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NEW YORK — Samuel L. Jackson is pretty cool, but put him in a black leather jacket and his coolness factor goes off the charts.
Shaft wears street fashions
His sense of fashion, paired with outfits selected by costume designer Ruth Carter, turns New York Police Detective John Shaft into a style icon in John Singleton's update of the '70s "Shaft" films that starred Richard Roundtree and fueled the craze for bell-bottoms and platform shoes.
"Shaft is not too uptown, too downtown, and he's not of the hip-hop generation. His style is of the street," Carter explained during a telephone interview from Los Angeles.
Everyone in Shaft's life is fashion savvy. Shaft hurls the ultimate insult at a Dominican drug lord (Jeffrey Wright) when he says the dealer's outfit is a designer knockoff. In jail, a wealthy murder suspect's shoes are coveted by another prisoner, who is stylishly dressed in the latest hip-hop fashion.
Unrealistic? Not really. New Yorkers — from the richest to the poorest — are very aware of their clothes, Carter said.
"It's expected on the street for you to be fashion conscious, especially for men," said Carter, 40, who visited Madison Avenue shops and Cuban restaurants, and watched the African Day Parade to
The classic Shaft favors a three-quarter-length jacket with raw-cut edges and a wool collar by Giorgio Armani. The rebel Shaft wears a double-breasted Valentino pea jacket. The no-nonsense Shaft wears a leather blazer by Versace. And the approachable Shaft wears a full-length suede jacket, an original designed by Carter.
Jackson wears four leather jackets in the film, each representing one of Shaft's moods.
Ouffitting the cast, which includes Vanessa Williams and Busta Rhymes, required hundreds of leather jackets, Carter said. (Many of the jackets are the victims of gunfire in the film.)
"When you go to New York, you see a thousand different styles of leather jackets on the streets. They are the quintessential New York look, and that's what I was trying to re-create," she said.
see what real people were wearing.
Jackson follows fashion and knows what looks good on him. But he trusted Carter to create Shaft's wardrobe, which is mostly black, and he never looked better. Shaft's look is dark, she said, so he can blend in anywhere.
Carter, who hasn't been able to give up the black in her wardrobe since she moved from the East Coast to Los Angeles, also worked with Jackson in Do the Right Thing and The Great White Hype.
As for Christian Bale, who plays the villainous Walter Wade Jr.
Carter outfitted him in classic suits, mostly by Cerruti, with little variation from outfit to outfit. Bale's character is someone trapped by his own surroundings — and by his clothing, she said.
When Bale's character ventures into the drug lord's world, he puts on clothes from Abercrombie & Fitch that have been adopted into street fashion. But he doesn't know how to pull the look together, and instead of blending in, ends up looking like a preppy yachtman in his plaid shirt and baseball cap.
While acknowledging Hollywood's influence on fashion, Carter said her job is to re-create real life on film, noting that black detectives tend to dress up to gain respect.
"Our job is to keep it real. You can't make it a fashion show in the classic sense," she said. "I'm doing a fashion show for the everyday."
Shaft's signature three-quarter-length leather jacket carries a $1,298 price tag at Emporio Armani stores. There are also mock turtleneck sweaters at $298 and leather pants at $698 based on the Shaft wardrobe created by Armani for Jackson. Could the average New York police detective afford such expensive clothes?
"Heck, no," Carter said. "Shaft is realistic in his style, but maybe not the price points."
The Web site for "Shaft" is:
http://www.shaft.themovie.com
Millionaire tops TV; Survivor follows
The Associated Press
TELEVISION
1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire—Sunday, ABC.
2. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire—Tuesday, ABC.
3. Survivor, CBS.
4. 48 Hours—Monday, CRS
5. NBA Finals: Game 3: L.A. Lakers at Indiana, NBC.
(From Nielsen Media Research)
FILMS
1. Gone in 60 Seconds, Disney.
2. Mission: Impossible 2, Paramount.
3. Big Momma's House, Fox.
4. Dinosaur, Disney.
5. Gladiator, DreamWorks.
(From Exhibitor Relations Co.)
HOT FIVE
1. "Try Again," Aaliyah. Blackground.
2. "Breathe," Faith Hill. Warner Bros. Nashville.
3. "Everything You Want," Vertical Horizon. RCA.
4. "Be With You," Enrique Iglesias. Interscope.
5. "You Sang to Me," Marc Anthony. Columbia.
(From Billboard magazine)
ALBUMS
1. The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem.
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2. *The History of Rock*. Kid Rock. Lava/Atlantic.
3. *Oops! ... I Did It Again*. Britney Spears. Jive.
4. *Mad Season*, matchbox twenty. Lava/Atlantic.
5. *No Strings Attached*, 'N Sync. Jive. (Platinum)
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