Leonardo DiCaprio Has A Real Big Lebowski Thing Going In PT Anderson’s New Movie. How The Plaid Robe Happened

As reported by Variety, the distinctive plaid outfit wasn’t originally intended. Costume designer Colleen Atwood shared that Bob, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character-a man who goes from revolutionary to laid-back father-was first planned to simply wear a sweatshirt. However, in a moment reminiscent of “The Dude,” someone-either director Paul Thomas Anderson or DiCaprio himself-proposed, “What if he just wears his robe?” And that’s how a now-iconic movie look was born. Atwood told the publication:








