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For me it falls into the broad A2-inspired category on account of the collar, one piece back, hip length, and two front top flap pockets (as opposed to say the angled pockets of a Harrington). It's not an A2 obviously, but if the A2 had never existed, perhaps this jacket wouldn't have been designed in exactly the same way? Thinking in broad terms here.
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Flapped patch pockets, a shirt collar and blouson length even with a zipper did not start with the A-2.
Here's a 1920s kids jacket from another thread.
Cool, thanks for the picture! Do you think it's fair to say regardless that those jacket attributes are, in the popular imagination of the present day, most associated with their manifestation in the A2, even if they didn't originate with it? I'm wondering what else I could have named the thread to convey the same message succinctly.
No, not at all. When I'm wearing a wool zippered jacket with big patch pockets, absolutely no one associates it with a pilot look. And I'm talking general audiences, not clothes enthusiasts.
If anything people assume it's a hunting jacket, which in some cases is accurate.
you mean
Indiana Jones wears A2?Filson putting "bomber" in the product name is a meaningless indicator in terms of how people generically use these terms in real life. The full product names for various Schott and Vansons are similarly bizarre. Like the 519 is called the 50's Motorcycle Jacket but it's not especially 50s style and other jackets in the collection are closer to their 50s models. It's just for sorting merchandise.
I've worn wool jackets like the one in your post in public many times; if I get any comments or questions, they are always about outdoor wear, shooting, etc.
I get "bomber" comments when I wear a G-1 or MA-1, sure. Note that the MA-1 doesn't have patch pockets!
At a company like Filson, would product names not likely come from a marketing department making decisions based on market research? It would surprise me if they themselves would refer to their product names as meaningless indicators with so much at stake as to how the product is then perceived by the consumer.
Maybe the disconnect you pointed out is a reflection of a company's priority to sell its product? Product names are chosen presumably not based on assumptions regarding how the consumer will perceive the product, but on whatever sells the most units. Over time, the latter shapes the frame of reference of the former until the two ultimately become one and the same, perhaps?
Maybe the disconnect you pointed out is a reflection of a company's priority to sell its product? Product names are chosen presumably not based on assumptions regarding how the consumer will perceive the product, but on whatever sells the most units. Over time, the latter shapes the frame of reference of the former until the two ultimately become one and the same, perhaps?
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