Shiny Things Gallery | Other Shiny Things | Lavender Threat thrifted/upcycled jacket
You can't have a lavender scare without a lavender threat, right? ...Right? Ha ha, represent.
The moment I saw this jacket next to a particularly striking striped dress shirt, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. Pulling it off was another thing, as it too often is. And I had to do it all ass backward, as I so often do, but I didn't want to do ANYTHING to the polka dot lining. Something about it is just so, so right. I carefully cut letters out of the back and tried to make them look as "torn" as I dared, then cut a piece of a dress shirt sleeve into the right size and shape... and fed it into one of the "letter holes" to avoiding having to tear any of the seams holding the lining to the shell. If that doesn't make sense or sounds like I made the project way more difficult than it had to be, then yes, that's right. It worked, okay, it's fine.
The little "epaulets" are actually just ancient lucite claw beads and dark amethyst beads attached to pin backs, so they can be placed anywhere. I've been keeping these claw beads for roughly forever, as it my way, and now they are finally needed to complete a little bit of joyful spite art. Perfection.
Available for Sale
The moment I saw this jacket next to a particularly striking striped dress shirt, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. Pulling it off was another thing, as it too often is. And I had to do it all ass backward, as I so often do, but I didn't want to do ANYTHING to the polka dot lining. Something about it is just so, so right. I carefully cut letters out of the back and tried to make them look as "torn" as I dared, then cut a piece of a dress shirt sleeve into the right size and shape... and fed it into one of the "letter holes" to avoiding having to tear any of the seams holding the lining to the shell. If that doesn't make sense or sounds like I made the project way more difficult than it had to be, then yes, that's right. It worked, okay, it's fine.
The little "epaulets" are actually just ancient lucite claw beads and dark amethyst beads attached to pin backs, so they can be placed anywhere. I've been keeping these claw beads for roughly forever, as it my way, and now they are finally needed to complete a little bit of joyful spite art. Perfection.
Available for Sale
