I need help with a punk/gothic belt-weaved jacket

[Reaper(13)AKA-Alex]

I'm very new to cosplay but I've got a very good idea.... It's kind of dark for an anime, not to mention this isn't bassed off of any anime show; but it is anime so don't worry. Let me get to the point....

My inner layer of my reaper's cosplay is going to be freaking impossable without some real help cuz' I plan on weaveing belts through it kinda like one of those Finall Fantacy charaters, only this is just like a styleish reaper's vest; kinda like a symbol power.


What I really need help on isthe entire vest, lol. For example... how exacly DO you weave the belts into the jacket/vest? Where do you begin? What steps should I use? And how manny belts; cuz' I don't want to over do it ya' know? If you have any experiance with this, or know anything... please message me as soon as you can. Thank you for reading!