“WILDCAT” Zip Jacket

SPECS

FABRIC:

NOS “Cacao” chambray, brown warp x white weft, 9 Oz., 100% cotton, milled in Italy. (Same fabric as the FW2018 Berkeley Shirt.)

DETAILS:

• Fully unlined, clean flat-felled/caballo seam construction.
• Period waist length.
• Elbow patches.
• 1930s-style metal zipper.
• Waist cinch tabs.
• Corozo wood buttons.
• Made in USA

SIZING/FIT

The Mister Freedom® "Wildcat" Zip Jacket comes UN-WASHED, cut so that actual measurements match the labeling after the initial cold soak/line dry shrinking process. Recommended protocol:

• Cold soak for about 30-40mn, with occasional hand agitation.
• Machine spin dry cycle, and line dry.

This jacket is considered true-to-size.
At 5’7 ~145 lbs., I opted for a SMALL, my usual current size in mfsc jackets.
The size that will work best for you depends on your body type and how you like your clothes to fit. Measure a jacket of a similar style that you own and compare it to our size chart, reflecting rinsed measurements.
This is how we measure.

CARE 

Machine wash on gentle cycle, cold water, minimum eco-friendly mild detergent, and line dry.

STORY

A wildcatter” is a prospector drilling for oil in unlikely places (= high risks but potential high reward.)
“Wildcat territory” refers to an area that attracts drilling mavericks, whether individuals or corporations.
Oil was never found in San Bernardino County (Mojave High Desert), but early 1900s rumors from the field about a potential “Oil Boom” have attracted wildcatters, see “Kramer has struck oil!”
Our “Wildcat” carries the vibe of 1930s garage/gas/service station type jackets.
This is also a long-reached reference to my Dad who worked in Algeria for the CPA (Compagnie des Pétroles d’Afrique, an oil-extracting venture in North Africa) in the late 1950s, as a drilling scout in the Sahara Desert. He was then hired by Shell Oil in its Alger HQ, met my Mum who was a French Algeria-born Pieds-Noirs. They lived in Algeria until 1962, when the country won its independence from metropolitan France after a fierce and controversial period.