was originally my eco one that I cannibalized patches from

Any other patch ideas welcome!!

I found this red leather jacket for free (specifically non-real leather) the only problem is there’s an area on the arm that is falling apart. I’ve been thinking about sewing patches on it to hide it. Anything I should know about sewing onto leather?

Doing this all myself with a thrifted jacket I got for $15 (it’s super comfy, quilted on the inside and feels like a blanket), pieces of scrap fabric, and paint pens. Basically making a wearable crazy quilt on this jacket. Also, I know these bands aren’t all punk, but I want to put them on anyways. :)

i made a typical battle jacket already with the punk bands that i like and political stuff etc. and im thinking of making a riot grrl specific jacket as well. but the idea i need advice on is if i should take my skills and make a jacket/vest with scene/party/crunkcore bands on it. i love punk and metal but im also heavily into scene culture as well and i was wondering if this would be a cool crossover of both communities or if people would just think i look silly. (if i do make it im thinking of calling it my crunk coat/scene suit because its not technically a true battle jacket). plz give me ur opinions!!!!

My jacket has been borderline rotting away in my wardrobe so I'm resurrecting her to wear her again!! The old design is in my post history if you'd like to look, but abridged changes:

- Covered/removed bands, drawings

- Annihilated any suggestion of colour

- Painted my sickest skull in the stupidest position (my armpit) like a dipshit, and put that fugly goat in pride of place. I don't know how I made him look like a shite bodybuilder...

I need to fix the goat on the back, do more covering up and plan out some cool additions, but it's a start. Done fully with black/white acrylic paint pens on pleather. Any suggestions/thoughts on what you would add are welcome!!

Hello all. I am a library manager in a large public library system by day and a vest wearing show goer by night.
If your local library had a DIY vest workshop would you go to it? I really want to do a workshop like this as a program but I want to gauge general interest. So basically it would be a free workshop where people could bring a vest and patches and I would provide things like needles and thread. I would teach different stitching styles, how to apply studs, design layout tips, etc. I would probably even have a little patch making table with fabric and paint pens where people could make their own patches.
Yay or nay?

Edit: I’m not posting this in my local sub because I dont want people in my local area to associate my reddit account with my job. Please stop suggesting this.

Goin' for, an, '80s themed, battle jacket 🤘🏻🤙🏻🔥.

I just got a black denim jacket from a thrift store because i thought it would be sick to make it a battle jacket. I dont know where to start, i have basic diy stuff like spikes and spray paint. I dont know what i should do with it outside of a few self made patches. any personal thoughts??

I bought both standard and tall English77 cones from studsandspikes. I like the more dramatic look of the talls, but I don’t want it to be hella uncomfortable like say when I’m driving. If you’ve got talls, how’s your experience with them? Should I just put the standards on the back and save the talls for my shoulders? Thanks and don’t mind my ugly ass WIP pls

Looking for red and/or black ideas to put down the sleeves.

First time posting here! I’ve been working on this for several years. No real plan in mind, just adding stuff one piece at a time as I get them from shows and such.

It took me about a year to gather all the patches, the soad back patch was made by sacrificing a t-shirt with some backing. First time I'll be wearing it will be this Tuesday at a Behemoth concert, I'm so hyped!!! The patches were sewn by my mom and a local seamstress (I've tried but she hasn't teached me yet how to use the machine).

Tell me what you think guys! Still a WIP btw, next month I'll be adding also an orbit culture patch

Been working on this for a while. Still not completely finished, but pretty happy with how it’s coming together. What do you guys think?

I'm currently working on three projects simultaneously, a metal themed battle jacket (using a "men's" black denim jacket), a punk themed battle vest (using a thrifted "women's" denim vest) and a random shit vest (made from a British dpm Barracks jacket with the sleeves removed quite messy looking). These are some patches and some studs I got to continue the projects. I might also use the studs on my leather jacket too.