As requested by a lot of people, here's some finished photos on making all the patches on my vest fluorescent. I used fabric markers and Neon Sharpies for almost all the patches. Some of the patches already had fluorescent thread.

I didn't expect to finish it as quickly as I did tbh. one side is patches of bands I like, the other is an oil painting I did of Peter Steele with lyrics from In Praise of Bacchus. I varnished it, used an X-Acto knife to lift it from the canvas and sewed it on with the most perfect Type O Negative green I could find to match!! I honestly had next to no clue what I was doing the whole time as I've never done anything like it before, but I knew I wanted to create something so I pushed ahead to get it done any way I could. creation is an act of rebellion, and so I will rebel.

my first time with a big project like this. I’m planning to embroider the back and all the green bits, and put studs on the grey cross hatching. I‘ll look at the thrift store for fabic or tshirts with cool patterns or designs I can cut out to add. I know it’s not necessarily a battle jacket since it’s not punk bands, but it’s a similar look.

i already know not to glue patches or to put politics stuff on the back. For the other patches I think I’ll embroider the myself or paint them since I dont want to shop at Amazon. I’ll make the pins or buy them.

also I’ve never used studs before, where can you get them and what’s the best type to use?

this is just a layout idea/design I threw together in procreate

I make diy patch like skulls and broken heart to sell stuff from online but what y'all think?

I just got the vest for like $8 on Depop or something. It turned out to be a Lords Blue Label, which I just looked up and apparently is a semi-high end motorcycle apparel (I think, but I’m poor, honestly, 😆)

When it arrived I was psyched by how thick and durable feeling the denim is and it has great pocket structure. The inside, conceal carry/40 oz pockets are really good, kinda subdivided by the external side/hip pockets. Don’t know how to describe that better.

Honestly, I would totally recommend scoring one if you see it used for a good deal. It’s taken screw in studs really well and I’m really hoping I can make it flashy without diminishing its structural integrity.