Wendy Chuck • Costume Design
PRE-ORDER • MADE TO ORDER
These jackets have not been made yet. Your order funds the production run. Estimated to ship by late December 2026.
A hooded parka in soft brushed cotton, quilted throughout and lined in champagne satin. Designed and Developed in Los Angeles.
This is the first piece from Wendy Chuck's own capsule collection; born out of three decades dressing some of the world's most recognizable on-screen characters.
The Olympic Parka
Capsule Collection · No. 01
Designed for the last hour of light
…and the long, wet walk back.
THE OLYMPIC PARKA
The Piece
Nothing on it is decorative. Every closure, seam and reinforcement on this parka is doing a job. That is the discipline of costume, carried into a garment made to be owned rather than worn once.
The Olympic Parka
cut to order, for the wet season
The body is cut from a substantial brushed cotton that is heavy enough to hold its lines. It is also softly brushed so it softens with wear instead of stiffening.
The parka is quilted throughout in a diamond stitch and lined in champagne satin.
The details come from workwear and military outerwear..
A buckled throat strap at the collar, ribbed knit storm cuffs set beneath buckled cuff tabs, chevron-stitched welt pockets, an X-yoke across the shoulders front and back, and a curved shirttail hem with zips released at the side seams.
Cloth is 100% cotton double-face brushed drill, 275 g/m², in ochre color. Quilted throughout.
Lining is Diamond-quilted satin, champagne
Hardware uses Antique brass snaps, buckles and grommets
Cuffs feature ribbed knit storm cuffs beneath buckled tabs
Hood is attached, quilt-lined, buckled throat strap
Designed & Developed in Los Angeles, CA
Made the way it's worn. For weather, and for keeping.
The Designer
Wendy Chuck has spent three decades deciding what a character wears, and why.
She has dressed Alexander Payne's Midwesterners in Nebraska, Election's conniving high schooler, Spotlight's journalists, the inhabitants of Downsizing's miniaturized world …and the teenage vampires of one of the most widely seen films of a generation.
Trained in fashion in Australia, she refined her craft as a cutter, fitter and tailor for ABC TV and Opera Australia in Sydney, then spent a decade freelancing in London: styling musicians, six years designing costume at the BFI Museum, and teaching at the City Literary Institute.
She won the Costume Designers Guild award for About Schmidt, and has been nominated for Nebraska, The Descendants, and by the Australian Film Institute for Country Life.
The Olympic Parka is the first piece she has made under her own name.
Nebraska
Election
Sideways
Spotlight
About Schmidt
The Descendants
Downsizing
The Romanoffs
Lilo & Stitch
Nebraska Election Sideways Spotlight About Schmidt The Descendants Downsizing The Romanoffs Lilo & Stitch
Why this is a pre-order
Each parka is made
because you asked for it
These parkas do not exist yet. The orders placed in this window are what pay for the cloth, the hardware, the grading and the labour to make them.
It is the oldest arrangement in tailoring, and truthful. A run this small cannot be built on speculation. Ordering now is what brings it into existence, which is why the price during the festival window is $350 rather than $399.
1. You reserve
You choose your size and pay in full. Your size is held against the run.
2. The run is cut
Once the window closes, cloth is cut to the sizes ordered. You'll hear from Wendy when it happens.
3. It ships
Your parka is finished, packed and sent, with tracking. Estimated delivery window is currently late December.
*If the drop date moves, you will be told before it passes, not after, and a refund is yours for the asking.
Fit & Sizing
How it runs
The Olympic Parka is cut long —hitting mid-thigh on most wearers— with a soft, unstructured shoulder and room across the chest and through the sleeve for a knit underneath.
It's built for weather, which means it's built to be layered. If you're between sizes, or in any doubt, size up. The extra room is where a sweater goes, the length skews winter, and the slightly relaxed line is precisely where outerwear is sitting right now. On a coat like this, you will not regret the larger size.
Full garment measurements —back length, chest, shoulder, sleeve— are in the size chart beside the size selector, in both inches and centimetres.
Sizes run XS–XXXL.
Shipping, Returns & Fine Print
Before you order
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This is a pre-order. Your parka is made after the run closes and is estimated to ship by late December. You will be emailed when the cloth is cut and again when it ships, with tracking.
If that date has to move, Wendy will contact you before it passes and offer you the choice of waiting or taking a full refund.
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This is a pre-order, made to order in a small run. Cancel any time before your size is cut and we'll refund you in full.
Once the run is cut, your parka is being made for you, so orders are final from that point —an exception is granted if it arrives damaged or defective. Just contact us within 7 days of delivery and we'll replace it or refund you. And if the ship date ever has to move, we'll write to you before it passes so you can choose to wait or take a full refund.
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Parkas ship from Oregon to addresses in the United States-only for now.
Shipping is flat rate @ $20 USD
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California sales tax is applied to orders shipping to California addresses. No sales tax is applied elsewhere.
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No. The Olympic Parka is an independent piece designed and made by Wendy Chuck. It is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or franchise.
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Tell us your size and we'll write to you when the next run opens. Note that the parka will then be priced at $399 rather than the festival price.
Ships by late December
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Ships by late December 💌
The Olympic Parka
Reserve your size
LIMITED RUN
$350 through the festival. $399 after. Made to order, in the size you choose.
Pre-order · Estimated to ship late December · Ships to US