Giant Zipper Puffer Vest Upcycle!

 Make a STATEMENT with this Upcycled Giant Zipper Puffer Vest!  Puffy vests are totally in style... and a gigantic zipper makes it 20% cooler! Okay, first you need a puffy vest. I got mine at the thrift store for $6.  It was the color I wanted and fit great. (It really fits me great, my sweet daughter is just my hired help...bit big on her) Measure the current zipper on the garment...mine measures 24" so I ordered a #30 24" zipper from orgXIIIorg ...with shipping it cost me about $18. (It was slightly longer...but I was able to work with it...fyi) Overall the vest cost me $24. They have since stopped selling their massive zippers. Check out these ones on Amazon instead: 40" Black Ring Zipper 2 yards and 5 Sliders Giant Zippers 31" White Ring Zipper  My husband custom made me a leather tab zipper pull to replace the simple stock one. He tooled the leather...  Burnished the edges...to make them rounded.  Punched a pattern into the top and ...