This Jacket is a Flight Bomber Style with beautiful embroidery front and back. Under 100 of these were made and given to 311's road crew, key players, support, and management during the 2006 tour. Tour Jackets are amongst the most highly prized possessions of any roadie, and is even a more rare addition to a die hard fans collection.
This wearable collectible has never been worn for more than a minute, and is made of heavy duty construction.
The band 311 was EXTREMELY involved in every area of the design and production of this gift to their road crew. Sometimes they would revise an item of merchandise 12 to 40 times before it was ready for production, this was no exception. The size of the embroidery on this jacket is what proved to be the biggest challenge though. We were able to cut the stitch count down from 575,000 to 65,000 by using a white underlay cloth. This also reduces the amount of disfigurement when this garment gets wet or is cleaned. Three-Eleven was VERY happy with the final outcome. It was by far one of the most expensive gifts they had ever given their road crew.
The jackets were barely ready in time for the last show before Christmas. Band and management were freaking out that they'd have nothing to give their crew before the holiday break. I got calls and emails hourly for days. The band during this time also expressed that they were looking forward to presenting these jackets to the crew personally when they arrived. The problem is sometimes the band does not arrive to a venue, until most people in the crew are knee-deep in work, making presentation hour rather pipe dreamt. Anyway, when the Jackets finally DID arrive in the nick of time on the last day possible, my new employee took it upon herself to hand them out right away. I had to call her and explain why I'd asked her to call me the minute that the jackets were delivered, which she didn't. She ended up hanging up on me, and (I later found out) retrieving all the jackets from those she'd given to, so that the band could " surprise" everyone at dinner with these gorgeous gifts. I heard later that every one of the recipients put in a fine performance of surprise and gratitude.
I am auctioning the one that they made for me, I am sure it'll find a good home with a 311 fan. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220077072643
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