Moonrise Kingdom

[sharkie59]

I'm hoping to be Sam for Halloween, but am having trouble finding the right color of khaki for his shorts and shirt, especially in my size (female, 5'5", 120lbs).

Has anyone had any luck in finding them?

 

[firebelly]

I'm hoping to be Sam for Halloween, but am having trouble finding the right color of khaki for his shorts and shirt, especially in my size (female, 5'5", 120lbs).

Has anyone had any luck in finding them?

I've found that the correct color for sam is from a pre-70's boy scout uniform. If you watch the movie, you will see that the colors of the uniform varies per person. Most of the kids wear more true khaki colors (albeit browner than today's uniforms) akin to modern boy scout uniforms. But sam (green) and the cook (brown?) seem to have different colors.

So for style, the uniforms are 100% based off of the 1950s 1960s Boy scout uniforms. You can see it in the embroidered pocket flaps on the pants and shirt. They are yellow in the movie and red in real life, but in the exact same place.

Ebay has these on sale here and there, but often they are for kids. Way too small for any adult, even smaller ones such as myself. Etsy seems to have a few here and there. I'll let you know how mine turns out if you do the same

 

[firebelly]

Here is the latest update. Still missing some patches I am making but it's coming together slowly. I kind of slopped it together because I was short on time.

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