Men's Corduroy Jacket turned Vest

This vest was made from a corduroy jacket found at a local goodwill for 99 cents.  The first thing I did was un-attach the sleeves, making it a vest.  Next I altered the bottom of the jacket to fall to a point.  I trimmed the arm holes and pockets in a dark brown leather like materials.  Unfortunately, I did not secure this brown material well enough the first time and I cut the back a little too short for it's owner.  To fix this I bought new material to line the pockets and added a strip of the new material to the back to elongate it.

   

Evolution of my brown steampunk costume....

I am attending Wild Wild West Con in Tucson Arizona in March and I am in the process of getting my costumes completed.  I usually stay away from the generic brown, which is the most popular color for steampunk.  Heck, there is even a saying that Steampunk is what happens when Goth's discover brown.  I have one outfit that started off as a thrift store alteration, that I keep evolving into different versions of the costume.  Here is the representation of what has happened to it so far: