Had to choose between a thrift store jacket or cutting up my dad's old leather coat for a cosplay

Honestly, I needed a specific bomber jacket for a character and the thrift store one was $15 but the wrong color, while my dad's old coat was perfect but, you know, sentimental. I picked the thrift store one and spent 3 hours with fabric dye trying to fix it, and now it's a weird splotchy mess. Tbh, should I have just asked to cut up the coat or is there a better way to dye cheap pleather?

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3 Comments

murray.betty2mo ago

Should have just asked about the coat. That dye job sounds like a lost cause.

richard_west52mo ago

But murray.betty, what if the dye job was the fun part they wanted to share?

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holly631mo ago

Check if your dad would have been cool with it first. Dyeing pleather is super tricky, it never takes color evenly.