The exact shade of dried blood
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A red leather jacket in the shade of dried blood, printed shirts, fur-collared coats and sunglasses indoors.
Michael Kaplan designed the film, and the red leather jacket was made in "the exact shade of dried blood." His logic for the character: "I knew he had no money. So I made him this mad-cap character who dressed out of thrift shops, but with a very discerning eye." David Fincher's brief was that there was "no such thing as too far" — until Kaplan put Brad Pitt in a tube top and Fincher said, "Uh Michael… I know what I said, but you've crossed the line."
Deep brownish red, not bright. The shade is what stops it being a costume.
★ 4.4 · 552 reviews
The oxblood or maroon colorway - broken in, never babied
Wide collar, busy print, worn open or half-buttoned.
★ 4.5 · 507 reviews
The loudest print on the page - first rule of dressing like Tyler
Plain, slightly loose. The one quiet element.
★ 4.2 · 403 reviews
Dark, loose, sits on the hips
Worn indoors, at night. Absurd, cheap, essential.
★ 4.4 · 479 reviews
The red or amber lens - basement lighting built in
Dark, long, faux fur collar. Worn open, always.
Ribbed or waffle, in a muted seventies colour.
★ 4.4 · 524 reviews
Worn open-collared, one size too tight
Visible, worn, slightly too much.
★ 4.6 · 742 reviews
The big buckle - it enters the room first
Scuffed, plain, obviously secondhand.
★ 4.2 · 695 reviews
Brown, scuffed on arrival ideally
The red leather jacket is the piece. Get a deep, brownish red rather than a bright one — Kaplan's dried-blood shade is what stops it looking like a costume. Underneath, go seventies thrift: printed shirts, wide collars, texture. Nothing modern, nothing plain, nothing that matches the jacket. The fur-collared coat is the second signature and it's genuinely wearable — faux fur collar on a dark overcoat, worn open. And wear sunglasses indoors. It's absurd, it's part of the character, and it costs nothing.
Thrift-store loud: the red-brown leather jacket, garish 70s print shirts, ribbed retro knits, big-buckle belt and worn boots. Nothing new, nothing safe.
One loud print or the leather jacket as the anchor, everything else worn-in and slightly wrong. It should look found, not bought — ideally both.
Coordination and cleanliness. Ikea minimalism is exactly what Tyler burned down. The first rule is: no pressed collars.