Look to Prada, and the safari jacket was all shoulders and shaman. They're bigger, in every sense of the word, and, in step with the general tenor of menswear, they're wavier. In the A/W '22 show window, big labels have bulldozed the traditional version of Saint Laurent and Lapidus.
It's no longer a classic bit for classic dressers (there's still plenty of them though, if that's your thing). Then, it retreated into its most traditional sense, and was co-opted circa 2008 by Surrey boys with strong jaws and good hair.īut on its travels, the safari jacket has veered off the beaten path. Designers like Yves Saint Laurent and Ted Lapidus were frequently pictured smoking and fashion-ing in polished, fitted versions, and the piece itself saw another boom in the Sixties and Seventies.
Long after Axis forces waved the white flag, the safari jacket kept firing on all cylinders. The safari jacket was a lightweight uniform of European soldiers in World War II, and was later a fixture of Ernest Hemingway, who even designed his own exclusive version with American clothier Willis & Geiger Outfitters. Which is purpose-built for the equatorial climes where it grew up. Defined by multiple pockets and a utilitarian slant (epaulettes, a self-belt and a khaki or desert shade are all classic attributes, making it almost interchangeable with its field jacket cousin), the safari jacket is usually made from a lightweight cotton drill or lighter poplin fabric.
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