Make me Jack

November 23, 2006 1:31 PM

How to look like Jack?

I'm attending a rather fetishistic / burlesque club night where the theme is "Greed Is Good", and the dress code is very much Millionaire. The SO has her Paris Hilton look down to a tee and I've decided to dress a la Jack Nicholson given my greying hair and paunch.

I have a single breasted dinner jacket, pants and tux but what else would set off the Jack look. What cigars does he smoke? What make are his trademark shades and what else would make a non-Jack look Jack?

Any links to UK suppliers would be great.

Many thanks.

posted by brautigan to clothing, beauty, & fashion (11 comments total)

I would at least go for some stubble.
posted by rossination at 1:48 PM on November 23, 2006

Isn't he a big Lakers fan? Maybe some season tickets poking out of a pocket.
posted by chairface at 2:07 PM on November 23, 2006

Eyebrows.
posted by RobotHero at 2:08 PM on November 23, 2006

Definitely stubble. I don't think he has trademark shades, just a trademark style: narrow black plastic frames with gray to dark lenses. Any cigar will do. Note that Jack's hair isn't that gray, he's just got an advanced receding hairline.

The best thing you can do is look at photos of Jack to see how he carries himself. The eyebrows, the grin, the posture are a major part of what makes him who he is.

One great way to figure out what visual keys make a star identifiable is to look at caricatures. Forehead, eyebrows, grin, dark glasses and tux seem to be the big features.

Also, carry a fistful of Oscars.
posted by mendel at 2:09 PM on November 23, 2006

Until I got to the last sentence, I assumed you meant Jack Abramoff, which is easier to do, and prolly more appropriate to the theme.

Fedora, black. Trenchcoat, black. Piece of cake.

If nobody gets it, you could always add a moustache and fake bomb and tell people you're Boris Badanoff.
posted by rokusan at 2:12 PM on November 23, 2006

The sunglasses used to be Ray-Ban Wayfarers, but he's worn a different style in recent years. But they're always black-framed.
posted by essexjan at 2:21 PM on November 23, 2006

Carry an axe and scream a lot.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 4:25 PM on November 23, 2006

Yeah, the shades, stubble, slick the hair back, gel gel gel.

The Tux with a white shirt, no tie (or tie, not tied).

Other than that and you are overselling it (no body outside the few readers of Cigar Aficionado are going to know a specific type of cigar that Jack really smokes)
posted by Pollomacho at 4:33 PM on November 23, 2006

no tie (or tie, not tied).

Yes! Open bow tie.
posted by mendel at 5:58 PM on November 23, 2006

Gel the sides of your hair into van Horns.
posted by rob511 at 10:50 PM on November 23, 2006

What make are his trademark shades

Standard black Ray-Ban Wayfarers.
posted by frogan at 12:11 AM on November 24, 2006