CDG evergreen
Thrift Jcrew --> DIY
Tretorn
Had the fabric and even the sewing machine for months, but no suitable pants on which to operate... Thrifted a few pairs of khaki chinos recently. I've been thinking a lot about how clothing feels on me as opposed to just how it looks. Part of this feeling is how a garment literally feels, like the hand of the fabric, but moreso the jizz and how that fits how I feel, personality or whatnot. Patched stuff has a good jizz for me, and it's the same whether it really needs patching or is 'fakely' patched like these. Patching allows you to incorporate more colors and fabrics than you otherwise would.
However, to start experimenting with and patching up a random d-signer garment would feel fiscally heretical to me (kills resale value; might fuck up their hallowed 'd-signer vision'), which is frustrating. I don't mind doing it on thrifted stuff, because it doesn't feel as precious.. a thrifted item is just along for the ride and (I like to imagine) curious to see how you end up using it, mostly just thankful to have been rescued from the yowling 90s music of some fluorescent maze.
The fabrics I used are also thrifted. The striped fabric from a thrifted Lands End OCBD that I loved, but had to accept its sleeves were too short, and the blue from a thrifted 80's Brooks Bros OCBD that didn't fitt but had great fabric. All were collected on various thrift trips over the past 1-2 yrs and had been waiting for a suitable project. I'm sure they'll be getting some more use soon 'cause i'm happy with how this has gone, and will probably add more patches to these pants. Gonna bite Junya and add some overlapping patches too.
Oh by the way if you wanna try this too
http://bandanna-almanac.com/2013/05/20/ ... -patching/