Classic Wool Donkey Jacket

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I think it would be great if skins reclaimed the donkey jacket – especially these days, with hipsters hogging them. There were several brands made here, the earliest, nice chunky things, pure wool, with larger collars and dome fastners, but no leather or vinyl. Designed in 1888 by George Key for workers on the Manchester Ship Canal, it was the navvies working on the donkey engines who provided the inspiration for the name of the new jacket.

Some mention that it's a good fit and warm work jacket, while others say that the sizing is poor and the jacket is only waist length. Former British Labour Party leader Michael Foot was criticised for wearing what was described incorrectly [5] as a "donkey jacket" at a Remembrance Day wreath laying ceremony [6] and he was shown wearing one on several covers of the satirical magazine Private Eye, [ citation needed] and mentioned in Jeffrey Archer's best selling novel, "This Was a Man," at 177.To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. One fella from the original skinhead period says they were worn with OG-107 ‘jungle greens’ utility trousers and cherry red commando boots from the local army surplus.

E. Me and him with some mates took days leave, and were given Jackets so we could go down to Yorkshire, to stand and picket and provoke the Polis. Kevin Russell, the Anglo-German singer of Frankfurt Oi band Böhse Onkelz, interviewed on TV wearing his donkey jacket in 1983: “I’m not a nazi, I’m just proud to be German. I remember now that 2 of the main characters of the above mentioned series were wearing a donkeyjacket constantly namely Tim Healy that plays Dennis and Pat Roach that plays the character of Bomber.com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. We want people to be inspired by our ethos, impressed with our quality, and excited to see what collaborations come next. Also, notice the lack of PVC shoulders, which is something else I failed to mention: they were common without them.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Anyway I still have all my skinheadclothes and refuse to throw them out even if I have retired from the bovver brigade so to speak. Although surprisingly little photographic evidence exists, donkey jackets were a skinhead staple throughout the 1980s, when the cult spread across Europe.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.The workwear-inspired ‘Veste’ jacket is water-repellent and designed with a classic pointed collar, a central button closure and black faux leather inserts on the shoulders and elbows.