VIET-NAM JACKET / CAM-RANH Colour:110 SAXE inspiring the fit and construction

inspiring the fit and construction of the Atelier Coat that followed it

both pieces belonging to the wartime movement into cotton HBT utility uniforms

Goodyear Welt

and it performed its first demonstration in May 1953 at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona

a mid-century protective workwear piece that’s efficacy means it is still used by some welders today

VIET-NAM JACKET / CAM-RANH Colour:110 SAXE inspiring the fit and constructionThe Souvenir jacket, or 'sukajan,' was first embroidered by the Japanese for American soldiers during the occupation and was initially sold in street stalls and later at the Post Exchanges of military bases. The Yokosuka Navy Yard, from where the Sukajan name is derived, was one of the main arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Navy leading up to World War II. After the war, the base came to be occupied by US forces. Early Sukajan jackets were typically