Nanamica flips it and reverses it:
Nanamica makes a lot of cool shit. This isn’t surprising because the company is Japanese, and they operate on a whole other abstract plane when it comes to cutting and sewing fabric together. Like in the case of this field jacket… the three different shades of green (that “forest” green for the shoulder and elbow patches I wouldn’t even consider a military color) is an interesting move. I’m not mad at it though, it just works.
I like how in a display of flagrant flexing, the retailer shows off the interior of the jacket. This starts in picture 5/7 when they are like “oh check out how we casually folded open the corner… you like?”… then 6/7 they are like “fuck it, we’re going in” where they full on turn the jacket inside out, and 7/7 the ultimate flex is when some branded seam taping is zoomed in on and revealed. What do you know about branded seam taping? Nothing? Yea, I thought so.
Is that lower interior woodland camouflage pocket made to fit sunglasses? Damn that’s hot.
£567 ($907 USD) over at Oi Pollio where you get a 20% VAT “Value Added Tax” tax placed on you if you’re from the European Union. Not sure what “value” is being added for EU customers; why you gotta be like that EU government? Just quit fronting and call it a LOLBWCT (LOL Because We Can Tax).
Thoughts?
I’ve come to realize that if a jacket has 4 big front pockets, it’s apparently always a “Field Jacket”:
What you’re looking it in this case is a jacket with a fasteners to attach a propriety matching backpack. Finished laughing yet? *facepalm* where do I even start. That thing is so embarrassing…. like seriously a detachable backpack? Was this concept originally for 5 year olds? I highly doubt a grown man has ever said “You know what would be really cool… if this jacket came with a matching backpack, and rather than have conventional over the shoulder straps I just had lose straps I could weave into some hardware on the jacket.” That is the worst possible color they could have possibly produced that jacket in too. It still would have been hideous in black or olive drab, but much better than such a bland light grey.
£320 ($487 USD) over at Maharishi.
A couple classic silhouettes:
Check out all the options over at the Civilianaire website.
American made, 100% cotton, machine washable and priced at around $200. If I wasn’t into vintage surplus I’d probably consider picking one of these up if the fit is slim. It looks kind of boxy in the pictures, but who knows how they look when worn.
If you can’t kill them with bullets, kill them with style:
£415.00 ($646 USD) in over at Private White V.C. (also available in Navy)
Most of us (oh just me?) will never see combat, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dress-up some of the looks. Vintage M-65 inspired pockets, buttons, and a wool/silk/linen blend all combined into a slim fit blazer? Yea… hook a blogger up, I’d crush it on the mean suburban streets here with that. I can kind of relate to combat… you know, it’s like a war zone around any given downtown Starbucks here; dodging venture capitalists’ assistants, sidewalk dogs, and people texting with their heads down while walking. You spill that triple pump mocha latte on my combat blazer and it’s over Kevin! Well maybe not “over” over… I’ll definitely be disappointed though, and have PTSD until I know the stain will come out.
I’m not sure why the khaki version has huge gusseted pockets, and the navy has smaller pockets which are not gusseted and have a different flap. If you plan on ordering either you probably should email Private White V.C. and ask them to clarify. My choice would be the khaki with the smaller pockets & nicer flap, but gusseted.
Like I just started saying – If you haven’t got into blazers yet, it’s never too late.
Beams plus spun the color wheel on the iconic silhouette:
£191 ($299 USD) over at Oi Polloi. Nothing too extreme, so all of them are definitely wearable.
A.P.C. has that hotness for F/W:
I’d prefer it in a green colorway rather than the tan one pictured… but hey, I’m annoying and picky. All I know is that in this colorway you’ll be the only guy stunting hard looking like you fed your friends dog puzzle pieces and beer as a joke, and then it threw up all over your basic J. Crew cotton jacket.
$485 at Mr. Porter. I don’t set the prices or make the rules, but if Mr. Porter says it’s worth $485 I’m willing to believe it.
Posted by: ENDO-Mike February 5, 2013
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