Outline - Embroidered Patches are Fashion’s Next Trend
If you’ve been paying due attention, fashion trends are now all “patched” up! It means that the trend has picked up for patches to play an important role in customizing outfits and express your ideologies. Those patches look damn badass too!
Patches back in style is good news, but custom patches are now ruling the ramp too! The style of patches that are most trendy with current tastes are embroidered patches that are sewn into the fabric thus boosting the durability factor. Additionally, it is versatile and purposeful. New gradients and designs can be added to embroidered patches without much hassle.
Patches have already created a storm of sorts with pre-designed patches that can be
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People worldwide abandoned tailored suits and defined their stance with shabby jeans and natural hair, also wearing patches expressing themselves.
Hippies used military attire and started repairing their looks using clothing patches. They were mostly cheeky or satirical and even showed off symbols of the movement.
The 1970s and 1980s
The late ‘70s and early ‘80s witnessed a counterculture that morphed into the punk movement. People left out the symbolism of peace and love to let off anger and spikes with the spirit of anarchy that spread its contagious force with anti-fashion trends. Instead of patches embroidered with flowers and peace symbols, punks wore patches of favorite rock bands and mantras, roughly stitched onto to worn-in leather jackets and vests. The role of the patches remained the same indicating identity and even solidarity with a cause.
Modern Times
Patches have spanned wars and social causes and added relevance to people’s lives. But now they are being treated as offbeat vintage finds and also being revived, and repurposed for other causes.
In the streets, patches continue to indicate social and political affiliations and identity. Wear your custom patches with pride and be a part of fashion history