I've come across this problem a few times over the years, trying to get the perfect type, color and amount of stripes on an article of clothing to match screen accuracy. This time it's for a Tyler Durden shirt. One Brad Pitt wears with his seersucker suit as he's "selling rich women their own fat asses back to them".
I searched the interwebs high and low for years and have never been able to find this shirt! Not even something close. All the yellow polo's I've seen have horizontal stripes, never vertical. And the only vertical striped shirts I've seen are full button up. I'm a stickler for ASOS, so I finally decided I would just have to make my own.
I started with a vintage yellow polo I picked up at a local thrift store for $2.50 and began the tedious process of masking off the stripes using 1/16 formaline tape.
I ran out of blue so I switched to red.
At this point I had run out of 1/16 tape so I masked off my area to paint first using packaging tape.
I used Dye-na-flow. It's thin enough to run through my airbrush. I did a mix of the yellow and umber.
Application begins
Now for the fun part, peeling off the tape!
1st section done. I got a bit of overspray on the left side. I should have been a bit more careful, but once I got all the stripes done it isn't even noticeable.
Some detail shots.
I reused the tape to mask off the second section.
Airbrushing
3rd section masked and painted
Now the inside of the collar
All of Tyler Durden's shirts are cut short midriff style so I removed the bottom 3-4 inches of shirt and re-hemmed it.
Then I heat pressed the shirt to set the dye.
Finished product!
I searched the interwebs high and low for years and have never been able to find this shirt! Not even something close. All the yellow polo's I've seen have horizontal stripes, never vertical. And the only vertical striped shirts I've seen are full button up. I'm a stickler for ASOS, so I finally decided I would just have to make my own.
I started with a vintage yellow polo I picked up at a local thrift store for $2.50 and began the tedious process of masking off the stripes using 1/16 formaline tape.
I ran out of blue so I switched to red.
At this point I had run out of 1/16 tape so I masked off my area to paint first using packaging tape.
I used Dye-na-flow. It's thin enough to run through my airbrush. I did a mix of the yellow and umber.
Application begins
Now for the fun part, peeling off the tape!
1st section done. I got a bit of overspray on the left side. I should have been a bit more careful, but once I got all the stripes done it isn't even noticeable.
Some detail shots.
I reused the tape to mask off the second section.
Airbrushing
3rd section masked and painted
Now the inside of the collar
All of Tyler Durden's shirts are cut short midriff style so I removed the bottom 3-4 inches of shirt and re-hemmed it.
Then I heat pressed the shirt to set the dye.
Finished product!
