I used a heavy weight twill for the cropped jacket, bottom weight even heavier twill for the pants. The waist belt is made of vinyl leatherette. The decorations were made with painted foam, covered buttons and bag making hardware. Jeff wanted a very square shoulder, so we added a few shoulder padd to "lift" the jacket up. My biggest challenge was that the jacket piping, it is all one piece from center front edge to collar band, to the outer edge of the collar, all the way around to the other center front edge. It was a pain to sew on with the stand up collar, collar band and the front facing. :) Not impossible, but I did have to set and reset it a few times to make sure all the pieces lined up and kept it's shape.