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Kakihara's Iridescent Coat

posted 13 years ago by mcwhammer
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http://imgur.com/cTEuk

I couldn't follow the story in this film, so I mostly spent my time looking at the cool coats everyone was wearing. The one the cop was wearing, with the faux-crocodile type skin was cool, but Kakihara's was my favorite.

I've looked around, and people are calling the fabric it's made out of "Sharkshin". However, I've not been able to find anything that looks as cool as his coat, because it appears that people don't want to make flashy clothing, and are using sharkskin for only a small color fade. Whereas in the movie, it almost looked computer generated, the way his coat was completely changing colors as he wanted to duel.

Anyone had any luck?

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[–] SCP_One_Seven_Three 12 years ago

I thought it could have been an Iridescent Taffeta?

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[–] Colour_Blind 11 years ago

A year late, but in case other people reading this would be interested:

The shiny iridescent material is indeed called "sharkskin". It's not normally used for an entire coat, though. I have no idea where you could buy clothes like Kakihara's, but you might try at BDSM/fetish shops or gay subculture shops.

[–] Etherdave 10 years ago

Or not. Any fabric store will carry an irridescent fabric like this, though in what colour I could not say. Good luck making a whole suit out of it, it's expensive stuff.

[–] paraphernelic 10 years ago

Sharkskin Taffeta. You may be able to find it easily in vintage shops. =)

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[–] ldarrisa-1 9 years ago

lol, I loved all the clothes too- Kakihara was a total pimp