'Ghost Writer' (US film from 1989). Audrey Landers wearing a shiny (black or navy blue?) PVC mac.

[rainwearseeker]

here is the YT version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47VpmeX109c

[rothbhoy]

can you post an image?

I do not have the film downloaded as yet so I am unable to take a screenshot. However, here is a promotional image that I've found on Google Images: https://ibb.co/nL9Xb5T

[bethbennett202]

https://ibb.co/KrN9d0t I've done a screenshot showing the mac

[rothbhoy]

This style of Mac was very popular in London particularly in the center in the late 80s and early 90s, the period of big shoulders and big hair. Women working in offices wore them wet days or not. They seem to be made of a very soft form of plastic, very flexible and thin as you can see when Audrey is running how it close. They are usually black from memory, always seemed to be made very loose fitting presumably to be worn over suits. By the late 90s I had sadly disappeared as a normal fashion. If anybody knows what particular material they were made from I would be interested.

Yeah, I remember that time Priscilla - had just returned to the UK from Sweden at the end of '89 and I lived in London (South Tottenham) for a while before moving to Reading and then (after a couple of years) back to Scandinavia again (Copenhagen this time!). I can well remember the shiny black macs - think they were made from PU - and also the metallic ones that were quite popular too at that time. Angie (Anita Dobson) often wore a shiny black mac similar to the one that Audrey Landers wears in 'Ghost Writer' on 'Eastenders'. Her mac was very loose fitting and had shoulder pads. If it wasn't for Angie I'd never have watched 'Eastenders' but it was always worth watching just to catch the episodes where she had the mac on.

[rothbhoy]

think its a PU material , my then girlfriend had two got photos somewhere , looked lovely, some had padded shoulders as was the fashion int he late 80s to early 90s

Yeah, I think you are right there Ali. Cheers for that mate!