What type of glitter fabric is this? - Any help greatly appreciated!

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Hello,

I am interested in making a bomber jacket out of the following material but am not sure if it has an official name. I have tried searching using terms like "glitter fabric" and "glitter leather fabric" but the results seem too inflexible and rigid to make a jacket out of. Perhaps I am wrong?

Any help is definitely appreciated. Thank you!

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I think that is exactly the problem - this is not material for clothing. The kind of material you mean is what you usually see on these glittery shoes or maybe also belts - the glitter is kind of glued on, and it's relatively stiff. Good for shoes, but not for clothes. I don't think there is fabric that is that much covered in glitter that would be flexible enough for clothes - and sewing it would also be very difficult.
 
I think you could be thinking of lurex which is a fabric with a metallic finish. If you do a search for Black Lurex fabric many images come up and some options to purchase the fabric. I also saw it referred to a "tinsel" fabric while searching.

Karin is correct that the material the shoes are made from is not flexible enough to sew.

Good luck!
 
There was a fabric called cracked ice that has lots of glitter. It was used primarily for evening wear but I haven't seen it for years.
 
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