Best photos of famous people wearing true vintage leather jackets (military, but not only)

[ZuZu]

Jeff Conaway on "Taxi", looks like an original A-2View attachment 115461View attachment 115463

It's a Dubow. I think one epaulet has the 'X' box cut. If you watch the episode you can see it clearly. His outfit is a perfect encapsulation of US style back then. Kinda what I
was going for but I didn't have as spectacular a hair hat!

 

[ZuZu]

It's a Dubow. I think one epaulet has the 'X' box cut. If you watch the episode you can see it clearly. His outfit is a perfect encapsulation of US style back then. Kinda what I
was going for but I didn't have as spectacular a hair hat!

I'm not 100% on this. In some episodes he wears a civilian A-2 with the arm seam. But i"m sure Iv'e seen a Dubow also. I'll try to find it.

 

[ZuZu]

Jeff Conaway on "Taxi", looks like an original A-2View attachment 115461View attachment 115463

He has 2 jackets in the show (or more). There's a Dubow:

and there's a civilian jobber:

 

[ZuZu]

Richard Widmark "Run for the Sun". Aero? Poughkeepsie?

I watched a bit. He wears the hell out of that thing!

 

[caddyd]

Cool!

 

[ZuZu]

William Holden wearing an A-2 in "Apartment for Peggy". I think it's an original but I don't see collar snaps so I'm a bit flumoxed. I'm also pretty sure it's the same jacket he wears in "Picnic".

Picnic:

 

[B-Man2]

William Holden wearing an A-2 in "Apartment for Peggy". I think it's an original but I don't see collar snaps so I'm a bit flumoxed. I'm also pretty sure it's the same jacket he wears in "Picnic".

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Picnic:


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Zu
The black and white photo shows raised rounded snaps under the leather

 

[ZuZu]

Zu
The black and white photo shows raised rounded snaps under the leather
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Maybe?

 

[caddyd]

Robert Montgomery's A-2 in

"They Were Expendable"

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

Looks like a back horizontal seam there?

 

[Chandler]

What's Marion wearing in that first pic?

 

[B-Man2]

What's Marion wearing in that first pic?

Chandler
Pretty sure it’s a 37J1

 

[caddyd]

It seems Hollywood had a problem with continuity

regarding A-2's in films made during WW II

 

[Chandler]

It seems Hollywood had a problem with continuity View attachment 115713regarding A-2's in films made during WW II

Was war-time -- Hollywood wasn't taking from the supply chain unless it was offered to them.

Want to see some great war-time kit? Watch "Sahara" or "The Story of G.I. Joe."

 

[Dumpster D]

Seen 'Sahara' to the point of memorization...Will check out 'The story of G.I. Joe' ...Have not seen this one.

 

[Chandler]

Seen 'Sahara' to the point of memorization...Will check out 'The story of G.I. Joe' ...Have not seen this one.

I'm surprised at the discrepancy in your experience -- I remember watching both films (and to that memorization point myself -- the Sahara soundtrack is embedded in my head) on television quite a bit in the 70s.

But thinking on it, G.I. Joe wasn't as prevalent on local late night movie shows as Sahara -- or Battleground, for that matter.

G.I. Joe is highly recommended, though. I jumped when it was made available on DVD.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[ZuZu]

!2 Oclock High again- Dean Jagger wears a gigantic 18091. I wasn't sure at first- but a still photo and some closeups during the movie pretty much confirm it. He wears it very big and goofy- collar awry and a bit bunched up.

 

[ZuZu]

Warren Oates. Season 2 Ep. 6 12 O'clock High TV. This show is great for looking at originals (mostly) being worn 20 or so years after the war. They still look pliable and useable;

Warren wears a great Rough Wear- that potato sack shape, the meesed up collar- classic!
With a bit of work you could get a current GW to look pretty much like this but it would have to have the right leather, a tight waistband and a bit more body than is common on many GW RWs.

2 RWs!

 

[YoungMedic]

Thomas F. Wilson with the Biff Tannen waxwork figure on the set of Back To The Future Part II. Look like an A2 to me. Maybe a Cooper? Not vintage at the time of the photo but hell the jacket is almost 40 years old at this point