The Fashion Journals
Breakdowns of specific Coldplay wardrobe eras, plus tips for building and caring for your own patches.
Reconstructing Viva Era Stage Customization
How Coldplay's Viva la Vida era took historical military uniforms and heavy fabric textures and reworked them into one of the band's most recognizable stage looks.
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Graffiti Jackets, Patches and DIY Stage Style
Step inside Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto era, the neon-splattered street art movement that turned the band's stage wardrobe into a canvas of patches and paint.
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Space-Age Jackets, Planets and Patches
Inside Coldplay's Music of the Spheres era, where deep navy backgrounds act as open space, floating shapes denote galactic pathways, and colorful typography ties every piece back to the same imagined universe.
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Iron-On vs. Sewing: Which Backing Is Right?
Amanda's honest take on iron-on versus sew-on backing, and how to avoid the most common application mistakes.
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