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Kevin Bacon is bringing out the big guns to help find his missing clothes: he took it to Instagram.
The Footloose star, 68, said in a video posted Friday that he decided to ship some of his favorite clothes to himself while he works in Ireland. However, the box of clothes has still not arrived.
In a video captioned, “Where are my clothes,” Bacon said: “I wanted to pack light, so I decided to ship some old clothes over here to Ireland.”
“I don’t buy a lot of clothes; I’ve had these clothes probably since the 90s,” he explained.
He then went on to imply that he used FedEx to deliver the clothes, saying, “I used a shipping service that I don’t want to say the name, but it rhymes with Bread Ex.”
Kevin Bacon is asking for help getting his vintage clothes back (Getty)
Bacon said that on September 26, the box left upstate New York and went to Memphis, Tennessee, before flying to France.
“By September 28th, it had arrived in Germany,” he said, adding, “on September 29th, they shipped it straight to Israel. Not Ireland, Israel.”
From there, on October 3, the package went from Israel back to France, he said. It was then shipped back to Israel the next day, and to Germany the day after that.
“Then October 6th, it went back to Israel, not to Ireland, back to Israel,” he said. “But on October 10th, that box of old clothes made its way all the way to France, and on October 11th, it arrived in the UK, in England.”
“Pretty close,” he joked. He said the box was then finally shipped from the UK to Ireland “where it has been sitting for five days.”
However, Bacon continued, the shipping service said that it cannot be delivered.
“I don’t understand why,” he said. “It’s just sitting there. I can’t get a person on the phone. I have not been able to talk to anybody.”
In response to people who might tell him to buy new clothes, Bacon said, “I could buy some clothes, but I want these clothes.”
“I’ve had them since the 90s,” he explained. “They have a certain sentimental value. Old boots, old jeans, old hats.”
He then asked for any suggestions from people who want to help. “Am I ever going to see this stuff?” he asked. “It’s starting to get cold here.”
Bacon’s Instagram post has prompted a number of comments joking about the dilemma, including one from fellow actor Justin Long, teasing: “You should’ve just had them sent to Israel. You’d be in full 90’s grunge glory by now.”
FedEx said in a statement shared with The Independent: “We sincerely apologize for this experience. We are in direct contact with Mr. Bacon’s team to deliver the package. This outcome should have happened sooner, and we are reviewing what went wrong to help ensure we deliver the level of service our customers expect and deserve.”