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Offline tonypep

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Serious bling
« on: January 06, 2015, 01:58:43 PM »
Foil over Italian leather applique


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Re: Serious bling
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2015, 02:08:43 PM »
Oh MY!

Process aside, that looks like "nephew art" to me.



But what do I know....

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Re: Serious bling
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2015, 02:13:18 PM »
Agreed

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Re: Serious bling
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2015, 06:22:07 AM »
 A little insight. First, we did not decorate this sweat. My friend oversaw the production. The leather had to be ultra soft in order to handle the sewing machines thus imported from Europe. Those pieces were individually hand cut using patterns in NYC. The pieces were shipped offshore and sewn on some tricked out "embroidery" machines on super weight fleece. Laser alignment screen print for foil adhesive, then heat sealed. Long slv decoration on both sleeves, left chest, and full back. Oh and hood decoration, all using same technique. Anyone care to guess retail cost?

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Re: Serious bling
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2015, 07:17:43 AM »
K.  I'll bite.

250 unless you could somehow make it look like greasy, worn out jeans...then 350. Add some holes, cuts and cigarette burns...then the sky's the limit!

Better yet, make it just go away...and....well....um...there's no accounting for taste. After all somebody DID marry ME 35 years ago!!

I do now have an appreciation for the process. I'm probably low. Charlie Taublieb told a story of some "boutique" level tee shirts going for over a grand a pop.

So I guess you really CAN "polish a turd".

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Re: Serious bling
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2015, 07:18:50 AM »
You're about halfway there.......$595.00