Coraline Japanese Uniform Hat help Locate

[seven]

I am putting together a Coraline Costume for my wife and I am looking for the hat that she wears in the film. Can anyone help ID the hat and the pin on the front?

(photos By Neil Gaiman)

 

[Agent RayBans]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

I'd say you'd want a replica of a Civil War union hat, a conductors hat, or a greek fishmans hat.

http://greatergoodsonline.com/home/gg1/page/98/0

http://www.makebelievecostume.com/detail/RB-49254.html

http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/Merc...oduct_Code=train-conductor-hat-803&Quantity=1

 

[seven]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

Thanks for the links, I think the greek hat is the pretty close.

The one that I found is a chauffeur hat

http://www.amazon.com/E4hats-Cotton...TF8&coliid=I2MT16QU70M1HB&colid=2M9CCFZUQTTGF

The production notes refer it as a 'military hat'. perhaps it's loosely based off a military hat.

 

[rickrickrick]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

Since it's a made-up hat, I doubt you will find anything exact, but to me, it looks closest to a Greek fisherman's cap except with a shiny brim - so I think the costume chauffeur cap you found is very close for an off-the-shelf item.

R

 

[T2SF]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

I don't know hats at all but something says Italian postman to me.

 

[witness]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

Can anyone help ID the hat and the pin on the front?

The pin appears to be a takeoff of a British Artillery cap badge. A flaming grenade. Or something similar. Again, being a made up puppett hat, it's nott likely going to be an exact of something, more of a close proximity.

 

[seven]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

Ooh thanks. I found a good pair of Wybies gloves

anyone else?

 

[Russ257]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

you could probably make your own pin out of sculpty

 

[seven]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

^I was thinking about that, seems pretty simple in design.

I am not entirely convinced that the hat is 'made-up'. I have notived that there are 'props' in the film based off a real world design.

One good example is Bobinsky's medal. While it could easily have been fictional, it is in fact a real Medal.

 

[seven]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

anyone else?

 

[T2SF]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

Possible to contact the prop person who created it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5MFdAB7fI

 

[seven]

Re: Coraline Military Hat ID help

If I am not mistaken, Althea Crome only made the Star Sweater and Gloves, not the hat.

 

[seven]

Re: Coraline "Military" Uniform Hat ID help

Just read from one of the costume designers that the hat is from a private school in Japan boy's uniform

maybe kind of like this:
http://images.macfluent.com/nowitz/images/CD2551/HiRez/CD2551-0235.jpg