First Indy look - on a shoestring

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:48 pm

I'm into the Indy lifestyle more than the gear but for my birthday fancy dress party this year I put together this costume.
It's all from stuff I had [reblocked market-bought fedora], stuff I made [whip, holster and bag] and cheap charity shop clothes.
Yes, it's not SA, but everyone got who I was instantly. And no one said, "What are you suposed to be, a lion tamer?"
For 130 euros the lot, I'm well pleased.
Regards
Enigmata

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:21 pm

You look very well traveled. Great work!

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:24 pm

I like some of the qualities of the fabric of that shirt, the cloth reminds me of a screen accurate raiders shirt. That quality seems to be lacking in some of the current vendor's "dress shirt twill" offerings.

tunic · Post by **tunic** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm

Looks great. It may not be SA but you got your point across. Great job and a great price.

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:43 pm

enigmata_wood wrote:"What are you suposed to be, a lion tamer?"

That's just about the best compliment you can get!

scot2525 · Post by **scot2525** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:23 pm

Why is your picture flipped?

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:32 pm

scot2525 wrote:Why is your picture flipped?

huh?

NIBS

scot2525 · Post by **scot2525** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:36 pm

knibs7 wrote:
scot2525 wrote:Why is your picture flipped?
huh?

NIBS

Everything looks backwards.

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:47 pm

Maybe he's a lefty

NIBS

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:11 am

scot2525 wrote:Why is your picture flipped?

I am indeed, as Nibs pointed out, a lefty

enigmata_wood · Post by **enigmata_wood** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:19 am

bigrex wrote:I like some of the qualities of the fabric of that shirt, the cloth reminds me of a screen accurate raiders shirt. That quality seems to be lacking in some of the current vendor's "dress shirt twill" offerings.

The shirt is linen which naturally wrinkles a lot. So much so that if I ever ironed it I suspect it would be too big for me!
It's also a tapered fit for my chest and waist rather than the 'straight-down-from-the-armpits' cut of most mass produced shirts. This stops it bunching up at the top of the trousers. (thus showing off my lean adventurer's torso of course)

IndyGeek78 · Post by **IndyGeek78** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:39 am

Good work sir.

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:43 pm

Linen, there we go, I want a pre-shrunk English linen Indy shirt.

That would be a very interesting animal that I would not mind giving an "adventure test drive".

Examples of semi-linen looking raiders shirt drape:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237 ... linens.jpg

enigmata_wood wrote:
bigrex wrote:I like some of the qualities of the fabric of that shirt, the cloth reminds me of a screen accurate raiders shirt. That quality seems to be lacking in some of the current vendor's "dress shirt twill" offerings.
The shirt is linen which naturally wrinkles a lot. So much so that if I ever ironed it I suspect it would be too big for me!
It's also a tapered fit for my chest and waist rather than the 'straight-down-from-the-armpits' cut of most mass produced shirts. This stops it bunching up at the top of the trousers. (thus showing off my lean adventurer's torso of course)

First Indy look - on a shoestring

First Indy look - on a shoestring

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