Brando’s performance directly inspired Elvis Presley’s costuming in Jailhouse Rock (1957) and, although James Dean doesn’t don a leather jacket in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), he was just ...

James Dean’s red jacket in Rebel Without a Cause, Willy Wonka’s purple ensemble, or The Bride’s yellow suit comes to mind, but today is not about jackets and other pieces of apparel.