Queer patches are tiny pieces of cloth with a long history of making jackets, bags and uniforms say something louder.

Embroidered Patches sits between Pride merch, DIY fashion and the queer instinct to customize anything that arrived looking too ordinary. Patches have travelled through workwear, punk, protest, club jackets and community uniforms because sewing a symbol onto clothing is one of the oldest ways to turn a generic garment into something personal, political or gloriously niche.

Mix them with LGBT enamel pins, add more surface-level chaos through gay and queer stickers, give a gay backpack some history, or build the whole patch-covered situation on gay jackets and gay hats.

Pride patches, queer embroidered patches and identity designs are small upgrades with unusually good mileage. One jacket can become a biography very quickly.