Okay... no nasty fights, please.
I spoke with a guy who knows Tony Nowak. The official version of the jacket story is as follows.
Bruce Willis specifically asked Nowak to make a 1940's style jacket for the movie and requested extra-long sleeves.
Tony produced it.
The studio distressed the jacket.
Tony has a very good reputation in Hollywood, having made the jacket for the last Indy Jones film, amongst others.
Nowak doesn't chase easy sales, like, for instance, Wested Leather with their preposterous certificate of authenticity for an Indy jacket that is quite unlike the movie version.
The only reason the Surrogates jacket is available is because a fan of the film asked Tony to make him one - other requests followed.
I realise there will be members who think this is BS. And I do not know Nowak, so I am in no proper position to vouch for this story.
I remain fascinated by the aging of this jacket which I concede certainly appears to be vintage.
I spoke with a guy who knows Tony Nowak. The official version of the jacket story is as follows.
Bruce Willis specifically asked Nowak to make a 1940's style jacket for the movie and requested extra-long sleeves.
Tony produced it.
The studio distressed the jacket.
Tony has a very good reputation in Hollywood, having made the jacket for the last Indy Jones film, amongst others.
Nowak doesn't chase easy sales, like, for instance, Wested Leather with their preposterous certificate of authenticity for an Indy jacket that is quite unlike the movie version.
The only reason the Surrogates jacket is available is because a fan of the film asked Tony to make him one - other requests followed.
I realise there will be members who think this is BS. And I do not know Nowak, so I am in no proper position to vouch for this story.
I remain fascinated by the aging of this jacket which I concede certainly appears to be vintage.