Frankenleather

[andygates]

The nice lady from the repair shop may have written my ratty old leather jacket off, but that means nothing to a desperate man with a needle, thread, rock TV and most importantly, no damn ability to shop for clothes without going all rargh-hulk-smashey.

Three hours later, both arms are back on, the shoulderpad is back, and the back is all un-hulked.  Mrs Repair Lady:  You're a wuss.  Neener neener!

Bruce Banner must spend half his life re-stitching seams.

I was half tempted by jarkman 's suggested retro dispatch rider jacket, mind. I'm going to need something dashing to go with the pennyfarthing...

Comments

[simoneck.livejournal.com]

Any chance of a picture of this newly renovated jacket?

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

Yeah, come on. We want evidence of your ninja l33t repair skillz.

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for sewing! Does it still fit, or was the hulking really caused by pie increments ?

With a bit of hunting it ought to be possible to find the original of that jacket. A quick google only coughed up places that were out of stock:
http://www.militarysupplyhouse.com/parkasf5.htm
http://www.crsupport.org/items/Military_BUL-412.html

Mind you, the original (from the early 60s, I think) was from a time when waists were about 4 inches higher than they are today, so the jacket is desperately short by modern standards. Otherwise I doubt I would have ever bothered with copying it.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

It actually fits better - mostly it fell apart because it was cheap! That plus many pies over the years. But nowadays it'll actually zip up without having to suck in my mighty belly!

Waists back then were worn with braces (suspenders) so they could be higher...

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