Temple of Doom Jacket

Name: Wested Leather Co Temple of Doom Jacket
Brand: Wested Leather Co
Availability: InStock

Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984 — as worn by Harrison Ford

The jacket enters the film not in the Shanghai nightclub, but moments later aboard Lao Che’s aircraft, when the opening scramble gives way to a quieter stretch in the cabin.

The scene

The jacket enters the film not in the Shanghai nightclub, but moments later aboard Lao Che’s aircraft, when the opening scramble gives way to a quieter stretch in the cabin. After escaping Club Obi Wan and reaching the plane with Willie Scott and Short Round, Indiana Jones changes out of his white dinner jacket and reappears in the battered brown leather coat that the series treats as his working uniform. The setting is cramped and provisional: rows of passenger seats, dim cabin light, and the uneasy pause before the next disaster announces itself.

In that transition, the jacket marks a return from improvised evening disguise to the identity the audience recognises instantly. Indy walks up the aisle carrying his rolled tuxedo, hooks his bullwhip nearby, and settles into a prickly exchange with Willie, who borrows the discarded dinner coat because she is cold. The leather jacket belongs to the version of the character that operates under pressure rather than charm: practical, guarded, impatient, and already braced for trouble even before the betrayal in the cockpit turns the flight into a fight for survival.

Spielberg frames the garment as a visual reset. After the white tuxedo of the musical prologue, the darker leather surface restores the earthy silhouette associated with Indiana Jones, and the cabin sequence gives the audience a clear first look at that familiar outline before the aerial crisis begins. Its worn finish reads strongly against the plane’s interior, making the jacket less a flourish than a declaration that the adventure proper has started.

Archive — the object

Wested Leather Co traces its Indiana Jones lineage to Leather Concessionaires, the London maker that produced the original jackets for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Wested’s current Temple of Doom Jacket is sold as part of its dedicated Indiana Jones range and offered in both standard and custom-made versions through the company’s London workshop. On its current product pages, Wested states that each custom version is handcrafted to order, while also noting that the second-film jacket was not originally produced by Wested itself.

The company describes the jacket in its standard retail form as a soft brown lambskin model. Wested’s custom specification lists one leather-bound inside pocket, two-way handwarmer pockets, action pleats, and side vents, while the screen-accuracy notes documented by IndyGear identify the Temple of Doom pattern by its smaller front pockets, short bi-swing pleat opening, lower shoulder yoke, and left-handed nickel zip used on the film jackets after earlier hardware was replaced. Those details distinguish the Temple of Doom cut from the broader Raiders pattern.

As sold today, the closest named retail version is the Temple of Doom Jacket in Brown Lambskin. The visible on-screen counterpart in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom presents the same leaner profile associated with the sequel’s jacket pattern, with compact pocket proportions and a trimmer body than the Raiders design. Wested also states that this is the most fitted jacket in its Indiana Jones range.

Wested currently lists the Temple of Doom Jacket for sale new on its official website, including a standard brown lambskin version and a made-to-order custom option.

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AvailabilityAvailable New

MakerWested Leather Co

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