Carlos vest: Before and After (Patreon)

My favorite thing to do when I pick out someone to cosplay is to think "OKAY!....How much of this do I actually need to make from scratch?" And most of the time, especially if your character is from something live action or they wear normalish clothing, you don't have to! Never make it harder on yourself, I modify premade things all the time! I found both those jackets at Goodwill for super cheap!

For Carlos, I took the top left black jacket and pieces from the bottom left one to make my vest! I cut up the bottom left one to use as accents (the crossbones)/raised leather pieces and the collar for the vest and made the belt/belt loops from it as well!

I spent less than $25 to make this vest! Where if I made this from scratch it could have easily been more than double that price!