Buzz Rickson's x William Gibson all-black M-51 Parka Slender is part of the fruitful and limited collaboration between Toyo Enterprise and best-selling novelist William Gibson.
In early 2003 Gibson released a groundbreaking new book titled "Pattern Recognition". A absorbing and masterfully crafted novel with a setting immediately following the events of "9-11", featuring a high-tech, super-hip, cyber-chic, anti-fashion sophisticate, Cayce Pollard, as the heroine. The most valued object of Cayce is her Black (!!!) Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flight Jacket which Gibson fictionalized as an admirer of Vintage clothing and especially as a fan of Buzz Rickson's. William Gibson was well aware that a black MA-1 jacket was neither produced by the USAF nor by Buzz Rickson's but in his vision Cayce Pollard's MA-1 had to be black! To make a long story short, by the end of 2004 Buzz Rickson's gave Gibson's vision life by creating this jacket as a center piece of their 10 year anniversary. The all-black William Gibson collection was born that year and turned into a cult in the year that followed.
First introduced in the early 1960s and issued to the US Army during the Korean War, the M-51 Parka turned into an absolute icon of counterculture for the uprising youth in the following decades of Cold War.
The Buzz Rickson's x William Gibson slender version of a classic M-51 Parka is constructed of a black heavy duty cotton sateen and features a zip front using a Crown Aluminum Spring Automatic Lock. The bulky fit of the originals has been updated with a contemporary slim and slender silhouette.
- Buzz Rickson’s William Gibson Black M-51 Parka Slender
- 100% Heavy Cotton Sateen
- All-Black
- Slim Fit
- Crown Aluminum Spring Zip Closure
- 2 Wool Lined Side Pockets (Snap Button Closure)
- Mil Spec Urea Buttons
- S. Government Department of Defense Spec Snap Buttons
- Hand-Stamped Buzz Rickson’s Cloth
- Original William Gibson Label
- Made in Japan
Model: Jürgen is 188cm tall, weighs 85kg and wears a size XL.
IMPORTANT:
The Jacket runs very small, please size up!
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Measurements in cm. |
XL |
Shoulder |
52 |
Lenght |
68 |
Chest |
60 |
Sleeve |
60 |