Levi’s have introduced a brand new clothes line impressed by Timothée Chalamet’s depiction of Bob Dylan within the new biopic A Full Unknown.
The movie, which charts the music nice’s transition from acoustic folks idol to electrical rock star within the mid-’60s, is launched within the US on December 25 and in UK cinemas on January 17.
Now, the clothes firm has launched ‘Levi’s Classic Clothes x A Full Unknown’, a group that features a jacket and a pair of denims which might be immediately impressed by Chalamet’s look within the movie, which itself was carefully modelled on unique outfits donned by Dylan within the ‘60s.
Among the many choices are a yellow tan, 100 per cent leather-based jacket for $1200 (£955), which comes with sheet music for ‘A Exhausting Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’, a reproduction cue card from the ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ video, particular costume lining notes and a nonetheless of Chalamet carrying the identical jacket.
Additionally out there are a $495 (£395) pair of denims with a D-shaped buckle belt and sheet music for ‘Woman From The North Nation’ and a liner notice quoting Dylan: “I’ll allow you to be in my goals / If I could be in yours”.
Costumer designer Arianne Phillips has stated: “Whereas researching costumes for the movie, I stored noticing that Bob Dylan wore Levi’s persistently all through his profession, each on and off stage. So I labored with Paul O’Neill at Levi’s to assist me supply unique Levi’s denim and produce the bootcut 501 denims, in addition to recreate the Tremendous Slim Levi’s denims that Dylan wore in ‘65… To my shock and delight, I discovered that Dylan’s journey might be authentically traced by means of his Levi’s.”
Paul O’Neill added: “It was thrilling to breed Dylan’s unique denims with the inserted panel and embody distinctive ephemera within the presentation, making certain our new assortment captures the movie’s romantic themes whereas faithfully recreating the enduring Levi’s look of an unparalleled genius.”
Earlier this month, Chalamet channelled Dylan immediately himself on the A Full Unknown premiere in New York Metropolis, full with facial hair, blonde locks, leather-based jacket and gray scarf.
The actor additionally realized to play 30 songs from the Dylan catalogue in his years-long preparation for the movie and took classes from a vocal coach, a guitar trainer, a dialect coach, a motion coach and a harmonica tutor.
Dylan lately praised Chalamet’s efforts within the movie and stated “Timmy’s an excellent actor so I’m certain he’s going to be utterly plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me.”
He continued: “The movie’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electrical – a e book that got here out in 2015. It’s a improbable retelling of occasions from the early ‘60s that led as much as the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve seen the film learn the e book.”
Chalamet has since responded to the reward whereas quote-tweeting Dylan’s put up. “Floored,” he wrote. “I’m so grateful. Thanks Bob.”
In NME’s four-star evaluate of the movie, Alex Flood wrote: “Crucial (and sometimes trickiest) job of any music film is to get the music proper. And this nails that. In case you’re a Bob beginner, you’ll depart the cinema able to dive into his again catalogue.
“In case you’re already a fan, the subsequent few weeks will probably be spent making playlists of lesser-known B-sides or studying the lore round a scene you weren’t aware of. And that’s why it was a good suggestion to make this movie – a mad concept, however a great one.”
