The cold war lives only in the fashion world these days, . . !  Gone are the fighting super powers, shady spies and dangerous women.  (Secretly, I have to say that I like the dangerous women part!)

But, the trends in European fashions for outerwear took a turn toward reviving the 80’s look of military jackets and made them contemporary and very cool.  What’s really interesting is that the 1980s military fashion revival is, however, on the wane. A new decade calls for a new swatch, and the focus on subtlety and quality that I hope will shape the next decade of men’s fashion will see the men’s military trend evolve in 2010 to be far more articulate.

So if the inspiration no longer comes from the 1980s, then when? The Second World War. An era of rationing, clean cuts, functionality, and, of course, the dapper gentleman off to fight for God and Country.  This style even combined a few colors and years of war.  Take for example this over coat pictured – The color comes from the desert campaign in Africa but the style is a French cut.  You can even unzip the bottom half of the jacket and make it a crop jacket.  Very cool and trendy!

As we progress further down you get to the boots.  These are not military boots but they build a bigger and more impressive picture as footwear because just as important as the top coat and equally interesting.  You can wear just about any kind of boot here.  Like these or even these. They don’t even have to be tall just a boot style.

So, when you get dressed this fall and winter think about a little fashion history and mix and match a military look for weekends.

Jim

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