The Natural...Questions

[Bolero]

Can anyone name the Hat and the Jacket ???

 

[2jakes]

Can anyone name the Hat and the Jacket ???

Hats Plus Chronicles » Baseball & Hats: A 'Natural’ Fit
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[Bolero]

Thanks for the Link...very informative for the hat but did not ID the jacket ???
Thanks again

 

[filfoster]

Just visible pocket flap suggests an A2 style but the cuffs aren't. Could be a custom one-off. Studios are notorious for making what they could just buy.

 

[2jakes]

Just visible pocket flap suggests an A2 style but the cuffs aren't.
Could be a custom one-off. Studios are notorious for making what they could just buy.

Yep.
Similar to the “Raiders” jacket that was custom-made with details from several jackets.
Several were made in different conditions & not only for Mr. Harrison Ford, but also for
his stunt men as well.
I recall that everything was used from sandpaper to whatever,
to achieve that “distressed” look.

 

[scotrace]

The Natural jacket is reproduced by a maker out there.

 

[Bamaboots]

https://www.filmjackets.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31
http://www.magnoliclothiers.com/

 

[filfoster]

Magnoli's is reasonably priced for a leather jacket.

 

[JackieMatra]

Here's a thread with a considerably more detailed discussion of the hats worn by Robert Redford in the film "The Natural".
Yes, hats. There are two distinctly different ones.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/new-to-the-hat-world-need-help.82554/

 

[MikeKardec]

Yep.
Similar to the “Raiders” jacket that was custom-made with details from several jackets.
Several were made in different conditions & not only for Mr. Harrison Ford, but also for
his stunt men as well.

It's nearly required that you'll have a clean version of a costume and then one for every significant level of wear and tear established by the story ... not being shot in order means you can only rarely distress a costume as you go. Each of course needs to be a pretty exact duplicate. Then you need a similar fitting version for a stunt double who might be a different size or slightly different body type and you need at least one (per significant level of wear and tear) that will fit the stunt man with his pads on. You also need extras for when you are laundering the main costume, even with no stunts you can still end up sweating through the clothes every day. Thinking way back to the days when I did that sort of stuff I believe four to six copies would be a minimum for your star, and that's in a film without serious stunts.

I was always a fan of getting stuff off the rack but under some conditions it's cheaper, and better, to make it.

 

[filfoster]

Not to hijack the thread and it's not exactly 'Golden Age' but there' s a lively mystery about the origin of James Dean's red jacket worn in Rebel Without a Cause. The costumer claims he made it (probably); some cast members say they bought it at a local department store for him (possibly) and the director claims he borrowed it (a windbreaker jacket to demonstrate the type) from a grip or gaffer and dipped it in black paint (least likely-it's RED in the film and Mr. Ray was an accomplished amateur pharmacist and alcoholic). The point is, the jacket is virtually identical to many makes of 'baracuta' jackets worn at the time and could have been easily purchased.