Having several coats to choose from during the long, cold winter months has become practically essential. A three-quarter or dressing gown type, a padded feather or a wool duffle coat are some of the options we usually turn to when we want to create an elegant or serious style. However, If we are looking for a more casual alternative for the day to day with which a ‘look’ with jeans go to another level, we we recommend a bomber, also known as an aviator jacket, which we can find year after year in collections from Spanish brands such as Mango or Zara.
In the 21st century, everything indicates that women are the ones who wear the iconic aviator jackets with the most attitude, but if we do a brief review of the History of Fashion, this garment, originally known as MA-1, It was born in 1948 with a purpose: to be part of the uniform of Air Force and Navy pilots. Since then, it has not stopped transforming: from the runways it moved to the streets with different urban tribes until in the 80s it became a piece adaptable to any style and genre.
Brown, nylon and with gold details: this is the new Mango aviator jacket
The evolution that aviator jackets have undergone has led them to winter as their peak due to one of their most distinctive components today, but which, originally, was not present. It is nothing more and nothing less than your inner sheep, that fabric that during the winter makes us feel most comfortable, warm and welcomed. And if we ask ourselves what is the most characteristic color of today? jackets with sheepskinwe would not hesitate to answer that any shade of brown such as, for example, one of Mango’s new pieces that promises to be top sellers before Christmas 2024 arrives.
Specifically, this model from the Spanish firm is attracting attention for its design, since it has many Similarities to the original MA-1, but with modern touches, such as the inner shearling lining in a darker brown color than the outside. It is made with a nylon padded fabric on a straight and slightly domed pattern which, in part, is precisely where its colloquial name, bomber, comes from.
Another of the similarities that this Mango aviator jacket finds with the one that military pilots wore in the 50s are the elastics that we see on the cuffs and hips; although to give it a more modern and already warm touch, the garment has a large hood also covered in sheepskin. And to give it a more chic finishing touch and in line with current trends, the bomber looks gold metallic details located on the zipper and buttons. (REF.: 77067663. Price: 79.99 euros).
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