Thought I'd post an update. I cannot find a fishermen sweater in the right color and pattern - or price I would pay. Everything I've seen is cable knit, expensive, and usually white (Trevors is off white/cream in ribbed knit). I wondered if a womans sweater would differ that much than a mans, so I started searching for womens 2XL And 3XL ( I wear a mens XL). Found both in a mottled tan. The 2X is a little tight; 3X is perfect. I don't see much difference in cut from a mans, but I have big shoulders so if the womens sweater is cut large in the chest it all works out. Also the second-hand prices for womens seem to be much lower than for mens, and more easily available.
I decided to go with cotton 'jogging' pants, because they are tapered at the ankles and hopefully will be easier to wrap puttees around. These seem easy to find, new or used. Only drawback is most have no belt loops, but the sweater should cover the waist band anyway.
I've seen both original and reproduction puttees, interestingly both about the same price.
Double-pronged leather belts are available as military surplus. Most seem to be from Europe, so shipping can sometimes cost more than the belt. There are fashion belts that could possibly work, but I wonder about the durability and strength to carry a holster.
Will order a toy pistol, repaint, and I can borrow a holster.
Leather vest/jacket I'm still not sure about. It's something of a mystery. From the 'campfire' scene in the movie, it has sleeves, but they look like a different material or color. Why he's wearing a leather jacket under an overcoat I don't know. In any case that would be far too hot for costume use, I found a similar vest in cotton I think will work, it's dark grey, not brown, but finding anything in that style is more difficult that I expected. Still looking for something better.
The outer coat, I believe, is a mashup of various styles, roughly based on the 'barnstormer' style (usually leather), but for Trevor in fabric with a removable mutton collar. I found a good copy of the coat, but it's tan khaki. Thought I would dye it, but after some research it sounds like dying a cotton coat with a polyester liner and unknown thread is just asking for trouble. So, I found a coat in the correct color but with wrong lapels, pocket flaps, etc. I thought it would be better to try and cut and re-sew a correct color coat rather than attempting to dye. There are a lot of real- and faux-mutton collars out there, but most in white. I'm still looking for the correct tan/brown.
If anyone's interested I'll post another update further along. Any questions welcome!
I decided to go with cotton 'jogging' pants, because they are tapered at the ankles and hopefully will be easier to wrap puttees around. These seem easy to find, new or used. Only drawback is most have no belt loops, but the sweater should cover the waist band anyway.
I've seen both original and reproduction puttees, interestingly both about the same price.
Double-pronged leather belts are available as military surplus. Most seem to be from Europe, so shipping can sometimes cost more than the belt. There are fashion belts that could possibly work, but I wonder about the durability and strength to carry a holster.
Will order a toy pistol, repaint, and I can borrow a holster.
Leather vest/jacket I'm still not sure about. It's something of a mystery. From the 'campfire' scene in the movie, it has sleeves, but they look like a different material or color. Why he's wearing a leather jacket under an overcoat I don't know. In any case that would be far too hot for costume use, I found a similar vest in cotton I think will work, it's dark grey, not brown, but finding anything in that style is more difficult that I expected. Still looking for something better.
The outer coat, I believe, is a mashup of various styles, roughly based on the 'barnstormer' style (usually leather), but for Trevor in fabric with a removable mutton collar. I found a good copy of the coat, but it's tan khaki. Thought I would dye it, but after some research it sounds like dying a cotton coat with a polyester liner and unknown thread is just asking for trouble. So, I found a coat in the correct color but with wrong lapels, pocket flaps, etc. I thought it would be better to try and cut and re-sew a correct color coat rather than attempting to dye. There are a lot of real- and faux-mutton collars out there, but most in white. I'm still looking for the correct tan/brown.
If anyone's interested I'll post another update further along. Any questions welcome!
