a Derek Lam vest

So I copied this fur vest from Derek Lam. Now the vest that I made, it is (faux) fur, and it is a vest... but other than that it's not really anything like the Derek Lam fur vest.

 

See what I mean?


It all started with the colour of the fur. The original is more of a yellow colour and the closest I could get was brown.


It took me ages to sew this (33 hours in total). I decided to sew in a lining to make it more professional and I think that's where most of the 33 hours went. Every time I sewed in the lining I had to unstitch it because the fur would warp and hang weird. I figured I was sewing it too tight, and on the third try I realised that I had sewn the fur the wrong way, not the lining! So I completely undid everything, re-sewed the fur and hand-stitched the lining. That's why this vest took me 33 hours!

The inside lining

Stitching the lining around the curve of the underarm was the hardest. I just couldn't make it nice and tidy.

The stitching under the arm

Hand-stitched lining

Here's a few pictures of me in the vest. It's nothing like the original Derek Lam vest - its different in practically every way - but I still like it :)

All up this vest cost me $34.30 to make - $25.60 for the faux fur, $5.60 for the lining, and $3.10 for thread.