Zam Fabric

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A friend of ours had this in his personal collection... granted, the focus was a little off, but check it out!

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it's foam inside
 
And the other part is blue. The Jango costume has a blue jumpsuit, made of neoprene, under his "seen" jumpsuit. So that's interesting.
 
it has to be a little more comfortable than neoprene.

we couldn't really tell what kind of foam it was, other than it was foam and it was dark grey, about 1/8". Definitely not neoprene though.
 
That looks a lot like the ZamIAm fabric, right down to the blue backing...except it looks thicker and foam instead of neoprene

And the other part is blue. The Jango costume has a blue jumpsuit, made of neoprene, under his "seen" jumpsuit. So that's interesting.


Huh? Where did you hear this?
 
Huh? Where did you hear this?


You can see it on this pic, I have one pic where it is show clearly but I'm not allowed to post/show it, I'm sorry. If you have the pic posted with a better quality you will see it better, I just found it on google.

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Yeah I see that, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's wearing a full neoprene undersuit, if that piece of blue is even neoprene. Anyway, it's not really important.
 
Yeah I see that, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's wearing a full neoprene undersuit, if that piece of blue is even neoprene. Anyway, it's not really important.

Well, it maybe was just the pants but from what I can see it's neoprene and it has a foam in it. But now I think that it's not the same that the one showed on the first post, in the pic that I have it looks more a brilliant blue and hasn't got one side purple.

Sorry for the hijack of the thread :facepalm
 
with as much trouble as everyone has had finding this fabric, I'd say Trisha had it made special for the zam costume. But maybe they used odds and ends for foam padding under Jango's armor?
 
Did you get a chance to see how it wrinkled up? Did it wrinkle the same like at the elbows and knees? (Looks like headliner - used in cars - to me). Hmmm..... Very interesting.
 
no - we only happened to have a few seconds with it as we were on our way out. But we couldn't pass up the chance to touch it and take a couple of pics for you guys! He said he got it from one of Trisha's assistants.
 
I have to say, the color looks pretty close to ZamIAm's fabric. When you first posted the picture I thought it actually was the ZIA fabric.
 
I think she did too. Even when comparing ZIA's fabric to the FIDM exhibit... I really think the lighting played havoc on the fabric (Meaning the lighting in the exhibit was WAAAY different from just standing outside the exhibit) and I believe the fabric faded over time as well. I know the leather parts did - just comparing them to how they appeared in stills and the film to how they were at the FIDM exhibit.
 
It explains all of the wrinkles in some of the promo shots. How odd, I wonder if they used two way or 4 way lycra. KimnCris- you get the I'm not worthy smiley... :D too bad they don't have the right smileys :love . You guys just made me cry tears of joy after so many years of hard work and group effort. You guys are truly the "original" zammers. If it wasn't for you at C2, we wouldn't have been inspired to even make our fabric/version. Go TEAM ZAM! Wohoo! Nudge nudge, DCB - you blipped all of the darn siggies! :lol: Oh wait, that was already 2 1/2 - 3 years ago!
 
I was able to get my hands on the swatch of leftover Zam neoprene this weekend and have permission to post photos. I came prepared - I brought a swatch of the Zam I Am neoprene to compare and I also brought my Pantone Guide for Fashion and Home.

Here is the comparison photo:

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No Flash:

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I would have to say that the Zam-I-Am fabric is quite a bit brighter than the true stuff. The real fabric has a LOT more gray mixed in to the dye. It's a lot drabber. A very gray-purple.

It was interesting, the underside is lined with the same kind of nylon that's on the top side but it was a very dark blue-violet. It almost made me wonder if they were unsure what color to go with and decided to have 2 different colors on either side of the neoprene?

I believe it was an open cell type neoprene, and it was just a fraction thicker than what Zam I Am ordered. It was also a dark grayish/black neoprene foam.

My pantone match was between "Black Plum" (which was a bit too dark) and "Flint" It really depended on how the light was reflecting off the neoprene though as to how dark or light it looked. Sometimes Flint looked right, sometimes not. It always remained in that grayish plum family.

I should have tugged on the fabric a bit more to see if it was 2 way or 4 way stretch. Oh well!
 
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I wonder what kind of effect UV Light might have on the ZamIAm fabric (or what kind of effect it may have had on the real fabric).
 
I wonder what kind of effect UV Light might have on the ZamIAm fabric (or what kind of effect it may have had on the real fabric).

Sorry, I couldn't take it outside. But it is clear just by holding the two swatches smack dab next to each other they are not a match :( The Zam I Am fabric is lighter and lacks the warm gray tones.

I know Zam I Am did her best based on a pantone match that was made at an exhibit through glass. There could have been a bright spotlight on that and when bright light shines on things it makes them appear lighter than they are. At least with this I was able to hold the pantone guide right up to the fabric. Nothing in my guide was a 100% match but I think the Flint is what I'd shoot for (maybe a tad lighter) if I could dye my own fabric. Problem is getting it laminated to neoprene :(
 
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