You Bet It Was Timothée Chalamet Who Won That Bob Dylan Jacket at Auction

You thought the method dressing was over? Uh uh, method dressing is forever, at least for Timothée Chalamet—until the next role-of-a-lifetime comes along, or the parcels of Bob Dylan ephemera pillaged from the online auction houses stop coming through the young actor’s door that is.

Posting to Instagram, the SAG award-winning actor took a moment to shout out the team behind him. “Some of you have been rocking with me for over seven years now,” he wrote, “know how deeply grateful I am…And once it’s seven years plus it isn’t a fad [sic] lol, ur with me for life now.” He tagged a host of collaborators, from his stylist Taylor McNeill to director and photographer Aidan Zamiri and groomer Jamie Taylor. But looking aside from the very sweet caption, what caught the most eagle of eyes in the accompanying pic? The denim patchwork jacket. Strap in.

Back in January, legendary auction house Julien’s ran an expansive catalogue of Bob Dylan memorabilia: “Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive & More.” Julien’s hosts an array of artefacts and unique collections from Elvis Presley to Marilyn Monroe, Ringo Starr, Kurt Cobain, and Lady Gaga. This lot featured pieces like a 1983 Fender Japan TL-52 electric guitar owned by Dylan, oil paintings, a signed harmonica, and handwritten lyrics for “Blowin’ in the Wind.”

Lot #55 was a hand embellished and trimmed denim Levi’s jacket, with velvet, lace, and textile patches that Dylan wore in the 1987 movie Hearts of Fire. Dylan wears it in one of the film’s central scenes, as his character Billy Parker punches Rupert Everett’s character James Holt. Fun fact, it’s the film where Dylan utters the line “You know I guess I’ve always known I was never one of them rock ‘n’ roll singers that was gonna win any Nobel prize.” Huh!

The jacket was won at auction by a then-unknown bidder for $25,400 after a short bidding war.

And so it looks like we’ve uncovered the auction victor! Shock horror, Timothée Chalamet nabbed it. He looks to be wearing the iconic piece in his latest post, and underneath, he’s also wearing a ’90s Bob Dylan shirt with the graphic “Any day now, I shall be released.”

Photo: Julien’s Auctions

Throughout his press tour and awards season campaign for his lead role in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, Chalamet has had a lot of fun with McNeill his stylist, creating looks that directly hark back to pivotal moments in the universe of Bob Dylan. He made the most of Dylan’s love of the skinny scarf for multiple appearances, went fluro green with a bolo tie in custom Chrome Hearts, and even went bleach blond in one of his most direct Dylan homage moments, pairing the temporary hairdo with a beanie to mimic Dylan’s appearance at Sundance Film Festival in 2003. Even most recently as February, Chalamet sat casual and courtside for a Los Angeles Lakers game, and sported a jacket worn by the enigmatic artist on several occasions: Including the Grammys afterparty in 1980 and a performance with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the 1985 Farm Aid music festival.

Back in 2021, Chalamet even had his own wardrobe auctioned off. You might remember when the actor appeared on Saturday Night Live all the way back in 2021 and played Harry Styles, wearing a striped jumper and frilly shirt a la the “Watermelon Sugar” singer. His costume went up for auction alongside other costumes worn by Meryl Streep and Dolly Parton in aid of the performing arts-focused charity The Actors Fund.

Rather than a “What’s In My Bag?”, I’d love a “What’s on my eBay Watchlist” from Timmy.