Dylan and his favorite military jacket, thank you !

-Hi Dylan, what can you tell me about this jacket ?

This is a M51 field jacket, the one before the M65 and much less popular. You can remove the hood and there is a shirt collar. It’s made of a beautiful fabric, an incredible satin cotton in the famous OG107 color. The aging is beautiful and the lining is an original.

- Where does it come from ?

It comes from one the best second hand store in France, “Pin-Up” in Avignon. The team there is very good, people are not pretentious, they don’t take themselves for some kind of phenomenon like in other places. Otherwise the jacket is not very special.

- Did you live a particular story with it ?

No. It was a beautiful Spring day, it was 10°C with a bit of wind and I needed a warm and good looking jacket. This is made of a heavy fabric, very good to stop the wind, it might have been a very good ally to a soldier back at the time.

- What are you looking for in clothing as a general matter ?

I like everyday clothing, easy to wear, well fitted and made of beautiful fabrics.

A pretty good patina on this OG107 twill.

- What do you think of Fashion ?

That it is a good hobby. It can allow us to find common grounds between generations and cultures, it makes us discover things but in the end we all know that it’s not really important.

- Which was the last brand that you noticed ? Is the brand notion important to you ? what are you looking for in a brand’s work ?

I like LVC a lot because it’s nostalgic but contemporary, their things are not trapped by the past: you can make a very actual silhouettes with their clothing. There is also Enginereed Garments because they make clothing without marketing it, it offers improved and actual American sportswear, you can’t really figure out what kind of silhouette they’re working on because of its itemporality.  You have this practical aspect on every garment that is very rare on designer clothes. In their work you have these connexions between usefulness, style and beauty of the garments, they always worked like that, they didn’t wait for utility and vintage details to come into Fashion. In contrary to the actual trend which is trying to make us believe that you don’t necessarily need a link to the past in order to make your brand interesting: a made-up story won’t be interesting.

Nanamica and NorthFace purple make a pretty good job too.

- Is the aging of a piece important to you ?

An old piece will be more interesting because more confortable, more charming and won’t look brand new, which can be weird sometimes. It’s also interesting to know that it traces back the life of its previous owner. Although I won’t try to age a garment on purpose, I want it to be natural.

- Isn’t that bad to think that a garment won’t last forever and that you’ll have to buy it again if you want to wear it for a very long time ?

Yeah I guess it’s a kind of annoying but I’m sure we can think of more important problems ;)

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