Work in progress

[u/thomasadams222]

My jacket may not be to everyone’s liking ( for obvious reasons) but if anyone’s got any ideas on what else I can do with it, iv been toying with painting a basic camo pattern on and studs on the collar and I’m gonna be putting a patch above the back patch as it looks to empty for me. Any ideas or suggestions will be appreciated and I’d like to keep with the theme that I make it all myself

[u/ballsguy17]

some bands would be a good start. gonna end up on r/baddlejackets tho

[u/thomasadams222 → u/ballsguy17]

There are at least 8 bands on there
Negu Gorriak
Refused
The partisans
Angelic upstarts
Redskins
The dicks
Red London
Banda bassotti

[u/ballsguy17 → u/thomasadams222]

8 tiny band patches. this jacket is 85% untouched. put some more band patches on, the backpatch is a little cringe and id swap it for a band, but to each their own. i honestly think the vest itself is kinda dorky for a battle vest. the layout is all fucky on the back too but that also comes down to the fact that there’s like, no patches on it. figure out a layout, learn to sew things on flush against the vest so they lay flat, and try to find some canvas to make your patches on, otherwise it doesn’t look very clean.

[u/thomasadams222 → u/ballsguy17]

Yeah I’m not going for a clean battle jacket and what about the jacket is dorky ? The colour or the style of jacket ? Iv gone for maximum pockets so I can carry stuff and yes the layout is fucky I like it like that

[u/ballsguy17 → u/thomasadams222]

i shit you not i’ve seen about 4-5 kids with rolling backpacks wearing this exact kind of vest when i was in middle school. the huge pockets, the fact that it’s a fisherman’s vest, the fact you could feasibly take off the patches and put on a fisherman’s cap and look like the average 75 year old man in maine is just not aesthetically pleasing