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Every high school sophomore, ever!
posted by Czjewel at 7:26 AM on November 21 [1 favorite]
posted by Czjewel at 7:26 AM on November 21 [1 favorite]
My current jean jacket is a mix of patches like these and cat-flavoured ones! Hooray!
posted by Kitteh at 7:42 AM on November 21
posted by Kitteh at 7:42 AM on November 21
The Battle Jacket Project celebrates and documents DIY, punk, and alternative material culture in in the DC area and around the world via community-building art workshops and an online battle jacket gallery.Cut-off
A cut-off, cut, kutte or battle vest (when sleeveless) and a battle jacket or patch jacket (regardless of sleeves), is a jacket adorned with patches related to the wearer's subculture or general interests. Patch jackets are generally made using denim jackets or leather jackets, often times with the sleeves cut off. They are a prominent part of various subcultures including bikers, metalheads and punks.posted by zamboni at 7:42 AM on November 21 [2 favorites]
I love everything about this and especially that they've done workshops with DC public libraries (what's more punk than the public library?) and Girls Rock!
posted by EvaDestruction at 8:45 AM on November 21 [3 favorites]
posted by EvaDestruction at 8:45 AM on November 21 [3 favorites]
Love these things.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:49 AM on November 21
posted by Going To Maine at 8:49 AM on November 21
Ah sweet summer children!
posted by hairless ape at 9:38 AM on November 21
posted by hairless ape at 9:38 AM on November 21
awesome!!! I love it
posted by supermedusa at 9:45 AM on November 21
posted by supermedusa at 9:45 AM on November 21
Best not to imitate biker stuff if you don't know what to avoid. Just the way things are arranged can invite a confrontation (by being too close to what members of an actual club would wear).
Less straightforward than simply not being into Nazi bands.
posted by snuffleupagus at 9:50 AM on November 21
Less straightforward than simply not being into Nazi bands.
posted by snuffleupagus at 9:50 AM on November 21
I would have never picked a Hawaiian shirt as the foundation for a battle jacket, but I'm sure it's only partly about the jacket and patches and mostly about the attitude. You rock it, Hawaiian shirt person!
posted by BlueHorse at 9:55 AM on November 21 [3 favorites]
posted by BlueHorse at 9:55 AM on November 21 [3 favorites]
One of the photos was taken at the Icelandic Punk Museum!
(When we visited, a volcano near Reykjavik had recently starting making various ominous noises and there had been a number of earthquakes overnight. The crusty old punk running the joint was grumbling about the apparent tizzy that the city was in as a result: "Everyone's freaking out because there's a volcano and earthquakes. Of course there's a volcano and earthquakes! We're in fucking Iceland for fuck's sake! There's fucking volcanos and earthquakes every day! You should be freaking out because the fucking sun is shining, not because of some fucking geological disturbance!")
posted by nickmark at 12:13 PM on November 21 [1 favorite]
(When we visited, a volcano near Reykjavik had recently starting making various ominous noises and there had been a number of earthquakes overnight. The crusty old punk running the joint was grumbling about the apparent tizzy that the city was in as a result: "Everyone's freaking out because there's a volcano and earthquakes. Of course there's a volcano and earthquakes! We're in fucking Iceland for fuck's sake! There's fucking volcanos and earthquakes every day! You should be freaking out because the fucking sun is shining, not because of some fucking geological disturbance!")
posted by nickmark at 12:13 PM on November 21 [1 favorite]
Best not to imitate biker stuff if you don't know what to avoid.
I know what to avoid: bikers.
posted by box at 1:27 PM on November 21 [2 favorites]
I know what to avoid: bikers.
posted by box at 1:27 PM on November 21 [2 favorites]
Just the way things are arranged can invite a confrontation
This *maybe* might have been true 40years ago, but these jackets have been part of regular people fashion now, and in all my decades in punk scenes I’ve never heard of a confrontation with a bike gang because of this.
posted by Jon_Evil at 2:56 PM on November 21 [2 favorites]
This *maybe* might have been true 40years ago, but these jackets have been part of regular people fashion now, and in all my decades in punk scenes I’ve never heard of a confrontation with a bike gang because of this.
posted by Jon_Evil at 2:56 PM on November 21 [2 favorites]
mine used to have anti-nazi patches on it, because there were nazi punks and skins... i mean the point was to invite confrontation with those kids. I cannot imagine punk shit not inviting a confrontation? Wasn't that the point, to be extremely clear about what confrontations you were picking
pretty sure no biker is going to mistake these for biker jackets, pretty sure if a biker wanted to attack punks, they would just do it and it wouldn't be a mistake
posted by eustatic at 4:05 PM on November 21 [1 favorite]
pretty sure no biker is going to mistake these for biker jackets, pretty sure if a biker wanted to attack punks, they would just do it and it wouldn't be a mistake
posted by eustatic at 4:05 PM on November 21 [1 favorite]
yeah, I’m specifically talking about designs and arrangements meant to look like ‘mc’ vests. (A “cut.”)
Down to the geometry of the design elements and their arrangement. It’s like crude heraldry. I can’t remember the terms but having the lower scroll under a big back logo with some kind of organization name is one of the no-nos. Even an obviously fictional one.
If you’re hanging around punk scenes then yeah probably self selecting against that or practically a bad place to start that shit. But there are still those types in the dive bars out here in my part of SoCal. Who shoot/stab each other over equally dumb shit at least a few times a year.
posted by snuffleupagus at 5:25 PM on November 21
Down to the geometry of the design elements and their arrangement. It’s like crude heraldry. I can’t remember the terms but having the lower scroll under a big back logo with some kind of organization name is one of the no-nos. Even an obviously fictional one.
If you’re hanging around punk scenes then yeah probably self selecting against that or practically a bad place to start that shit. But there are still those types in the dive bars out here in my part of SoCal. Who shoot/stab each other over equally dumb shit at least a few times a year.
posted by snuffleupagus at 5:25 PM on November 21
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posted by roue at 6:36 AM on November 21 [1 favorite]