Where to find a marching band / corded vest?

Ein

Okay! I am putting a costume together, here.



I have... a lot of this stuff, actually. What I don't have is the corded-looking vest.

I'm trying to find this for really cheap. I've been looking around at places like the Salvation Army, but I haven't found anything suitable yet.

Since the epaulets I'm looking at attaching the coat to are gold cord, I'd love if I could find a vest with similar gold cording. I'm not entirely sure what to search for, though - 'marching band vest' is the closest I've come to finding similar stuff...

Anyone with a good idea, here? I'm not handy enough to just grab gold cord and make my own, or I would.

Mom2Kat

Try a military surplus store. You can probably get the overcoat and some epaulets from there.

exmello

Usually drum corps these days sell off their uniforms as a package to marching bands and not individually. It's part of their whole equipment lifecycle: Get it cheap from sponsors, then sell it off a few years later.

Years ago they used to wear them until they were ratty and disgusting and then they would pretty much give them away or sell them as souvenirs. Because of this you sometimes can find something on ebay.

Librarian's ghost

Ein, See my post in the 40k thread.