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People were blogging about this a while ago, but I only just got around to re-watching 3 Days of the Condor (a 1975 espionage film starring Robert Redford).  Redford wears some nice clothes, and the movie is great too.

I remember back when I originally saw the film, I wanted Redford’s herringbone tweed jacket.  I was too young and didn’t have the means to buy anything like that at the time.  Well, over the following years, tweed jackets pretty much became the standard uniform of university lecturers – who added suede elbow patches, and tended to make them not as cool anymore.

Anyway, re-watching the film, it’s the Pea Coat which captures my attention (as indigofan readers would expect).  Redford pops the collar on both jackets, the Pea Coat has a much bigger collar, so of course the Pea Coat wins.  Hah.

There’s some other nice things in the wardrobe, like the aviator specs, denim shirt, tweed tie.  The old bronco van is cool too.