Dickies Men's Und Eisenhower Jacket

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Thanks to its greater comfort and the unobstructed ease it offered while operating a vehicle or carrying a sidearm, the Ike jacket design became a popular post-WWII uniform staple among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. Intended to be worn on its own or underneath the M-1943 jacket, the "Ike jacket", was classified standard issue in November 1944, and additionally designated as the Army’s dress and parade uniform. They smashed fashion rules and gender binary codes in the way they dressed, as exemplified by one of their most famous members - Boy George. Known for its hardwearing staples, Dickies range of T-shirts, sweatshirts and tops are available in sizes up to XXXL.

The Eisenhower is one of Dickies most recognisable jackets, inspired by authentic military styles it quickly became a workwear icon. In 1947, the Army introduced a more closely tailored version of the Eisenhower jacket which was designated solely as a dress and parade uniform; the jacket was again modified in 1950 without button cuffs. There’s a long history of countercultures adopting military wear - to the point where it becomes part of their identities and the legacies they leave behind.Benefiting from a soft diamond quilted lining for additional warms, the Eisenhower has twin hand pockets with an additional internal pocket and pen pocket to the sleeve. Eisenhower had already requested a waist-cropped style stemming from his appreciation of the functionality of the British Battledress jacket. With a gold toned zip fastening, this jacket is finished with solid colour throughout and the Dickies logo patch above the hem. Finding the service coat to be impractical for field use, the Army began a four-year study in 1935 to develop a more practical and effective combat jacket to replace the service coat. In 1940, the Army adopted the first-pattern field jacket, the Jacket, Field, Olive Drab, or " Parsons jacket", named for Major General James K.

Design highlights include a durable brass zipper, slash front welt pockets, as well as a hidden interior pocket, enabling high performance and functionality that has withstood the test of time. According to Paul Fussell’s Uniforms, "Eisenhower had a reputation among his troops as an eminently decent man, friendly and sympathetic", an admiration that Ike elevated even further, tells Fussell, by having the bravado to casually rest his hands inside his pocket and "violate the sacred Army injunction. Eaker's jacket had been specially made by a London tailor, modeled after the standard dress of the British armed forces.Until the late 1930s, the United States Army’s field uniform consisted of a wool flannel shirt and trousers, a mid-hip-length service coat also used as a dress coat, and a wool overcoat.