How to Make a Punk Jacket With a Cotton Hoodie

Safety pins hold rips together and create a classic punk look.

Punk rock began inspiring fashion in the 1980s. Leather, ripped T-shirts and combat boots are classic punk trends. Punk style consists of making your own clothing by altering ordinary garments. Rips, pins, spikes and studs are applied to jackets, hats and accessories. Patches displaying anarchy signs, punk bands and logos are essential additions to a coat or light jacket. Combining the creativity of the punk with the alteration possibilities allows for a unique, one-of-a-kind punk wardrobe.

Things You'll Need

• Spikes
• Studs
• Scissors
• Large safety pins
• Medium safety pins
• Assorted patches
• Chain

Instructions

1. Attach spikes on the shoulder areas. Begin at the edge of the shoulder and work towards the collar. Unscrew the bottom of a spike. Push the screw through the material from the inside of the hoodie to the front of the shoulder seam. If the material is thick make a small hole with the tip of the scissors to ease the screw through the fabric. Screw the spike top onto the screw head. Repeat for each spike, spacing them a 1/4 inch apart.

2. Attach studs to the front of the hoodie. Start at the collar and create a line of studs along one side of the zipper. Push the stud pin tabs through the fabric from the outside of the hoodie. Fold the tabs toward each other into the fabric under the stud to secure. Repeat for each stud. Space the studs close together.

3. Cut a 1/2-inch-by-4-inch hole in the lower back of the hoodie. Attach large safety pins across the hole in a crooked manner to keep the hole partially closed.

4. Gather assorted patches of punk bands, sayings and logos. Attach the patches with the medium safety pins on the front, back and arms of the hoodie. Hang small pieces of chain from at least one of the attached pins on each patch.

References

• Studs andSpikes.com: How to Stud Denim and Fabric
• Studs and Spikes.com: How to Apply Spikes