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ratten-man · 4 months
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Punk is about love <3
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Photograph of me and my boyfriend at 2022 pride taken by photographer Arnis Balcus
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fidgetspringer · 7 months
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It's been a minute since I added to the jacket
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safety-pin-punk · 10 months
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Punk 101: A History of Battle Jackets
Battle Jackets have a long and interesting history in general, not limited only to punk. Today we see them as a reflection of the wearer, they are a form of self expression and affiliation.
Battle jackets can trace their origins back to WWII American pilots who would decorate their flight suits and bomber jackets with their squadron's insignia patches. They were jackets that allowed pilots to easily recognize each other and instilled a sense of pride and community in their owners. This is also where the term 'battle jacket' comes from.
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After the war was over, pilots returned home and many found joy in the speed and excitement of motorcycles. Biker clubs were formed, and thus, biker culture as well. Pilots often used their bomber jackets while riding because of the protection they offered, though the sleeves were usually removed due to how they restricted movement. Jackets got decorated with club/gang logos to represent their wearer's affiliation, much like the insignia patches. As biker clubs grew, members without a pilot history often used leather or denim jackets to showcase their affiliations. There is a LOT more to biker jacket history, but this is what's really relevant to punk jackets.
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In the 60s, two different cultures evolved in the UK. The first is The Mods, known for listening to modern jazz and riding scooters (supposedly their name comes from the modern jazz thing. I would not have been surprised if it was from 'modification' considering the seeming obsession to keep adding mirrors and lights to their scooters). The other group was The Rockers who were known for listening to 50s rock and riding motorcycles. While the groups strongly disliked each other, they both decorated their jackets in ways that influenced punk's jacket scene. The Mods often added pictures, paintings, and patches to theirs, while The Rockers were more likely to be seen sporting spikes and studs. (Not to say that those things were strictly limited to each side - just what was more common)
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The following decade (the 70s), the two branches came together as various music subgenres collided and formed. Punk was among the genres formed, and the culture surrounding it was one of the first non-gang or club related groups to decorate their jackets. Taking influence from both The Mods and The Rockers, the characteristic punk look was formed, and intended to be a Fuck You to societal norms. In the earliest days, punk jackets were mostly covered in band patches, much like modern heavy metal jackets. As punk evolved into what we know it as today, with notes of anti-establishment and anarchy, it became more common to see political patches right along side the band ones.
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Today's jackets are a personal statement. the bands you like, your interests, political statements. They are a symbol of individuality and rebellion against society. They are a physical representation of YOU and your history with punk culture. This is why it is so important within punk culture to make your own jacket or have someone help who can customize it to you. You are not a generic human off the rack, you have lived a life, had your own battles, have your own personality, and have your own history. A premade, mass produced jacket won't showcase any of that or really truly represent the individuality of 'you'.
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wingedtrumpet · 9 months
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More patches (YELOW NYLON!!!!) in my etsy @ atomicgothicshop !
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vongreii · 9 months
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recent jacket work ⛓️
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dognonsense · 9 months
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[video description start: A video of a tattooed man with piercings talking about a brightly colored leather jacket photo. end video description
video transcript start: A.I. Punk jackets are now a thing. Designed by AI, printed I guess just as is.
Love that classic punk band 'dischafge', 'qneway sustem', 'bhumans' with a backwards b nice, 'tot chaos', 'god save hip rock', ah yes the singular 'the adict,', I do love the 'sax pistnis', and the classic 'ros'.
I'm not gonna lie, I kind of like this jacket.
end video transcript]
Here I thought the mass produced ugly patch jackets were bad. Now they can mass produce ugly nonsense jackets using AI with the click of a button.
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my Punk Jackets
masterpost >:>
Okay so here's my current battle jacket that I wear all the time.
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The back patch is a Front Bottoms song and the jacket is covered in things, little keys, fun worms I give away (not all the pride flags are mine some are just so I can give people theirs), pins, safety pins (esp around the collar) and spikes.
One side of the jacket is this and has my hopepunk patch which is a personal like. fave.
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and the other is like this! The mischief brew one sews through the pocket fun fact (just a little though like 1 stitch)
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my friend @soan-papdi made the cabin 11 patch! <3
the pockets on this jacket are big enough to put a magazine in and it's a great jacket.
Next is my flannel which I made summer of 2021, two of the patches have been replaces but the rest definitely show their age. It doesn't have a lot on it because when I was hospitalized I took all the sharps off all my jackets and I haven't gotten around to putting them back on that jacket yet. It definitely is more political than my more music/art-oriented jacket and both have benefits
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The "Share art share joy" patch (which used to be "snitch on your boss" but that would fold and looked like "itch your ass" moral of the story, look at how things will fold lol) is a pocket!
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The back patch is the first patch I ever made! The sleeves are spiked which is fun but flannel definely doesn't hold spikes well.
Next is my leather jacket which was pleather so fell apart so I painted in all the holes and did a Kimya Dawson quote on the back. It needs some touch-ups on the quote but it's really sweet to me because it did it with friends.
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And finally, my platypus' jacket.
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I sewed the whole thing myself from a jean leg and the back patch is going to be "love yourself a latke" because his name is Latke!
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Right now he has a rainbow heart, some black eyed susans, and a "Bee kind" patch!
If anyone ever wants battle jacket tips I'd love to give advice. I might make another fashion post sometime with all my written on shirts or my jorts I embroidered and painted on. Maybe I'll post my kandi someday. for now; Here's my jackets! I worked hard on them.
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thegothicalice · 2 months
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All gothed up, I’ve missed it🦇 Featuring a favorite jacket, a questionable vampire paperback I found in Powell’s, my Acathla pendant I sculpted, and lace top from Disturbia. Seeing Twin Tribes tonight.
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patched-crow · 3 months
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Current progress on my jacket!
Im gonna add a few more patches and such tonight but im hella proud!
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mixotrophics · 1 year
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battle jacket that has been freshly added spikes to (you can glimpse them at the elbows). Everything is hand-sewn and hand-painted. I really like how the hi-vis adds a je ne sais quoi to all pics of me taken with flash, I just become a tangle of glowing wires in some cases...
hi vis jacket from mud ditch old roadworks abandoned like a roadkill bird. Grey fabric old work shirt bleached (accidentally) with mold remover spray. Black fabric from scraps and sleeves disembodied from shirts undeserving. Stripes of an old Beetlejuice costume bathed in watery fabric paint. Spikes screw back, hand spiked whole elbow x2.
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ratten-man · 4 months
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Repost from pinterest of my main jacket and half of my patchpants
My pinterest is https://www.pinterest.com/Raccoyle/ for any curious folk
The jacket has slightly changed and my patchpants have for sure changed, but ill slowly get up to speed on posting my other stuff
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fidgetspringer · 6 months
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I wanted to get some updated shots of the jacket 🥺
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things-from-strings · 5 months
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🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥
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ender-bugg · 3 months
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new patches on the crust jacket
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