Why the MA-1 bomber jacket still dominates the fashion-moodboards

Only a few clothes have made such a seamless transition from the cockpit to the catwalk as the MA-1 bomber jacket. It has been serving designers for decades: inside Helmut Lang to Prada as a reference and is still an integral part of the collections of countless emerging labels. This autumn, the US Outerwear brand Alpha Industries, which delivered the original, works together with No Problemo, the Subblabel of Aries, to prove the continued relevance of the silhouette.

Your cooperation leaves the basic structure of the MA-1 intact: the well-known short cut, the ribbed hems and the turnable feed, here in classic sage green or black. No problem reconstructs the design of alpha and implements its own aesthetics. The back part distorts the peace symbol to somewhat recognizable and worrying, a subtle allusion to punk graphics and the post -military subculture. The branding on the sleeve remains tonal and signals a touch of despite.

The MA-1 has been released on countless Moodboards, not because it changes radically, but because it effortlessly absorbs new meanings. In the 1990s, Helmut Lang reduced her to urban minimalism; Prada later made her from nylon and with couture surfaces. Independent designers: Today, use utility, protest or pure nostalgia.

The version of Alpha and No Problemo respects this tradition. She understands that the strength of the bomber jacket lies in its contradictions: militarily and yet civil, uniform and yet individual, functional and yet symbolic. The result is a jacket that not only protects against cold, but also has a cultural importance that cannot be demonstrated.