Why You Need a Great Jacket (And A New Gift from Republic Research)

Looking good, Billy Ray. Feeling good, Louis.

Dear Fellow Expat:

Some people watch the film American Gangster for its incredible acting.

Me?

I watch it for the fashion.

The film follows the incredible rise and fall of notorious drug kingpin Frank Lucas and the man who caught him, Richie Roberts.

In a key scene, Lucas (Denzel Washington) visits the home of a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family.

During conversations, the two men go clay shooting.

Lucas wears this jacket.

I have wanted this jacket for a decade.

I searched online sites across the world and thrift stores in Manhattan.

It’d become a fruitless search.

But a month ago, I found a Scottish Tweed outlet.

And this jacket popped up on the screen.