RECOGNIZE THIS BLAZER?? (how to build your own blazer!)

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Do you recognize this Crockett Blazer?It's important that you also look on page 2 and 3 for the FULL story.

[Richie Rich]

Yes, I recognize it .If that was trivia, then it was somewhat easy (which is good for me, a non-expert at trivia).Oh - and also: I want one!

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Yes' date=' I recognize it .If that was trivia, then it was somewhat easy (which is good for me, a non-expert at trivia).[/quote']It's not trivia Richie, I'm just showing off my new find.Members Know what episodes it's in, but they seem to love this blazer from the series.Any comments?

[COOPER&BURNETT]

[Dadrian]

what season? 4?

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Season 2

[COOPER&BURNETT]

[Gary1911A1]

I'll bite, can this blazer be purchased and if so where? I don't expect you to sell your blazer, but if a store has them I'd like to know it.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Unfortunately, The one in the show was made in 1985. It is no longer in production.

[Richie Rich]

I'm just showing off my new find.

Dude!!Awesome, as usual.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

[rodriguezisdead]

Are you sure that's the same jacket Coop? The material looks very similar but not quite the same to me? :confused:

[COOPER&BURNETT]

[Murphy's Law]

That's one of my favorite jackets! A beautiful find, Coop.

[rodriguezisdead]

Heck yeah from that distance it definitely looks like the original ! Your collection never ceases to amaze Coop - wish I knew about your sources!

[Dadrian]

coop, you're just awesome.rodriguezisdead, that song in your signature is very nice. i really like that cd. GM is a great artist. sorry to get off topic.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Heck yeah from that distance it definitely looks like the original ! Your collection never ceases to amaze Coop - wish I knew about your sources!

Sometimes, when you look at the detail of a pattern at closeup, it lookes different.However, Rodriguezisdead......you are CORRECT!This is NOT the blazer that was used in the show.Great Job, and a great eye. :clap:Although I do own originals, this is not one of them.Knowing the chance of me getting the original of this style is extremely slim, as I have pretty much exhausted any leads on this one, I decided to at least get the look.I'll explain with photos on how this was created on the next several pages.

[rodriguezisdead]

Knowing the chance of me getting the original of this style is extremely slim' date=' as I have pretty much exhausted any leads on this one, I decided to at least get the look.[/quote'] Hey, I'd be more than satisfied with even just 'getting the look' ! It's as close as dammit, isn't it? You'd never tell the difference - I think it's a popular jacket partly because it seems like a more 'unusual' style for Crockett - in Season 2 didn't he generally have slightly stiffer/starchier jackets than this one?

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Here's step by step how I did this.First of all, I went to NORDSTROMS and found a mens shirt that seemed to have a pattern that looked extremely close to the blazer seen in the show.It is a heavy 100% cotton shirt. It is soft, and feels like linen. (linen is cotton by the way)It was a perfect canadate, because the original was an unconstructed blazer. When I took it home, I first, cut off the collar.Then, I took off all the buttons.I then sewed up all the buttonholes to make them less noticeable, and removed any tags that could be seen.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Here's what it looked like with the collar cut off.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Next, I folded down the collar stand, and folded back the shirt material, and made them lapels.Then I ironed the "lapels" to stay in place.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Being this is actually a shirt, there are shirt tails that are present. Blazers don't have shirt tails.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Here's another shot of it with one side of the shirt folded back correctly.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

Next, I folded up the shirt tails, cut off the excess material, and had the material sewn up.I then iron the edges to make it look sharp.

[COOPER&BURNETT]

With that completed, you can now see that the bottom now looks more like a blazer, and the bottom edges are now straight across.