Fashion followers who have a GQ magazine subscription might be excited to learn that the cord jacket made famous by Jack Nicholson in The Shining is set to be revived.
Margaret Howell, who made the original cord windcheater for the Stanley Kubrick classic, has announced she will be bringing out an edition of the coat which is updated for 2011.
"The new version as part of the autumn/winter collection comes in two new fabrics, grey marl and blue gabardine, and with a slightly cropped silhouette," reports GQ magazine.
In the film, Nicholson reportedly insisted on wearing his own red cord jacket, but Kubrick ordered 11 replicas to be made for shooting, in case anything should happen to the original attire.
The Shining, a horror film starring Shelley Duvall alongside Nicholson, won critical acclaim at the time.
It was written by Kubrick with the help of Stephen King, who penned the original novel on which the screenplay was based.
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Posted by Arabella Gibson
