Thrift Store Find! Silent Bob Coat

[nick daring]

I ran across the same brand of coat used for the green Silent Bob Coat used in the last few Kevin Smith films.

The coat is made by a company called "Ponte Di Uomo". I couldn't find ANYTHING about the company or the clothes they used to make.

The only differences from the movie coat are that the original comes with a belt and maroon buttons while the movie coat replaced them with black ones. It looks like the movie coat also had the front buttons completely removed.

Abbyshot makes a replica of this coat.
http://www.abbyshot.com/products/pg-silent-bob.php

I haven't found much cool stuff at Thrift Stores in a while so this was a fun find.

Nick

 

[Coz]

Great find! Very Cool!

Did a little searching - found this info:
http://www.findownersearch.com/brand/3535435/

To sve ya the click:
Ponte Di Uomo (brand)
David Ashley
453 The Fenway River Edge
NEW JERSEY
07661

A Kevin Smith costume piece that comes back to a NJ address? Can't argue with that!

C.

 

[Simmon M]

Very nice find!!! I would have been bursting at the seams if I found it!

 

[rmschneider104]

GREAT find. And I'm assuming it was a killer price since it was a thrift store find. How was the quality of the original?

 

[Ramiel]

Nice find!
May I ask how much?

 

[p0sitr0nic]

Oh, damn... NICE...Ive wanted a good Bob coat for a while, closest I have is a leather trench ala Mallrats.

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Oh, damn... NICE...Ive wanted a good Bob coat for a while, closest I have is a leather trench ala Mallrats.

I wouldn't change the coat at all. The reason being that the one shown in Dogma and Strikes back is a copy made by the wardrobe company off of the original. Kevin came to my school a couple years ago and told an amuzing story of how he got a kick out of Hollywood xeroxing all of his favorite clothes. I think that black buttoned one was the hollywood xerox and the brown buttoned one was the Clerks original.

Dan

 

[Patattack]

That's incredible! Since Abbyshot was replicating the coat, I had assumed that it was entirely custom from the get-go, otherwise people would just be buying from the source. Does it fit well?

 

[JoeRalat]

Yes Nice Find. I am a huge Kevin Smith Fan. Its good to know the company that made the coat.

 

[nick daring]

The coat was a sweet 20 bucks.

The fit is roomy on my 42 coat size build. The coat itself doesn't have any size on the label.

I also went back and realized that the same coat was used in CLERKS as well. It was only in Mallrats that a different coat was used. The Batman scene kinda required a leather trench coat.

Nick

 

[rmschneider104]

Great deal at 20 bones. Congrats!

 

[Patattack]

Man, for that price you could even have it tailored to fit you less roomily for a grand total of less than a new coat.

 

[nick daring]

I'd think that you'd want a Silent Bob coat to be roomy.

He is a sloppy *****, if remember correctly.

Nick

 

[Patattack]

I'd think that you'd want a Silent Bob coat to be roomy.

He is a sloppy *****, if remember correctly.

Nick

True, true.