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==Costume== Upon requests by Spielberg and Lucas, costume designer [[Deborah Nadoolman]] gave the character a distinctive silhouette through the styling of the hat; after examining many hats, Nadoolman chose a tall-crowned, wide-brimmed [[fedora]]. As a documentary of ''Raiders'' pointed out, the hat served a practical purpose. Following the lead of the old "B"-movies that inspired the ''Indiana Jones'' series, the fedora hid the actor's face sufficiently to allow doubles to perform the more dangerous stunts seamlessly. Examples in ''Raiders'' include the wider-angle shot of Indy and Marion crashing a statue through a wall, and Indy sliding under a fast-moving vehicle from front to back. Thus it was necessary for the hat to stay in place much of the time. [[File:Bullwhip and IJ hat.jpg|thumb|Jones's fedora and bullwhip]] The hat became so iconic that the filmmakers could only come up with very good reasons or jokes to remove it. If it ever fell off during a take, filming would have to stop to put it back on. In jest, Ford put a stapler against his head to stop his hat from falling off when a documentary crew visited during shooting of ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''. This created the urban legend that Ford stapled the hat to his head.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hat and Jacket featurette|publisher=Official site|date=February 8, 2008|url=http://www.indianajones.com/site/?deeplink=videos/1/v28|access-date=February 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209233128/http://www.indianajones.com/site/?deeplink=videos%2F1%2Fv28|archive-date=February 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Anytime Indy's hat accidentally came off as part of the storyline (blown off by the wind, knocked off, etc.) and seemed almost irretrievable, filmmakers would make sure Indy and his hat were always reunited, regardless of the implausibility of its return. Although other hats were also used throughout the films, the general style and profile remained the same. Elements of the outfit include: * The fedora was supplied by [[Herbert Johnson (hatters)|Herbert Johnson Hatters]] of [[Savile Row]], London for the first three films.<ref>[http://www.herbert-johnson.co.uk/history.html Herbert Johnson Hatters website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220151236/http://herbert-johnson.co.uk/history.html |date=February 20, 2016 }} Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> An Australian model was used by costume designer [[Deborah Landis]] to show hat maker Richard Swales the details when making the iconic hat from "the Poets" parts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indygear.com/igfedora.html|title=The Indiana Jones Fedora|work=Indy Gear|access-date=December 15, 2013|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927175715/http://indygear.com/igfedora.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fedora for ''Crystal Skull'' was made by Steve Delk and Marc Kitter of the Adventurebilt Hat Company of Columbus, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adventurebilthats.com/indy.asp|title=Adventurebilt and Indiana Jones|publisher=Adventurebilt Hat Company|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121073440/http://www.adventurebilthats.com/indy.asp|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> * The leather jacket, a hybrid of the "Type 440" and the [[A-2 jacket]], was made by Leather Concessionaires (now known as Wested Leather Co.) for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''. For ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'', jackets were made in-house at Bermans & Nathans in London based on a stunt jacket they provided for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Tony Nowak made the jacket for ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Indiana Jones Jacket: The Last Crusade|url=http://www.indygear.com/igjacket-LC.html|website=Indy Gear: The Indiana Jones Equipment Resource|access-date=September 3, 2015|archive-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814210042/http://indygear.com/igjacket-lc.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * The Indiana Jones shirt is based on a typical safari-style shirt. Its distinctive feature is two vertical strips running from the shoulders to the bottom of the shirt tails and continued over both breast pockets. A common debate regards the original shirt color. Surviving samples of the original shirts seem to be darker in reality than they appear on screen. Most fans look for an off-white "stone" color for their replicas. The original shirts, however, may have been more of a "tan" or "natural" color. The shirt varied little from film to film, the only notable difference being the darker buttons in ''Temple of Doom'' and ''Last Crusade''. Originally designed by Andreas Dometakis for the films, this shirt was once one of the hardest pieces of gear to find. * The trousers worn by Indiana Jones in all five films were based on original World War II Army and Army Air Corps officer trousers. Although not original Pinks they are based on the same basic design and do carry a slight pinkish hue. The trousers made for ''Raiders'' are said to be more of a greyish-brown whereas the trousers made for ''Temple of Doom'' and ''Last Crusade'' were supposedly a purer reddish brown. The trousers were made of a khaki wool-twill, pleated with seven belt loops, two scalloped button flap rear pockets, a button fly and a four-inch military style hem. They were all most likely subcontracted by the costume department and made by famed London based cinema costumers, Angels and Bermans, to be tailored perfectly for Harrison Ford for the production. * The [[satchel]] was a modified Mark VII [[WWII gas mask|gas mask]] bag that was used by British troops and civilians during [[World War II]]. * The whip was an 8- to 10-foot (2.4 to 3.0 m) [[bullwhip]] crafted by David Morgan for the first three films. The whips for ''Crystal Skull'' were crafted by a variety of people, including Terry Jacka, Joe Strain and Morgan (different lengths and styles were likely used in specific stunts).{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} * The pistol was usually a [[World War I]]-era revolver, including the [[Webley Revolver|Webley]] Government (WG) Revolver (''Last Crusade'' and ''Crystal Skull''), or a [[Smith & Wesson]] Second Model Hand Ejector revolver (''Raiders''). He has also used a [[Colt Official Police]] revolver (''Temple of Doom''), a [[Nagant M1883]] (''Young Indiana Jones''), and a 9 mm [[Browning Hi-Power]] (''Raiders'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indygear.com/igguns.html|title=Indiana Jones Guns|publisher=IndyGear.com|access-date=July 2, 2008|archive-date=June 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609110700/http://www.indygear.com/igguns.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The weapon is carried in a military pattern flap holster. * The shoes were made by [[Alden Shoe Company|Alden]]. A stock style (model 405) that had been a favorite of Ford's before the films, they are still sold today (though in a redder (brick) shade of brown than seen in the films) and are popularly known as "Indy Boots."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indygear.com/igboots.html|title=Indiana Jones Boots|publisher=IndyGear.com|access-date=December 11, 2007|archive-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411160532/http://www.indygear.com/igboots.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fedora and leather jacket from ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' are on display at the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[National Museum of American History]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smithsonianlegacies.si.edu/objectdescription.cfm?ID=125|title=Shrine to the Famous: Indiana Jones' hat and jacket, 1980s|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=December 11, 2007|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012105918/http://smithsonianlegacies.si.edu/objectdescription.cfm?ID=125|url-status=live}}</ref> The collecting of props and clothing from the films has become a thriving hobby for some aficionados of the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|title=IndyGear.com|url=http://www.indygear.com/|access-date=December 11, 2007|archive-date=June 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611063834/http://www.indygear.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jones' whip was the third most popular film weapon, as shown by a 2008 poll held by [[20th Century Fox]], which surveyed approximately two thousand film fans.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sophie|last=Borland|title=Lightsabre wins the battle of movie weapons|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=January 21, 2008|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/21/nweapon121.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124134422/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F21%2Fnweapon121.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2008|access-date=January 26, 2008|location=London}}</ref>
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