Post pics of the best/worst Battle Jackets and ILM will mark them out of 10

NED BY DAWN

http://i42.tinypic.com/ixsb9i.jpg

These are awesome! They're not that popular in here... It's been years since Inlast saw one (biker gang logos notwithstanding). I could really see Zara or Pull N Bear selling them and bringing them back for a season.

Would love to make my own ironic one.

Where can you get them oatches? Do people buy them or make them?

Patches*

there are shit tons of Patches on ebay..

What about the big ones in the back? Are they hand painted? If so some of these are impressive:

http://i.imgur.com/381JmRz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kQ9G9DR.jpg
Idk what I was expecting when looking for battle jackets on pinterest... I ended up on a board filled with tight leather pants. Some cool jackets though:

http://www.pinterest.com/tvman/denim-and-leather/

All those big back patches, small ones, iron ons, studs, all on ebay

Couple of teenage kids with starter battle vests came into the store the other day. One of them was wearing tight zebra print pants. Other one had seriously old looking patches and I asked him if his "Bonded By Blood" patch was vintage, he got this kind of proud look on his face and said "Hell yeah!"

Some of the big ones look like cut out t shirts? Could that work too? I'll be definitely making one later this year!

You can definitely use a t-shirt, I remember people doing this with bands that didn't have backpatches available. It's a little tricky because t-shirt fabric is stretchy, I think.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1701596064/tharsis-sleeps

do you know, all those years of seeing their logo on Man City shirts and I never knew Brother made sewing machines

lol

for purposes of accessorising

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/q84/s720x720/10376919_863359893681325_7618282790648703716_n.jpg

Perfect.

OG Crusty

Needs a "No Khans No Masters" patch tho

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoWC0h_IIAAZA-e.jpg

OMG Battle Hawaiian Shirt is a thing that needs to be a thing, please make it so.

Needs pukka shells instead of metal studs

Tommy Bahama's Easy Breezy Krieg collection

motherlode:
http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/les-vestes-a-patches-du-hellfest-2014

the sodom logo on that looks like it is made up of badly-formed croissants

some typically snarky Vice commentary which should probably be ignored

nah I like the commentary even if NV was pithier upthread

Vice biting ILX ONCE AGAIN

btw the most remarkable patch on that first jacket is what appears to be "DEICIDE" written in a vaguely Comic Sans font.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1607133_10152763912010940_8111971360484386386_n.jpg?oh=2de513dd6a35d90dc2fb5f3744ff9a4f&oe=56195137

JACKIN

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wow

http://www.metalsucks.net/2015/08/07/nothing-to-see-here-just-some-photos-of-cats-wearing-metal-battle-vests/

http://i.imgur.com/b7sAZPM.jpg

spotted in town earlier by housemate

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/meshachs-vest-the-strange-journey-of-a-heavy-metal-treasure-20160212

I love a happy ending

http://www.topman.com/blog/the-history-of-the-battle-jacket/

Spotted this oddity at the farmer's market yesterday

http://i.imgur.com/GP3PGI7.jpg

-50

not so much a battle jacket as a reflective contemplation jacket

I think an Alfred E. Neuman battlejacket is an excellent idea

looks like someone follows this thread (one of my ILM faves it has to be said).

"
BATTLEJACKET # 1 is an independently-produced, limited-edition photographic magazine, with 50+ colour pages dedicated to the art of home-made heavy metal denim. Shot on location at metal gigs in London over 2016 and 2017 by Justin Quirk and published by NO UFOs. Plus the Patron Paperback level.
"

an extra if you pay over a certain level for a book re Glam Metal :

https://unbound.com/books/good-time/

Has anyone seen a good battle jacket lately?

I saw loads of great ones at the King Diamond gig last weekend,

I’m currently making a new battle jacket since my old one from the 90s accidentally ended up in the trash (don’t ask), which has me thinking about some of life’s great questions such as: cut off the collar yes or no? Are studs ever acceptable or trying too hard? Bullet belt on the bottom too much if you already have one on yr jeans?

There was one dude rocking a black tuxedo jacket with patches.

Took the kid to the movies this weekend, would totally check out the new SMOTE record:
https://i.imgur.com/mJJRMyP.jpg

Good to see some Hades love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWtAPCKmDo