RJD257
New in Town
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This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the 1st appearance of the rebellious Bo Brady character on the soap: Days of Our Lives, and the character & actor have been popping up a lot in social media - prodding my memory about something....
Born in 1965 - I'm 10 years younger than the actor Peter Reckell, and about 2 years younger than that famous character. My maternal grandmother had the show on every day, then passed the tradition/addiction onto my mom. By the time the 1980's rolled around, it actually caught my attention while I was in college, with high-budget, high-adrenaline action/adventure storylines with larger than life heroes & villains who could have come from a Bond movie.
As a fan/collector of leather jackets since I was 15, I've grown in my depth of knowledge about what IS a good jacket and what isn't...
I've been scratching my head trying to figure out if that very first jacket (on screen from 1983-1987) was indeed a Schott Perfecto ? (see attached photo) It could have come from either the actor, or the show's wardorbe department (...who probably had a bigger budget...). It has all the classic design elements (the classic half-belt, 25" waist, the epaulets of the 618, the chain pulls on the exterior pockets, and the bardware seems to be either brass or nickel plated - not chromed...) But three things throw me...it had a red flannel lining, and the stitching on the lapels seems to go in a zig-zag pattern and not a stright line - neither of which I've ever seen in a Schott. Also the way the leather breaks and folds seems to be very pliable, which I wouldn't expect from a new steerhide jacket.
So - does anyone in The Lounge know if that WAS a Perfecto - or some other manufacturer who was "inspired" by Schott (...like Durable, etc...) ? Was Schott supplying Hollywood & TV Studios with their jackets in the late 70's early 80's ?
Thanks In Advance for helping this inquiring mind solve this mystery !
Born in 1965 - I'm 10 years younger than the actor Peter Reckell, and about 2 years younger than that famous character. My maternal grandmother had the show on every day, then passed the tradition/addiction onto my mom. By the time the 1980's rolled around, it actually caught my attention while I was in college, with high-budget, high-adrenaline action/adventure storylines with larger than life heroes & villains who could have come from a Bond movie.
As a fan/collector of leather jackets since I was 15, I've grown in my depth of knowledge about what IS a good jacket and what isn't...
I've been scratching my head trying to figure out if that very first jacket (on screen from 1983-1987) was indeed a Schott Perfecto ? (see attached photo) It could have come from either the actor, or the show's wardorbe department (...who probably had a bigger budget...). It has all the classic design elements (the classic half-belt, 25" waist, the epaulets of the 618, the chain pulls on the exterior pockets, and the bardware seems to be either brass or nickel plated - not chromed...) But three things throw me...it had a red flannel lining, and the stitching on the lapels seems to go in a zig-zag pattern and not a stright line - neither of which I've ever seen in a Schott. Also the way the leather breaks and folds seems to be very pliable, which I wouldn't expect from a new steerhide jacket.
So - does anyone in The Lounge know if that WAS a Perfecto - or some other manufacturer who was "inspired" by Schott (...like Durable, etc...) ? Was Schott supplying Hollywood & TV Studios with their jackets in the late 70's early 80's ?
Thanks In Advance for helping this inquiring mind solve this mystery !