Levi’s announce Bob Dylan-inspired clothing range based on ‘A Complete Unknown’

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Timothée Chalamet’s depiction of Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown.The film, which charts the music great’s transition from acoustic folk idol to electric rock star in the mid-’60s, is released in the US on December 25 and in UK cinemas on January 17.Now, the clothing company has launched ‘Levi’s Vintage Clothing x A Complete Unknown’, a collection that includes a jacket and a pair of jeans that are directly inspired by Chalamet’s look in the film, which itself was closely modelled on original outfits donned by Dylan in the ‘60s.Among the options are a yellow tan, 100 per cent leather jacket for $1200 (£955), which comes with sheet music for ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’, a replica cue card from the ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ video, special costume lining notes and a still of Chalamet wearing the same jacket.A post shared by LEVI'S VINTAGE CLOTHING (@levis.vintage.clothing)Also available are a $495 (£395) pair of jeans with a D-shaped buckle belt and sheet music for ‘Girl From The North Country’ and a liner note quoting Dylan: “I’ll let you be in my dreams / If I can be in yours”.Costumer designer Arianne Phillips has said: “While researching costumes for the film, I kept noticing that Bob Dylan wore Levi’s consistently throughout his career, both on and off stage.

So I worked with Paul O’Neill at Levi’s to help me source original Levi’s denim and produce the bootcut 501 jeans, as well as recreate the Super Slim Levi’s jeans that Dylan wore in ‘65… To my surprise and delight, I found that Dylan’s journey could be authentically traced through his Levi’s.”Paul O’Neill added: “It was exciting to reproduce Dylan’s original jeans with the inserted panel and include unique ephemera in the presentation, ensuring.