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At about the same time, he found work as an unskilled garment worker; noting later to a prison psychiatrist “Job bearable but unpleasant. Had to handle female clothing”. Working in this capacity, in 1962 he grew fascinated by a new fabric made possible through technologies developed by Doctor Manhattan. Two viscous liquids, one black and one white, between two layers of latex, continually shifted in response to heat and pressure, forming symmetrical patterns like a Rorschach inkblot test while never mixing to produce a grey colour. Kovacs learned of the fabric when a young woman chose not to buy a dress which she had ordered made from it; subsequently Kovacs took the dress home and experimented with the fabric. He learned to cut the fabric and maintain the seal using heated scissors.
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It wouldn’t be true to the character if the spots didn’t move.

So more cruchy pants for Jamie.

Back to the costumes - I am reading Watchmen myself for the first time, and am only a few pages away from the end. I agree that Rorshach’s and Comedian’s costumes are perfect, Silk Spectre II’s seems a little cheesy, though her mother’s was fitting for the time period.

I’m torn on Nite Owl II’s. I like his costume design in the comic, but I also like the “Batman Begins” treatment it’s given here. Jamie, you mention his lack of ponch, but we are looking at him straight-on. Notice the curve of shadow over his stomach area? I imagine he might be poking out were we seeing his profile.

Ozy, Ozy, Ozy. Why’d you have to go all emo on us? Too much black, not nearly enough gold. His pretty-boy looks definitely fit the bill, though he looks a little too young. We’re supposed to see an Adrian that is old enough to have traveled and lived and be saddened by the state of the world. If he’s too young, he’ll just come across as a jaded, angsty rich boy, instead of a man who’ll use his intellignece and wealth to do what he thinks is necessary to change the world.