Few films have done more to cement the city of Chicago’s reputation in American culture than “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the 1986 teen comedy classic that follows Ferris and his two friends as they skip school in the suburbs to explore everything the Windy City has to offer.
Now, 40 years after cameras first rolled, an iconic piece of the film’s wardrobe is jumping off the screen and into one lucky fan’s closet.
Starting today, Sotheby’s will be auctioning off the signature sweater vest worn in the film by Matthew Broderick, who starred as the teenage slacker Ferris .
The vest is featured in some of the movie’s most memorable scenes: Ferris electrifying the Von Steuben Day Parade audience with his performance of “Twist and Shout,” the gang taking in a Cubs game at Wrigley Field and