I love the history lesson. These younger generations need resources like your channel, so they have the DIY tutorials and the history of how these projects came about to begin with. I've always had a thing for the history of fashion and of music. Combine the two, even better for a geekgasam, haha
I haven't worn my bumflap in years, but it's hanging on the wall in my room. I never put a secret pocket in it, but one of my friends had a crotch flap with one. Basically a punk rock fanny pack lol.
I really love how you took a moment to show just how easy and accessible it is to upcycle. Those stupid zipper bags are everywhere. I've never seen these bumflaos in my local scene, and it was interesting learning a bit about the history of them.
I've been getting into sewing and customizing denim jackets, so I've been watching sewing tutorials. This channel is definitely one of the more unique. Lol. It made me realize how much of a princess I am with my sewing machine and cutting mats 😂😂
DAMN!!!! What a good idea about those free zipper bags!! Dude, I have so many and also make my own pockets on my punk gear, but never thought to combine them. MIND BLOWN. That alone was worth the watch, but amazing video overall.
You ever see the kilt like flaps on the pants of some Native Americans in movies? I don’t know what they’re called that’s more of a prairie native thing I’m a coastal, Either way you ever notice a lot of punk things low key look like modern versions of Viking and Native American stuff? I always thought that kinda ruled
Love the vid! Just a tip for ironing, press and hold a flat piece of wood (like a scrap 2x4, as long as its uncoated) on ur seams after you iron them. It absorbs the water giving you super crisp fold that is much easier to work with when ur doing welt style pockets like this
Nice one, Reptil. I've heard of people incorporating bicyclye tire tubes into their bumflaps to make them even more comfortable to sit on the sidewalk, though I've never seen that in practice myself.
Me and a coworker were just talking about bum flaps and how people would make more Fanny packs style instead of actual bum flaps. Never made one myself but I’ve seen cool ones out there
I actually have an old video covering this, I do plan on making a new tutorial on studding soon. Check out the time stamp 12:29 on this old video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bm01Gq8uSoQ.htmlsi=Bc6A7jk44H1LjMGf
Comment before watching: First saw this from 80s Bands in germany 😂 they hat this to protect their pants from "sitting through", you know These pants are a lot of work you dont wanna crush by sitting on the ground while asking people for Money 😂😂
Laughing my flap off @ 1:55 because YEAH. If I go to a bar with my mohawk up, some rando office slob is going to challenge me with 'What do you think of the current state of ElectroGoth music today?' and WOW I wish I was making that up.
Bum flaps are there because back before they made stretch jeans for men, we used to cut the ass seam and sew women's stretch jeans to fit male hips. These would often split at the seam, so you'd use a bum flap to cover it. You'd also safety pin them to the back of your thighs so it wouldn't fly around like a little loincloth.
You can also make your own studs out of soda cans by cutting the metal into a pattern that creates a cone shape! Tends to look a little less polished than commercial studs, but that's how it goes.
