Hand-painted to order
Hand-painted denim jackets
Your own jacket, painted by hand — or one we source for you. Denim is the most forgiving canvas we work on, and the most rewarding.
Denim takes paint better than almost any fabric. The weave is tight enough to hold fine detail, heavy enough not to distort under a brush, and the indigo ground makes almost every colour sit well against it. It is also the item people are most attached to, which is why most jackets we paint already belong to someone.
What works on denim
Botanical and floral work across the back panel. Portraits and memory pieces. Lettering along the yoke or down a sleeve. Bold single motifs read better than crowded compositions — a jacket is seen in motion, from a few metres away.
Painting your own jacket
Send photographs of the jacket first, including any wear, fading or existing prints. Washed, unworn-in denim takes paint most predictably, but a well-loved jacket is completely workable — we just plan around it. You post it to the studio, we paint it, and it comes back to you.
Care and durability
Colours are fabric-specific and heat-set after painting, so the artwork flexes with the denim instead of cracking off it. Wash inside out, cold, on a gentle cycle, and never iron directly over the painted area. Treated that way, painted denim outlives most printed garments.
What it costs
Priced per piece, because a single-motif pocket design and a full painted back are different amounts of work. You get a figure and a timeline in writing before anything is painted.