Alright, so this style of jacket has lots of descriptors, as evident by the title. I've seen them called band, military, Sgt. Pepper, frogged, and marching jackets, to list just a few of the names! In any case, the leader in this trend seems to be the fantastic Balmain, having created some fabulous marching jackets (with some not-so-fabulous pricetags. Yikes!).
$5,075 at net-a-porter
$11,410 at net-a-porter
From The Satatorialist's blogI wish I had an extra $5 or 11k to shell out for one of these amazing jackets; unfortunately (or maybe fortunately...?), I don't have that kind of cash to be spending on amazing pieces like this. Hell, I could buy a car for that price. In any case, I admire these pieces greatly, and I have spent countless hours searching on ebay for something comparable. My search ended when I came across this jacket on asos.com:
asos.com, $70.34Now that is a price I can live with. And the jacket is great. Very similar shape to the Balmain pieces; nice ornamentation, piping, details. I really like it! And I'm saving...$11,000. :) Ordered it today; will photograph it when it gets here! Yay!
Oh, and if you're not in love with the asos jacket like I am, definitely do an ebay search. Use some (or all) of these words: vintage military sgt. pepper drummer boy frogged marching band jacket. That's a mouthful.
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