If you fell in love with Alana’s unique coat in Hallmark Channel’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, we have great news: You can buy one.
For the film, KC-based designer April Madden brought together an Avengers-level squad of local pros to construct the coat for actress Hunter King, and now the same team is producing them for the wider public.
Here’s how Madden explained the initial process:
- The film’s costume designer, Keith Nielson, dreamed up the initial design.
- Madden stitched a prototype.
- Designer Sarah Nelsen digitized and graded the pattern in sizes XS to 2XL.
- Tailor Maret Miller cut the pieces and stitched the leather sleeves.
- Madden assembled the wool pieces.
- Tailor Chandler Vaughn stitched the pieces together and added the lining.
- Tailor Lucia’s Sarto hand-stitched the keyhole buttonholes.
Within that process are several intricate steps that go toward the lofty (but cheeky) $1,587 price tag. The leather sleeves, for example, are shaved down for ease of movement.
With the design phase complete, the final four steps will be repeated for each coat sold to fashion-forward Chiefs fans. You can buy the coats here.
Production photos via Keith Costumes:
