{"id":262120,"date":"2025-09-28T20:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/262120\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T20:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:39:12","slug":"how-leonardo-dicaprio-ended-up-in-a-robe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/262120\/","title":{"rendered":"How Leonardo DiCaprio Ended Up in a Robe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSorry, cosplayers, if you\u2019re looking for where to buy Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s dad robe from \u201cOne Battle After Another<\/a>,\u201d you\u2019re going to have a hard time finding it.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film\u2019s costume designer, Colleen Atwood,<\/a> confirms it was made from old fabric. \u201cI found some vintage-looking fabric and made the multiples I needed for the robe,\u201d she tells Variety.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a> film, out this weekend, DiCaprio plays Bob, a revolutionary turned stoner dad who is hanging around his house and has to quickly leave to go in search of his teenage daughter Willa, played by Chase Infiniti.<\/p>\n

\n\tOriginally, the idea was that Bob was going to be wearing a sweatshirt. But Atwood says, \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s Paul or Leo who said, \u2018What if he\u2019s just in his robe?’\u201d And so Bob, recalling Jeff Bridges\u2019 dazed character in \u201cThe Big Lebowski,\u201d spends a good chunk of the movie in his robe.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the film\u2019s premiere<\/a>, DiCaprio described his character as a guy \u201cthat sits home and smokes pot all the time,\u201d and said he \u201ctook a lot of inspiration\u201d from Bridges\u2019 performance as The Dude.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe plaid robe itself was made from a cotton-wool blend. \u201cIt\u2019s an old, cheap dad robe. It\u2019s a comfortable and cozy robe. And we aged the fabric a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t And so, finding the costume for him became a fluid process, with the sunglasses and hat coming into the mix. <\/p>\n

\n\tBob\u2019s sneakers also needed to be considered. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA lot of stuff, Leo did it himself. So we had to protect him from the world,\u201d Atwood explains. \u201cSomebody told him about these sneakers that are popular with runners and so we dialled into that brand.\u201d Apparently Leo likes a wide toe box, because he ended up wearing Altra Lone Peak trail runners with the orange sole. \u201cThose are great because we got them filthy, but you\u2019ll see a bit of the orange showing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor those who wish to dress as Bob this Halloween in a robe just like his, Atwood jokes, \u201cA nice Goodwill shop will do the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tElsewhere, Willa\u2019s ensemble at the dance with the petticoat dress was inspired by something Anderson had seen. \u201cBefore Chase was even cast, and a twinkle in Paul\u2019s eye, we did camera tests with different dresses,\u201d says Atwood. She had ideas in mind, but when Anderson and the film\u2019s production designer, Florencia Martin, went to Eureka High School, the director saw a young girl in an old petticoat skirt. Atwood says, \u201cPaul goes, \u2018I really liked it.\u2019 So, I made it in a faded, dirty pink at first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, once Atwood looked at the environment and where the character was emotionally, pink seemed more vulnerable, so Atwood switched it to blue. \u201cIt was a better color, and with the jacket, in our world, it seemed more low-key.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tBenicio del Toro\u2019s Sensei Sergio runs a karate dojo where Willa trains. In finding his look, Atwood went to Del Toro\u2019s house for a fitting and took a rack of options for him, including a white karategi. An initial idea was that he would wear that with a zip-up jacket from Puma. \u201cBut it made no sense having him in a full white outfit being chased around,\u201d Atwood says. \u201cAnyone in their right mind would have taken the top off so people couldn\u2019t identify him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the film, he\u2019s at the dojo relaxing after work. So, Atwood collaborated with Jimmy McBride, a custom denim designer. \u201cHe had this jacket that I knew about, but it was too fancy. So, we took the lines of it and made it basic,\u201d she says. McBride stripped the jacket down to a chainstitch-embroidered jean jacket that fit the Sensei\u2019s vibe.<\/p>\n

\n\tTo complete the look, Atwood put him in cowboy boots that she had found in New Mexico. \u201cI had [them] made in his size.\u201d She adds, \u201cThey\u2019re a cross between an early \u2018Rebel Without a Cause\u2019-kind of boot and a cowboy boot leaning into the West.\u201d<\/p>\n

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