MOVIE COATS
If jackets are your jam…
102 DALMATIONS
Cruella de Vil’s puppy-pelt luxury item was brought to glorious life (or should that be death?) by costume designers Anthony Powell and Rosemary Burrows in Disney’s 2000 live-actioner follow-up. The fierce look was completed by Glenn Close’s rottweiler grin.
TRUE ROMANCE
Lover-on-the-(g)lam Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) clashes punk, retro and casual styles with her bright colours and animal prints. The pony-print mini-skirt rocks, but best of the garish garments is her leopard (faux) fur coat, so striking it’s back in fashion.
TAXI DRIVER
Ex-Marine Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) wears an army surplus field jacket covered in badges as he preps himself for his final mission – killing a senator. Loose and lived-in, this M-65 jacket screams alienation while its baggy sleeves accommodate Travis’ sliding-gun rig.
TOP GUN
Maverick’s G-1 jacket is a thing of beauty, but it’s the shabby bomber worn by Kelly McGillis’ instructor Charlie, with its viscose lining and rolled-up sleeves, that wins our affections – and adds weight to Tarantino’s gay sub-plot theory expounded in Sleep With Me.
DRIVE
Ryan Gosling’s wheelman is a man of very few words, but his silk jacket – embroidered with a scorpion, no less – speaks volumes. The market was promptly flooded with poor imitations but there’s only one authentic version, designed especially for the movie.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Dead at 24, James Dean made just three movies, but his impact on popular culture is immense. Look up ‘icon’ in the dictionary and you’d not be surprised to see a picture of Dean in his Jim Stark red blouson jacket.
FIGHT CLUB
I am Jack’s dressed-to-kill id… The Narrator’s alter ego, Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), wears a single-breasted rust-red leather jacket with white double-stitching. Ironically, many companies started trading their own replicas after the movie’s release.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Great Scott! Forget the size-changing jacket in Back To The Future Part II – you can’t beat the blend of cool and innocence that comes with Marty McFly’s (Michael J. Fox) red puffer gilet worn over a blue-denim jacket.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Noomi Rapace was perfection as the original Lisbeth Salander aka The Girl With The Ace Leather Jacket. With its stud collar, diagonal zipper and open hem cuffs, it renders her oh-so-cool. And warm.
QUADROPHENIA
As sported by Brighton-bound ’60s Mod Jimmy (Phil Daniels), this fishtail parka is oversized to protect his red mohair suit. It’s a good job his beloved scooter boasts 10 mirrors
– if you looked this good, you’d want to admire yourself from every possible angle. JG