Re: A question for all Wested owners...

Posted by California Jones from 209.37.101.159 on August 02, 1999 at 09:55:43:

In Reply to: A question for all Wested owners... posted by ROB T. on August 01, 1999 at 22:37:44:

: I don't own a Wested and probably never will (just too expensive) but on this forum I've read a lot about them and I have a question regarding their use in the films.
: From what I've been able to discern from you guys who have the jacket it is lightweight but you wouldn't want to wear it in the middle of July. With the heatwave we've had the last few weeks I imagine all of your jackets are languishing in the closet. Yet we see Indy wear the Wested in the hot, humid jungles of South America (see how sweaty everyone is?) and again in the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert.
: We also see him wearing it in the blizzard in Nepal and I understand the jacket to be too lightweight for extreme cold.
: My question is is Indy crazy to wear this jacket in those conditions and would you be comfortable in the Wested in those places?

There is NO leather jacket that is going to be comfortable in the real hot summer. Period. I've had leather jackets in one form or another for over 20 years and it is just not in the nature of the garment. Not to be mean, but think about it a little bit.

Indy wears it cause it is in the script.

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: : I don't own a Wested and probably never will (just too expensive) but on this forum I've read a lot about them and I have a question regarding their use in the films.
: : From what I've been able to discern from you guys who have the jacket it is lightweight but you wouldn't want to wear it in the middle of July. With the heatwave we've had the last few weeks I imagine all of your jackets are languishing in the closet. Yet we see Indy wear the Wested in the hot, humid jungles of South America (see how sweaty everyone is?) and again in the blistering heat of the Egyptian desert.
: : We also see him wearing it in the blizzard in Nepal and I understand the jacket to be too lightweight for extreme cold.
: : My question is is Indy crazy to wear this jacket in those conditions and would you be comfortable in the Wested in those places?

: There is NO leather jacket that is going to be comfortable in the real hot summer. Period. I've had leather jackets in one form or another for over 20 years and it is just not in the nature of the garment. Not to be mean, but think about it a little bit.

: Indy wears it cause it is in the script.

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