Wested WotW jacket in the flesh
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Wested WotW jacket in the flesh
Ah, here it is you can find on "that site" if you type in Wested.
Looking pretty good!
Peter, what ARE you doing to my credit card!
Looking pretty good!
Peter, what ARE you doing to my credit card!
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Their Lethal Weapon 4 jacket is a replica. The original is an off the rack Tommy Hilfiger. I've had two of these including the screen used one I have now(thanks Indiana James). Also, their Minority Report jacket is a replica per Peter. Some are convinced that he made the one for the movie though. I'm not sure about the others on the site. K
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Thanks for the welcome, VP.
Back when I was ordering my Raiders, I read your post in which you chronicled the planning, ordering, and waiting for your jacket; you then photographed receiving, opening, and finally putting it on. It's your post that convinced me to order a right-hand zipper. (It also showed me that the jacket does not come shipped in a box but in a bag.)
As much as I love my Raiders jacket, I really dig the Belstaff Hero jacket from War of the Worlds. And while I could probably swing the $1,300 for the real thing, I really rather not. (I'd rather buy a laptop for that much money. Or at least half of a MacBook. Or even better, save the money.) Besides, the Raiders jacket tends to limit the color spectrum of my wardrobe to the point that female co-workers have nicknamed me "Banana Republic." (Ironically enough, the only piece of Banana Republic clothing I own is a pair of ten-year-old fleece sweatpants.)
Anyway, this is a great forum. Reading everyone's posts made the planning and ordering my jacket almost as fun as actually wearing it.
Back when I was ordering my Raiders, I read your post in which you chronicled the planning, ordering, and waiting for your jacket; you then photographed receiving, opening, and finally putting it on. It's your post that convinced me to order a right-hand zipper. (It also showed me that the jacket does not come shipped in a box but in a bag.)
As much as I love my Raiders jacket, I really dig the Belstaff Hero jacket from War of the Worlds. And while I could probably swing the $1,300 for the real thing, I really rather not. (I'd rather buy a laptop for that much money. Or at least half of a MacBook. Or even better, save the money.) Besides, the Raiders jacket tends to limit the color spectrum of my wardrobe to the point that female co-workers have nicknamed me "Banana Republic." (Ironically enough, the only piece of Banana Republic clothing I own is a pair of ten-year-old fleece sweatpants.)
Anyway, this is a great forum. Reading everyone's posts made the planning and ordering my jacket almost as fun as actually wearing it.
I ordered mine on the 10th, and Wested stated that there's a 10 working day wait period (while the jacket is made) for these -- today's day 10, so I'm hoping it will ship at the beginning of next week. As soon as I have it I can post pictures and a review (if the admin do not want this, seeing as how it's off-topic, I can PM you with details if you like).I'm going to order a WotW jacket from Wested next. Has anyone ordered one and, if so, do you have any ordering tips or observations about the jacket?
Judging from the pictures on eBay, the only part of the jacket that I can see that is not screen accurate is the vertical seam down the middle of the back. Other than that, I'll have to wait for the jacket to be sure about anything else.
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I see what you mean about the collar. However, I think wested's version is simply rotated to be horizontal -- if it's a circular press stud, it will be able to rotate in such a fashion that the leather strap itself would be pointed more downward, like in the pictures you posted.
I'll confirm this once I receive the jacket.
I'll confirm this once I receive the jacket.
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I think the snap (on the Wested) is just rotated a quarter turn anti clockwise, rotate it clockwise a quarter and it should be the same.
The raglan sleeve confuses me sttill can you post an image to clarify please?
One thing i did point out to Wested is: In the movie jacket, the pockets zip closed so the pulls are at the top, these seem to be at the bottom.
The raglan sleeve confuses me sttill can you post an image to clarify please?
One thing i did point out to Wested is: In the movie jacket, the pockets zip closed so the pulls are at the top, these seem to be at the bottom.
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Indiana James, is that a Wested version you have? If so what is the lining like? Can you take more shots of your jacket....
The sleeve cut on the Belstaff are strange and I hope Wested captures it...hugs the arm then flares out at the wrists...almost like bell bottom pants but on a jacket...
What size did you get and what size jacket do you normally take? I am hoping they made them snug like in the movie and not baggy.
Replicas of the t-shirts and sweatshirt he wore can be found at target...look for Cherokee brand then wash the grey and green ones to death!
The sleeve cut on the Belstaff are strange and I hope Wested captures it...hugs the arm then flares out at the wrists...almost like bell bottom pants but on a jacket...
What size did you get and what size jacket do you normally take? I am hoping they made them snug like in the movie and not baggy.
Replicas of the t-shirts and sweatshirt he wore can be found at target...look for Cherokee brand then wash the grey and green ones to death!
I think this can be attributed to the zippered cuffs (the zippered sleeves on a jacket of mine have this exact shape if I zip them halfway and hang the jacket on a hanger), but it's quite possible that Belstaff gave them a little more taper. It's extremely hard to tell whether the Wested jacket sleeves will do this -- they are zippered, but the pictures don't show any tapering, probably because their jacket is lambskin and hangs differently.The sleeve cut on the Belstaff are strange and I hope Wested captures it...hugs the arm then flares out at the wrists...almost like bell bottom pants but on a jacket...
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You can see this effect slightly on the right sleeve in this pic of Wested's jacket.
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5566 ... 6te.th.jpg
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Ok, folks, we've let this one run it's course, as this is not a WofW gear site, and we only let this stay this long because it was Wested related. It's gone way beyond that when the tee shirt questions came up, so it's time to close this out.
You folks can continue your conversation via PM or a related WofW website.
Regards! Michaelson
You folks can continue your conversation via PM or a related WofW website.
Regards! Michaelson