“Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The jacket was designed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis. She had also designed Indiana Jones's jacket in Raiders of the Lost Ark, among other things.^[2] The red jacket was noted for its V shaped black stripes, the unusual style of the front buttons, and the angular, rigid shoulders protruding out over the tops of the arms.^[3]^[4] Landis stated that she specifically designed the jacket to help Jackson appear more "virile".^[5]

Christine Gledhill in her book Stardom: Industry of Desire (1991) discusses Jackson's overall style in Thriller as follows: "In 'Thriller', Michael's outfit and its stylistic features – the wet-look hairstyle, the ankle-cut jeans and the letter 'M' emblazoned on his jacket – reinforce this meta-textual superimposition of role. If Michael, as the male protagonist, is both boyfriend and star, his female counterpart in the equation of 'romance' is both the girlfriend and at this meta-textual level, the fans."^[6]

Fashion designer Zaldy was responsible for a redesigned version of the jacket for the cancelled This Is It concerts. It had an imitation of blood on its shoulders, and on the inside a stamp resembling the feline beast Jackson turns into in the video.^[7]

Reception

The jacket became the "hottest outerwear fad of the mid-1980s" and was widely emulated. It is sometimes emulated by celebrities today such as Chris Brown and Kanye West.^[8]^[9] It also became one of the most sought after by many people and the epitome of the 1980s teen cool.^[10]^[11] The jacket he wore in the Thriller video, along with a copy of the black and white leather jacket he wore in one of the Pepsi commercials and in the dance rehearsal portions behinds the scenes of The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, are among his best-selling jackets.^[12] Expensive counterfeits were mass-produced and often sold for over $500 to people thinking they were getting the real thing.^[13] Because of this mass counterfeiting and the profits it earned, in 1984 Jackson filed a lawsuit in New York City to prevent unauthorized copies of the jacket and his other merchandise.^[12]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket sells for $1.8m at auction|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13936013|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=27 June 2011}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Communications|first=Emmis|title=Texas Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA176|accessdate=16 May 2011|date=April 1985|publisher=Emmis Communications|page=176|issn=0148-7736}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Russell|title=Reborn Again|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iu2_TdPbe3EC&pg=PA37|accessdate=16 May 2011|date=June 2003|publisher=Xulon Press|isbn=978-1-59160-675-8|page=37}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Gautier|first=Yves|title=Michael Jackson, Backdoor to Neverland: Exposing the King of Pop's Secret Mindsets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5pAIy9TI3bkC&pg=PA81|accessdate=16 May 2011|date=3 May 2010|publisher=Yves GAUTIER|isbn=978-1-4528-1576-3|page=81}}
5. ^{{cite news |url= https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/06/30/deborah-landis-designer-of-the-red-jacket-michael-jackson-wore-in-thriller/|title= Deborah Landis, Designer of the Red Jacket Michael Jackson Wore in "Thriller"|accessdate= July 4, 2009|author= Lauren Goode|date= June 30, 2009|work= Wall Street Journal|publisher= Speakeasy|quote= At the time, she says, the 25-year-old Jackson weighed only 99 lbs, with a 26-inch waist ("exactly the same height and weight as Fred Astaire"), and one of the challenges she faced was making the performer appear more "virile."}}
6. ^{{cite book|last=Gledhill|first=Christine|title=Stardom: industry of desire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA309|accessdate=16 May 2011|year=1991|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-05217-7|page=309}}
7. ^{{cite video|title=The Gloved One|location=Michael Jackson's This Is It DVD|format=Documentary|publisher=Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|date=2010}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Mansour|first=David|title=From Abba to Zoom: a pop culture encyclopedia of the late 20th century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&pg=PA487|accessdate=16 May 2011|date=1 June 2005|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=978-0-7407-5118-9|page=487}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=International textiles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MPXxAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 May 2011|year=2001|publisher=International textiles|page=185}}
10. ^{{cite book|title=Men's Health|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8cDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT9|accessdate=16 May 2011|date=March 2006|publisher=Rodale, Inc.|page=9|issn=1054-4836}}
11. ^{{cite book|title=English journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJ9iAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 May 2011|year=1994|publisher=National Council of Teachers of English|page=59}}
12. ^¹{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Lisa D.|title=Michael Jackson: the king of pop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVC9zltjf-EC&pg=PA101|accessdate=16 May 2011|date=March 1993|publisher=Branden Books|isbn=978-0-8283-1957-7|page=101}}
13. ^{{cite book|last1=Hadden|first1=Briton|last2=Luce|first2=Henry Robinson|title=Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NHfAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 May 2011|year=1984|publisher=Time Inc.|page=152}}