As a big Warhol fan, I was very excited to find a Brillo Pad shirt at Urban Outfitters online, and I bought it immediately. But when it came in the mail, I was really disappointed because it was more like a pajama top than a shirt I’d wear in public. This was the picture of the shirt online. 
Then I remembered that I had a blazer from Uniqlo I had bought on clearance that I got purposely to make over one day. Originally I thought I was going to paint on it, but because the fabric was black, fabric paint had a hard time showing up on it. (I tested it in small spots on the inside of the jacket.)
Seeing how the collar of the shirt looked like a blazer lapel, I had a brilliant idea that I didn’t know would work or not. What if I sewed the shirt over the blazer, using the blazer as the lining and the shirt as the outer fabric? First I tried on the blazer and wore the shirt over it, and lo and behold, they seemed to drape well together. I consulted my friend Camilla, who is an expert tailor, and asked if she thought she could merge the two garments together. She said she’d experiment and get back to me. A few weeks later, she presented me with this blazer. I was so happy with it. Camilla said we were really lucky that the shirt fit over the blazer almost perfectly. Now this is one of my favorite blazers of all time. See how nice it looks in my Warhol kitchen.
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