My post on FB this morning
Well, I bet you didn’t think we had it in us
Hello to ALL you Tombstone fans out there on Facebook, today I am VERY HAPPY to announce that we are making the movie correct Johnny Ringo shirt and Wild Rag.
Yes, it is true, we are finally going to make this shirt. We had always planned on making this setup but we knew getting the dragon embroidered on the bib was going to be the big task, along with coming up with the correct print for the wild rag that Ringo wears. Well, luck would have it that my good friend Marcus Holt (who just happens to be a former Devil Dog) is a HUGE Johnny Ringo fan. Marcus basically got tired of waiting on us to do the shirt and took matters into his own hands, which turned out to be a blessing for us. Marcus bought him a shirt and told the maker not to make the bib for it and just to send him the fabric for the bib and he would do it himself. From there Marcus reached out to his friend Wendy Newton and had her embroider the dragon onto the fabric. It was somewhere around this point that Marcus and I talked on the phone and one thing led to another and here we are making the CORRECT shirt. Marcus stated that he didn't particularly like the shirt he had as it wasn't movie correct, I told him we had the correct movie pattern just no one to do the dragon for us. It was then I asked Marcus if Wendy would like to do our dragons for us. Marcus said he would reach out to Wendy to see if she would like to do this, and before you know it, I am talking to Wendy on the phone and Elaine is talking to Wendy on the phone as she said she would do it for us.
The plan is that Elaine is going to make the shirt and send Wendy big pieces of fabric for her to embroider the dragon on to it, then the fabric with the dragon on it will be sent back to Elaine for here to make the shield bib and then she will attach it to the shirt. As you can see, there is going to be a lot of shipping involved with just making this shirt. All while this is going on, the wild rags are going to start being made. We were lucky enough that Marcus once again did all the leg work on the print design as he had one made but the fabric was just too heavy. I used Marcus's print pattern and had a couple of samples printed on different weight of fabrics. Marcus's was the heavy, then I did a medium weight and last a lightweight fabric. I am 99.9 % sure the lightweight fabric is the one that we are going to go with as the dye bleeds through to the other side making it look like the print is on both sides, but I have sent both samples to Marcus to see what he thinks. Just so everyone knows, both the Shirt and the wild rag are going to be made out of 100% cotton. It is also probably just best to say at this time that these shirts will only be done in the Hollywood Cut (Dress Shirt Cut) as this is what was worn in the movie. On a side note, did you know that the Turkey Creek Johnson and Johnny Ringo's shirts are both the same? It's true, the only difference is the color and one has piping and the other has a dragon.
Price for the shirt is going to be $185 plus shipping and the price for the wild rag is going to be $85 plus shipping. Yes, these items are expensive, but then again, they are not cheap to make either especially with all the shipping involved.
Below are photos of our PROTOTYPE Shirt and Wild Rag. Changes will be some different color in the dragon (to match the movie) and a lighter weight of fabric for the wild rag.
Once everything is done to our liking, I will be doing a HUGE photo shoot on this entire setup, plus a video on everything. When the complete setup has been photographed and video is done, I will do a huge post on everything that includes where to buy the Johnny Ringo Suit, Sash, Gun Belt, Spur Straps, and Hat. Remember no stone is being left unturned on this project as we want it as close to the movie as humanly possible.
We are taking preorder sales on this setup (shirt and wild rag) starting today as we are going to need to know how much fabric we are going to need to meet everyone's demands. Preorder Sales will be half down and the other half when the items are finished. Fingers are crossed the first entire setup will be out sometime in July.
I can't wait to hear what everyone has to say about this Johnny Ringo Wardrobe as the good Lord above knows we have waited way to long for it (it's only been something like 35 years).
John Holliday 5-30-25
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