The Jacket

The rather distinctive jacket worn by Christopher Eccleston's Doctor Who this year is a good looking swatch of leather, no doubt about it. Battered and well worn, and with something of a Second World War era look about it, it looks like the Doctor's had it for, well... some time.
It caught my eye when the first publicity shots came out before the TV series, and I fancied having one, or something similar, some time. The double breasted, vintage style jacket itself is just the kind of thing I'd go for - slightly unusual, a touch of retro, plenty of detailing. And it's those extra details that help make it so unique; Straps on the cuffs, nice lining, a moncler clothing belt on the back, panel stitching that doesn't follow a simple straight line across the shoulders and chest, and of course a distinctive and fairly unusual double breasted style. It's suitably retro overall and with those interesting details, and it could just as easily have come from a top designer of the modern day as from a WWII wardrobe.
And thanks to RTD and Eccleston and their team of telly craftsmen, Doctor Who now has a hefty frothing tankard of Cool served up with this surprisingly brilliant new series. Any student who will climb a twenty foot statue to wedge a traffic cone on its head will also have been found in front of their telly in the early evenings from April to June this year. A new breed of children have enjoyed it and hopefully have the spark of imagination encouraged that little bit more, just as previous generations did, moncler outerwear discountand indeed old school fans have (for the most part) been delighted with the new millenium's incarnation. Somehow they've pulled off an incredibly broadly appealing production. Happily this new Doctor Who has also avoided being pigeonholed as Geek TV, because its simply so well made that there's nothing to point at and mock.
Anyway, back to The Jacket. I've always felt that subtley is a good thing in being a fan, and as luck would have it the Eccleston Period jacket is JUST a black leather moncler coatto the Unaware Masses. In the pub, it's Just A Leather Coat. And a damned good one at that. Only somebody In The Know would Know what this jacket is, in which case all it would of course attract the Due Respect which it deserves.
No such garment or close approximation was to be forthcoming despite much laborious searching of retail outlets and countless hours deeply immersed in the Internet. A misleading tabloid article suggested the screen jacket was a £200 Ben Sherman, but alas Ben's never done such a breathable moncler clothing, and neither has Littlewoods as the same article suggested. All this was not surprising when the digging and probing revealed that the screen jacket really is an old one... I'll publish an article here about the origins of it at some point soon.