Isn't The "Indy Look" Out?
First, let me qualify my remarks by saying this: This isn't an "Indiana
Jones Costume" website. The Fedora Chronicles isn't trying to duplicate
the efforts of other websites by focusing on just one costume worn by
one character in a series of movies.
I want to answer the age old question: "Ok, now that I have the
elements of my favorite costume for daily wear, now what?" This site
isn't just for fans of that particular movie, it's for people who
are interested in the whole era and their favorite aspects of
clothes that
I sort of consider "The Indiana Jones Costume" as the "gateway drug" for Retroholics. Yea, you start out with the fedora and leather jacket...
and a few other props. Then you're flipping through the channels and
you spot a film like "The Thin Man" or "Casablanca" and there's another
cool dude with a fedora. Then you have to replicate or reproduce the
"Nick Charles" or "Richard Blaine" look. Next thing you know you're
subscribing to XM radio just to listen to the "Forties On Four" music
channel and DirectTV for Turner Classic Movies... it's an addiction
that I hope doesn't have a cure.
There are some of us who are going for the "Raiders" look, there
are those of us who are going for the Bogart look from "The Maltese
Falcon" or "Casablanca," and there's also those like myself who are
trying to combine modern items with vintage or reproductions of those
items from that era and create a whole new look - all of these types
of men and women are who we are trying to cater too... This site isn't
just about clothes; it's about what we do, what we think and where we're
going and been while we're perfecting the look we're aiming for...
Now, to the question: "Isn't the Indy Look" out?
... What exactly are you talking about? You mean the costume
Deborah Nadoolman (Now married to the director John Landis and now
goes by Deborah Nadoolman-Landis) created in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s?
The costume was a refinement distillation of the style of dress men
actually wore during that era! Many elements of that costume were indeed
perfected and made more practical for the physical requirements of the
motion picture, but for the most part it's pretty accurate.
Do you also mean to say that the wardrobe of all men during that
era is now "Out?" That they style of dress worn by Gary Cooper as Robert
Jordan in "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is now "Out?" You’re saying the
out fit Bogart wore in almost all of his movies (Especially "Treasure
Of The Sierra Madre`" and "Tokyo Joe,") is also out? I highly doubt
that’s true. I would also venture to say that everyone else in the Retro/Vintage
community would vehemently (and perhaps violently) disagree with you.
How can Earth Tones ever be "Out?"
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