Tagged: Athlete

Against All Odds: Jeff Bridges’ Burgundy Polo and Herringbone Jacket

Jeff Bridges as Terry Brogan in Against All Odds (1984)

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Jeff Bridges as Terry Brogan, recently cut football player

Los Angeles, Fall 1983

Film: Against All Odds
Release Date: March 2, 1984
Director: Taylor Hackford
Costume Designer: Michael Kaplan

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

I’ve received several requests, most recently from BAMF Style reader Cecil, to highlight the style from Against All Odds, released forty years ago this weekend. A loose remake of Jacques Tourneur’s seminal 1947 film noir Out of the PastAgainst All Odds reimagines the private eye protagonist as professional football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges). Continue reading

The Longest Yard: Burt Reynolds’ 1970s Flashy Football Star Style

Burt Reynolds in The Longest Yard (1974)

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Burt Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, washed-up ex-pro football quarterback

Palm Beach, Florida, Fall 1973

Film: The Longest Yard
Release Date: August 21, 1974
Director: Robert Aldrich
Wardrobe Credit: Charles E. James

Background

You take your football down here real serious, don’t you?

What do you do when you’re a style writer facing a Super Bowl aligns with Burt Reynolds’ birthday? Why, you focus on the super-seventies duds that Reynolds wears at the beginning of his sports comedy classic, The Longest Yard, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year! Continue reading