M65 Jacket recommedations

[tedbearz]

Looking for a slim fitting thin (spring weight) M65. Anyone know who makes one?

 

[bici]

checked here?

http://www.gr8gear.com/catalog/Jacke...ilitary-Style/

 

[Serg]

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[chronoaug]

I think he was looking for a slim fitting one. Most of the military ones aren't very slim unless you tailor them. I'd look into H&M if you want something relatively cheap. If you check the supermarket on superfuture, there are usually a few Hare (japanese brand) knockoff m65s that are really slim and pretty thin that should do nicely.

 

[tedbearz]

Damn I was just in Tokyo a week ago. Where can they be purchased there? Also any places stateside that sell them?

 

[chronoaug]

Hare? Not in the states. The knockoffs are from some korean site that makes cheap imitations of designer stuff and their M65s have been getting passed around sufu pretty frequently. The quality seems to be about h&m/gap quality from the people who have handled them.

 

[xchen]

Anyone got any idea roughly how much the Zara M65s are? I might take a trip down to the ATL location next weekend and pick one up. I'd obviously rather it be slim fitting as opposed to boxy and huge, but warmth is also a necessity.

On a side note, anyone got any idea of the grand opening date for H&M Atlanta?

 

[tedbearz]

On a side note Uniqlo has a decent midweight M65 type jacket. A little more modern. Two zip pockets for the top pockets. I saw it at the Shanghai and Tokyo stores. They didn't have it at the Soho store. Not bad for around $45. Was actually cheaper in Tokyo than Shanghai even though its made in China. Go figure.
I'll try to post a pic in a few days.

 

[xchen]

I wouldn't mind getting one of the Uniqlo jackets at all but theres no store near me and I don't the the UK online store ships to the US unfortunately.

 

[tedbearz]

Maybe one of our Asian members can ship for a small service fee?
They had some nice selvedge jeans for around $50 too.
Really disappointed that the Asian Uniqlo stores sell better things than the US store.

 

[darkness2505]

have you checked the spiewak ones? they are nice.

 

[whacked]

sounds like you want a safari jacket or a M65 shirt x jacket hybrid. For affordable fares, comes mid January, Uniqlo/Zara/H&M/Club Monaco/Banana Republic/J.Crew should all have something that fits the bill.

 

[stickonatree]

Originally Posted by darkness2505

have you checked the spiewak ones? they are nice.

they are really baggy and boxy, unfortunately. same thing with all of their products. you may have to size down 1 if possible, to get a slightly more fitted look, and have a tailor do a number of alterations on it for it to look fitted.