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A Man Shown Wearing A Jean Jacket
A Man Shown Wearing A Jean Jacket
Jean jacket
Type Jacket
Material Denim
Contents
1History
2Cultural impact
3Wear and styling
o 3.1Canadian tuxedo
4Gallery
5See also
6Notes
7References
History[edit]
The first recorded denim jacket was created in the United States in about 1880 by Levi
Strauss, approximately ten years after he had invented jeans as a new type of work
apparel intended for use by cowboys, miners, and railroad workers.[1] The "Type III"
denim jacket, introduced by Levis Strauss & Co. in 1962, [a] has been described as the
Denim jacket "to rule them all".[4] Also known as "the trucker jacket", design elements of
the Type III include a tapered style, welt hand pockets, and bar tacks which hold down
chest pocket and sleeve openings.[2]
In 2017, Google collaborated with Levi Strauss & Co. to develop a "connected" denim
jacket described by Wired as the "denim jacket of the future".[5] The underlying
technology, named "Jacquard," encompassed a processor, a built-in battery, and a
special yarn that gave the bottom of the arm a pseudo-touchscreen functionality.[5] The
same year, New York Fashion Week featured several denim jackets, with The
Guardian predicting that the denim jacket would "be everywhere in 2018". [6] A second
version of the Jacquard jacket, featuring an appearance closer to jackets without the
technology as well as a lower price, was released in late 2019. [7]
In addition to Levi Strauss & Co., other designers of denim jackets have
included Wrangler, Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, Gucci, and Dior, among others.[8]
Cultural impact[edit]
According to GQ, there are "few things more iconic, more innately American, than a
denim jacket" and the magazine has called it "a staple for stylish men". [9][10] Jean jackets
have also been popular with women.[11]
Jean jackets, like jeans, are a major element of western wear, however, also like jeans,
have enjoyed a more general appeal.[12] Notable wearers of jean jackets have included
western entertainers James Dean and John Lennon,[1] as well as Polish anti-Communist
dissident Jacek Kuroń.[13] In 2017 GQ opined that Kanye West seemed to own "an
alarming number of jean jackets", remarking that "he doesn't seem to go a few days
without wearing one".[14]
According to Levi Strauss & Co., the jean jacket has traditionally appealed to
nonconformists as "a knock to the 'suits' of the world, its informal yet edgy heritage
making it the ideal item to stick it to the man".[15]
Gallery[edit]