Stitched a denim jacket using only thrifted patches and actually got compliments on it

I pieced together about 15 patches from old goodwill shirts onto a $8 jacket from the same store, and three strangers stopped me on the bus last week to ask where I bought it. Anyone else find that mixing totally unrelated fabrics somehow works better than matching them?

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richard11016d ago

Woof. Gotta disagree hard here. Mixing random thrift patches is just gonna give you a jacket that looks like a hobo's picnic blanket. I've seen people try this and it ends up looking like a mess of clashing colors and random logos that don't mean anything. The real trick is picking a theme - like all band patches or all motorcycle club style stuff - and sticking to it. Otherwise you just look like you got tackled in a Goodwill donation bin. Those bus strangers were probably just being nice.

umamurphy15d ago

Gotta push back on that. Some of the best looking jackets I've seen were total chaos patches with no theme. It's more honest that way, like you actually found stuff you liked instead of buying a pre planned look off Etsy.