Ugly Duckling: Cropped Corsett Jacket

First of all - no. I did not misspell "corset", that's how it's written on the jacket! That, to me, makes it a pretty ugly start.

To be honest, I think I could have liked this is it wasn't so...crinkly. And not quite black. Seriously, what is up with stardoll and all their "Almost-but-not-actually" black items?!

Anyway, I initially just modified a room style, and well, it's not bad. I then tried highlighting the gold pieces of the jacket and making it more formal - and honestly, this looks is better off without the jacket. Or just, using any other jacket. Preferably one that's actually black. For the third look, I wanted to out-texture the jacket, and decided to stick with the gold and black pallette, and I think it turned out looking pretty good. The fourth look I continued with the textures but muted it down to a variety of different blacks. It's not my best look, but I think it helps bring out the potential of this jacket.

I do really like the length of it, and the lace-up details are super cute, so I will probably wear this sooner rather than later.

Will you be rocking this SS gift?