Types of Jackets: An Encyclopedic Guide to Finding Your Perfect Style + How to Wear Them [28 Styles]

As the design evolved, it branched into three main styles: the military field jacket (based on the M-65), the barn-style field coat (country and workwear-inspired), and the motorcycle field jacket (belted and waxed for weather and speed). The first commercially available leather jacket was released in the early 1900s for motorcyclists; if you fell, the leather would take the brunt of the road rash instead of your own skin (it took a while to figure out that helmets were a good idea too). A tech jacket (named for the tech fabric from which it's made) is the Swiss Army knife of jackets: it's warm, it cuts the wind, and it's waterproof (the Apex uses a proprietary fabric with a polyurethane coating, which allows the fabric to breathe while keeping moisture out).

Author: Mike Henson

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