Fight Club Tyler Durden T-shirts?

The pics above are from the Screen used jacket (that is listed on Screen used.com) I have had this jacket for about 10 years. I have sell it than to x-mart. The first three pics are made in a photostudio - it look´s 10 times better as in the other pics on the net. The last two pics are made with normal light, so you can see the difference.

This jacket is an vintage jacket, there were removed two Labels inside the jacket. And it had definatly shoulder pads inside!!

My replica jacket was based on this jacket, i only changed the size of the collar (like pitt wear it on the lot of autograph Cards) & made the pockets more Screen accurate. And i missed the sholder pads.

As Soul said, it was really much work & time with the craftsman, that we became the look & colour as good as possible to the Screen worn jacket. It took´ a lot of time!

The craftsman now (that was an 2 Person Company) quit his Job vor about 5 years... :-(



BR- Tom

Great jacket tb79. A bit long in comparison to the sleeves but I like how it hangs. Good luck Aj. I hope it looks close to screen accurate

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Man Iove that jacket!!!

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Tb79 you know if this jacket was used in the movie??? Do you know what is the size?

Tb79 how and where did you get this jacket?? I'm interested in knowing where it came from.

Tom has an awesome collection

After much research, I've concluded that there are only 2 jackets. The vintage one Kaplan found in the boutique to base the design off of (sold to Tom via screenused.com), and the actual screen used jacket as shown below. (Fabricated by JAL for costume designer Michael Kaplan)




I guarantee you, these are all the same jacket. (photos are in chronological order. Notice how different the red color appears in each pic)

In every instance the jacket appears in the movie, the top broken button is exposed and the lapel is folded above it. The jacket also appears this way for the Bee Healthy shoot. However in the promotional photo-shoot with Matt Welch (which took place during production inside the paperstreet house), you can clearly see the jacket's lapel was refolded and creased lower, over the broken button. (Maybe Matt just didn't like the look of the broken button and wanted to show off more of the moto shirt.) You can see the higher crease lines in the lapel in these photos. Here is one for example:



It's around this time that I suspect the stitching started to come undone on the pocket flap. Then in the photo-shoot with Steven Klein (which took place after production) the lapel was folded back to it's original higher position above the broken button as seen on the cover of W magazine. If you look closely here you can see the lower crease marks on the lapel:



A few years later in Aug of 2004, this photo was taken of the full costume to promote the "50 designers/50 costumes" exhibit:



But before it went on display for the exhibit itself, the lapel was folded once again higher up, possibly by Kaplan himself making it look as he remembered on set as you can see him making adjustments to the jacket in this photo taken in Sep of 2004:



However, In all the following instances where the jacket has been on display since, the lapel has once again been creased lower and has remained that way for the last 10 years.

Clear example of the double crease:


Case Solved! It's all the same jacket.

Anyone still not convinced? I have further evidence . . .

Soul how do we explain the difference in the button location?

Ha! You're a badass Soul. A+++++! Now I got it. The reason the buttons are in a different position is because with the crease lowered the jacket raises up and sets the buttons about an inch off of their place. Jacket issue solved by Soul.

Danman said:

Ha! You're a badass Soul. A+++++! Now I got it. The reason the buttons are in a different position is because with the crease lowered the jacket raises up and sets the buttons about an inch off of their place. Jacket issue solved by Soul.

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Right and I just measured my JAL and compared it to these screenshots. The JAL is an exact replica everything matches perfectly. The cut is exactly the same the difference is because of the creases and folds in the screen used jacket make it seem like things are in different spots (ie the collar, pockets, etc) but it is the exact same template he used from the on screen version.

The only difference would be the leather and since the jacket was painted we can assume the original leather was not a red color. I do not know how leather is made red (Does anyone know? Soul?) but I suppose you could ask JAL to make the jacket in the exact same leather from the movie (And he would know) and paint it red yourself to get an exact replica.

Yea. I was looking at google images of AJ's jacket and it is definitely the closest you can get to the Screen used except I'm still unsure about the leather type and thickness used. Screen used looks thinner and if it is just distressing that they did to make a jacket like AJ's look like the screen used jacket, then they must've really beaten the hell out of that thing for a long time to get it as soft and thin looking as it does in the film.

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Yea. I was looking at google images of AJ's jacket and it is definitely the closest you can get to the Screen used except I'm still unsure about the leather type and thickness used. Screen used looks thinner and if it is just distressing that they did to make a jacket like AJ's look like the screen used jacket, then they must've really beaten the hell out of that thing for a long time to get it as soft and thin looking as it does in the film.

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They did, in fact, I just examined my jacket and in the more worn places (Ie from elbow, shoulders, etc) it is thinner and more distressed. I will post pics -- My jacket in some places is still like new because being in AZ I can only wear it for like 3 months out of the year and I dont wear it everyday.

Ok here are some up close shots of my jacket. You can see the distress starting to set in some areas from use areas like the bottom of the cuffs, the sides, etc. The front is still extremely smooth which gives that thick look but in actuality it isn't that thick. You would be freezing wearing it in below 60 degree temperature.













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And finally here is a side by side comparison. In fact, I will go down to that exhibit and try and get my jacket next to the real one (Within reason, I don't know if they have some kind of rules) to compare the exact color.

However, IMO my jacket is the same exact color as Brad Pitts I tried doing both a daylight setting and put them side by side. The main difference is my jacket is brand new so it looks smooth and thick his is very beat up and distressed.

Danman

i can tell you from who i get the jacket - from this space monkey...



Ha Ha...

i will get to you tomorrow...

BR

Tom

Lol ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

On distressing the jacket . . .

From the sound of it, all the distressing and aging was done by Kaplan himself. The jacket JAL fabricated for the film probably looked just like the ones he is selling today.

I was just reading in my copy of "Hollywood Costume". In it there is this bit from Michael Kaplan:

"Brad didn't really know what Tyler Durden should look like. We were dealing with a level of unreality, people who weren't real. But they still had to look and seem real. I would make them new and then age them. I would break buttons, crack leather and put things in the oven and wash them, so that they would look like they were 30 years old even though they were actually made the week before."

Don't forget to pre-heat your jackets kids!

Lol. Nice. I washes a few but never heard of heating. So I'm guessing he heated them up and washed them then would paint them over and ovwr

Tremendous info, love those hi def pics with the motocross hiding in there!

Soul, just saw you updated the site with the sports tank on the way. Hell yeah! I thought I'd never find one. Cannot wait. Sock it to me and that one are high on my priority list!

Me too man. Sports tank is high on my list right now cause of the weather

I don't care what the weather is, I'd wear the fur coat if I had it