Hey guys!
Today I come to you with my most prized item in my small collection - even beyond my BrBa/BCS Collecting. It´s the infamous
Revenge Blazer of Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad S04E10 "Salud". I´ve wrote before in this thread but here´s the full story now!
Hugo Boss Maselli6, Lanificio Tesse Biella, from autumn/winter collection 2011
I got very nice HD/4k pictures, so make sure to zoom into them to look at the pristine fabric of the coat.
I hope you also enjoy my short story-time! <3
Actually it´s not the first one I´v got my hold on. I´ve tried to get it for many many years but eventually gave up and came to the conclusion that it was probably custom-made. One day I encountered a nice looking, light gray sports coat on vinted.com. At first I looked at it and thought: "Hey that´s similar to the actual one!" but then I saw the lining which you could see when Gus went to the bathroom to puke out the poison. And so I "calmly" texted the seller and bought it for 20€. Unfortulately it was a 40R and not a 38R, but it brought me a big step closer because now I knew everything about it, and so I scoured the internet for it. Hugo Boss, it was that simple. You could have known it when peeking at the label that was visible in the before mentioned scene. I even owned one with the exact same label but never came to this conclusion. In the meantime a tailor ruined the 40R, so it was not usable for further purposes. I should have pressed charges actually, it´s ridiculous.
Eventually I came across it again - even in my size - but it had a lot of unmentioned flaws, e.g. moth holes at the sleeve and the bottom front. Bummer. Against all odds, and me being lucky as hell, I got another 40R on eBay in bad condition but only to take one sleeve and attach it to the flawed one. Before that I managed to restore the sleeve to a better condition. Learning from previous mistakes, I took it to a japanese master tailor. Even he appreciated the cut and the fabric of this Sport Coat for it being a RTW (Ready-to-Wear) garment. But the one mothholes on the bottom front remained. I didn´t mind it all too much. Getting it mended was an option, but it would mean an unexpected result for a lot of money. So I was content, but always on the look-out for another one, yet knowing that I´ve run out of luck. Had a blast wearing it in the summer in the meantime!
Which brings us to the present: my lucky ass found another one (on a polish equivalent of eBay, Poshmark or Grailed) through daily googling and scouring Google Images. 38R, mint-condition, hell yeah. It was already sold. In my desperation, I messaged the seller nonetheless and asked him, if he could forward my offer to buy it for much more money to the buyer. Turns out that it wasn´t sold completely because the buyer didn´t pay yet. So he took my generous offer instead. Sorry, not sorry I guess! At this point, I couldn´t just back off. It was much more to me than just some light gray blazer. And now, I got it. As Walter White would say: "I won.". The only thing that´s left is getting it tailored for me, trim it around the waist and maybe adjust the sleeve length since the rest is fitting my frame perfectly and without any flaws. It´s great.
-> The End.
Meaning, I have one blazer left. I will maybe put it out for sale (here or elsewhere) or getting it singed by Giancarlo Esposito and frame it. What do you think?
PS: I also have the exact same black plaid overcoat that Gus wore in Better Call Saul frequently, so go and check out my other posts
