Ah, crud. I just saw it on the first page of the costumes section and didn't even think it might be an old thread! Necroposting FTL.
Fett, no spammer. I found this forum when looking for replicas of a film coat I'm currently reproducing. When I'm making replicas, I always search high and low for other replicas to scrutinize and see what they're doing that's detracting from achieving the look of the original, and what they're doing perfect (the woman who posted the coat here did something that I think is even better than the original had).