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#Patch up

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Outside of using odd swatches of fabrics to mend or protect garments, the application of woven patches- embroidered or printed- has an emblematic or symbolic purpose within cultural circles. And like with most bricolage adopted by subcultures, it's use stems from a military background. Hence the aptly named 'battle jackets', for all you metal fans out there.
With embroidery, it seems that as long as the technique has been around, which can be traced back to Ancient China, it has been used as medium for heraldry. Using colour, imagery and symbology to denote information about the wearer, it was a painstaking favourite of royalty across the globe. By the time the Industrial Revolution came round in the 19th Century, you can understand why it became a favourite of the military. Machinery allowed for patches to be mass produced accurately and quickly, and became a way for uniformed groups to represent hierarchy and achievements. Much like the badges we dove into a few posts back.

Unlike badges, and regardless of the industrial growth of production, patches can still be made by hand, even the most amateur. This brings a whole realm of possibilities to aspiring DIYers. Around the same time of mass production sweeping in, you can start to find examples of crude, hand made insignia patches made by soldiers in the armed forces. It's apparent that they had something they wanted to say, and they took to the needle themselves to express it. Forward further to the Second World War, and you start to see soldiers sewing references to pop culture on their jackets, bringing familiarity and longing of home to their uniforms. It's these same soldiers in the army or Air Force that returned home to join #Motorcycle gangs, and realised that their military jackets were the perfect protection for riding bikes. Soon enough, members of motorcycle gangs across the USA all took to denoting their membership and other insignia through patches on their leather or denim jackets jackets. These jackets became a myriad of information about who to wearer is and the gang they ride with. CONTINUED IN COMMENTS BELOW

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