Belstaff Amelia Earhart Leather Bomber Jacket

[John Lever]

Seems she is all the rage these days -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Belstaff-Amelia-E ... 2a058e5436

 

[havocpaul]

I'm more an Amy Johnson man myself. Belstaff have gone trendy fashion house styles now they are an Italian-owned company, they've lost their true bike heritage for good me thinks; thank goodness for Lewis Leathers!

 

[dujardin]

just about fashion, nice jacket.
but a little expensive, for the price; i prefer to buy an original A-2

byeeeeee marcel

 

[fleet16b]

Interesting !

As some of you know, I was the Aerial Coordinator for the Amelia movie.
I also served as her stunt double for some flying scenes and as a result the Production Company had Belstaff make an exact copy of the 3/4 length flying jacket worn originally by Amelia Earhart.
They also made one for Hilary Swank ofcourse.
I see that Belstaff has now put the jacket into production at $1400 ( around the same price as the bomber jacket)
As I will never need to wear this jacket, I am playing with the idea of selling it and wonder what it would be worth. It would come with a letter of authenticity certifying it's connection to the movie.
Any comments or advice ??

 

[John Lever]

Keep it and enjoy it.

 

[fleet16b]

Keep it and enjoy it.

Kind of hard for me to enjoy it as it is not the style of jacket that I would normally wear.
At present it just sits stored away in it's Belstaff Bag.
Part of me says keep it as a collectors item but the other half says sell to someone who might get more appreciation out of it.
Who knows I may offer it here and or eventually put it on Ebay.
If anyone is truly interested they can p.m. me to discuss.