Han Solo's ANH Gloves. Need some help...
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RIMMAYR1
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exoray
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IMO as I stated they are UK or at least European in origin, if you hit up eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace and look at period 70s UK driving gloves you will see how similar the 70s UK driving gloves look especially in the thumb area...
Right now there only appears to be one pair of gloves up there, I'm going to link it as it's hardly anything I think people will swarm to as it's far from accurate, but it shows a very similar design...
RED BLACK LEATHER VINTAGE DRIVING GLOVES 60S 70S MOD M on eBay (end time 16-Oct-10 19:54:55 BST)
TMP
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Well i belive Rimmayr1 and David is asking for is real reffrence to faithfully replicate them. I suspect they wish to make them as a part of their appereal for sale or a personal project. So anyone who can chime in with photo reffrence will be able to help to recreate possible the best replica Han Solo Gloves ever been made, and who is better than Universal Design and their leatherwork.
Com on guys provide HD Screenshots or solid reffrence. Regardless i look forward to se this my self.
Com on guys provide HD Screenshots or solid reffrence. Regardless i look forward to se this my self.
Good Evening Everybody,
I wish to contribute a quick idea on Han's gloves as seen in a ANH.
To get straight to the point:
As to the source of these gloves has anyone considered that these were Equestrian or Polo gloves? Perhaps even for squash or other racket sports?
I am very interested in learning more about these gloves. I have seen the screen grabs from when they appeared in a Doctor Who episode from 1974 and have also heard that they might have been bus driver gloves from Los Angeles.
I am a first time poster - I admit that I have little to offer to the many in-depth, technical forums featured here other than admiration. In my defense I have replicated a Gulf Porsche Team pit crew jacket seen in the Steve McQueen Film Le Mans.
I hope all of you will enjoy Ep VII this weekend. I know I am looking forward to it. I wish you all Happy Holidays and I remain;
Respectfully Yours,
Keith
I wish to contribute a quick idea on Han's gloves as seen in a ANH.
To get straight to the point:
As to the source of these gloves has anyone considered that these were Equestrian or Polo gloves? Perhaps even for squash or other racket sports?
I am very interested in learning more about these gloves. I have seen the screen grabs from when they appeared in a Doctor Who episode from 1974 and have also heard that they might have been bus driver gloves from Los Angeles.
I am a first time poster - I admit that I have little to offer to the many in-depth, technical forums featured here other than admiration. In my defense I have replicated a Gulf Porsche Team pit crew jacket seen in the Steve McQueen Film Le Mans.
I hope all of you will enjoy Ep VII this weekend. I know I am looking forward to it. I wish you all Happy Holidays and I remain;
Respectfully Yours,
Keith
While not technically "found", they have been seen elsewhere (kinda like Bigfoot). Below image has been reported as a screen grab from Doctor Who, Planet of the Spiders, Episode 1.
Source:
http://www.forum.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46505&sid=31a9b7566c7b786794fe2fdb2cd1ff19
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Wow... seems to support the yellow/black color theory.
intwenothor
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In my opinion these bear more than a passing resemblance to
Fownes GT driving gloves. Various colours. Made in the UK as an off the shelf item circa 1960s/1970s.
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Andy
Fownes GT driving gloves. Various colours. Made in the UK as an off the shelf item circa 1960s/1970s.
Live the dream.
Andy
Where have you been looking? I have been as well - I've image searched multiple variations of, and usually with the qualifier "vintage" or "1970's", "driving glove", "civilian pilot glove" , "polo glove" (only get RL images with that), "polo sport gloves" (only get gaudy RL pics here), "open back driving/polo/equestrian/squash gloves, et al. Obviously I have crapped out also. I'm not that savy with search criteria apparently. I've had a nightmare of a time just getting pics of polo matches from the 70's. There are images of them out there somewhere!
intwenothor
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If you're restricted solely to image searches via the internet then you're always going to struggle. The terms you're using are also quite broad and will result in a kind of splattergun effect in which you might find what you're looking for but then again you might not. Whilst your ideas about equestrian gloves might bear fruit I'd doubt it. These are almost certainly British Driving gloves from the 1970s. My parents and grandparents all wore gloves just like these for driving and I'd allow myself a higher than 95% chance that that is what they are. If I were researching this, which I'm not, I'd concentrate on disambiguation and in order to do that I'd start with researching who made and sold these kinds of gloves in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s. To start you off you'll find 'Fownes', 'Dents', 'Chester Jefferies', and 'Marks and Spencer' should give you some ideas (there'll be lots more, trust me). Once you've started to narrow it down a bit you'll find something close and then you'll get closer etc.
I mentioned 'Fownes GT Gloves' because I've seen a few sets over the years in charity shops, jumble and car boot sales whilst looking for other items and can't overstate that if you really want to find stuff you're going to need to get out there. I'd always been struck by how much the Fownes gloves resembled these Han ANH gloves. I couldn't say if I've seen a set that were exactly the same because I wasn't really paying attention as this item doesn't really interest me. Purely for the benefit of this thread I did a little ebay dig to see if I could find a pair and then I simply purchased the first pair I found; I'll also add that you're also going to find it hard to advance unless you're prepared to take a punt on few things. Obviously this pair are the wrong colour and some details are not the same, which may be accounted for by these being for ladies, but I think you'll find the resemblance quite striking. Either way you definitely know that at least one company made gloves that are very close to what you are looking for.
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Andy
Photo no longer works for me.
I've got the bug again, and am doing some searches.
Anyone else having any luck??
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