Well, it happened again. Once again, some LEGO extraordinaire has reminded us that LEGO can be wearable too. And I don’t mean tees or clogs. We are talking about actual apparel made out of actual LEGO pieces.
Ten years ago, Ashley Eckstein, the voice behind Star Wars’ Ahsoka Tano, teamed up with fashion designer Andrew MacLaine and LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya to create the world’s first wearable LEGO dress. Eight years later, teen MOC builder Arthur (@arty_builds) took another swing at wearable LEGO fashion.
And yes. The outerwear you see here is, in fact, made of LEGO pieces.
All told, the jacket is made using a whopping 19,000 LEGO elements, weighs a hefty 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms), and took around two months to complete. Like the dress before it, it has a non-LEGO structure. In the case of the Custom LEGO Jacket, the main structure is a netted non-slip fabric.
The exterior consists of 1×1 round plates, with four elements forming a square held together by a 2×2 inverted dish on the inside, sandwiching the netted fabric. Arthur said the same structure could probably be achieved using official LEGO nets, but that would drive up the cost of the MOC.
The gaps, each measuring 1×2, allow the jacket to flex a little. However, according to the creator, movement is still “heavily limited.” With the gaps in between, the jacket actually looks more like a cardigan. That was my first impression anyway.
Arthur did not create this recently. The MOC was first completed in 2024 and exhibited at Brickworld Chicago 2024. Arthur has also worn it to several events, including Brickworld Chicago 2024, an 8th-grade dance, and Freshman Year Homecoming.
So yes, this plastic brick fashion piece has been around the block, and we are surprised it has not gotten more attention than it should. We did not even know about it until Brick Fun Facts (@brickfunfacts) featured it.
Images: Instagram (@arty_builds).
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