Look, they simply don’t make film memorabilia like they did within the ’90s—again when the solid of Sleepy Hole had their very own customized leather-based jackets and Buffy backpacks have been a dime a dozen. However man of the hour Glen Powell not too long ago wore a customized embroidered Levi’s Twisters jacket whereas selling the Lee Isaac Chung motion thriller, which itself is a sequel to the 1996 authentic, and issues could be altering. The jacket has the basic twister brand, “Twisters” within the franchise’s signature scrawled typeface and, for those who squint, a couple of flying cows, vehicles, and bushes in that ultimate element. Dangerous information for the remainder of us, although: just one was made and it is for Glen Powell and Glen Powell solely.
“As a result of the Twisters film relies in Oklahoma, I needed to lean into the western vibe,” Powell’s stylist Warren Alfie Baker informed GQ. “So I had a chat with Levi’s about engaged on an embroidered classic trucker [jacket] for the film and so they have been tremendous into it. It needed to have the long-lasting Twisters textual content with in fact a twister and we added some small particulars—I really like the floating cow. It’s the one one which was made for Glen as a lil’ token piece for the film.”
For Baker, the jacket was an homage to Hollywood’s second golden age. “We have been leaning into the long-lasting trend of ‘90s actors so felt prefer it made sense to have a cool ’90s vibe,” Baker says. “[The jacket] had a sense of film memorabilia you’d need to acquire whenever you have been youthful.”
For this complete Twisters promo tour, in truth, the Texas-born actor has been leaning closely into the “blockbuster main man” factor—all blue denim and brown boots with beefy heels, paying homage to a time when guys like Invoice Paxton would present up on the crimson carpet in denims and a white tee. Baker tells GQ that, forward of promo occasions, they created a temper board and actually needed to remain inside that “Harrison Ford, [Kevin] Costner and Invoice Paxton really feel” with such basic gadgets as “cowboy boots from Lucchese” and “classic Levi’s bootcut and Wranglers.”
As for the customized Levi’s Twisters jacket? That was simply the garnish on the film star beefcake. “It was nearly holding it easy and timeless with the menswear,” says Baker. Too dangerous it is only a one-off.
This story initially appeared on British GQ with the title ‘The making of Glen Powell’s very ‘90s customized Twisters jacket’
