1972–1978, Panel-Shaped Flight Jacket with Rib-Knit Inserts

This is a waist-length button-front jacket by an unknown maker, made in fine-grained light-tan leather with rib-knit cuffs and waist inserts and datable to 1972–1978. A shallow swept yoke crosses the upper chest while vertical panel seams draw the torso toward a close waist, producing a fitted short-jacket profile without the gathered body of a true blouson. The design joins flight-jacket-derived ribbing and buttoned shoulder straps to a pointed collar and Western-wear-derived yoke, converting functional outerwear signs into a leisure-fashion composition. Pale topstitching maps a central button axis, curving chest line, angular collar, and slit-bearing hip panels so that construction becomes the principal surface ornament. Its archival value lies in this exact 1970s translation of military and ranchwear vocabularies into serially assembled leather outerwear whose maker, origin, leather species, knit fiber, and original size remain unresolved. sundAEd sundazed.io/archive 20% off 2 · 30% off 3 · 40% off 4 Questions about availability, sizing or condition? Send a direct inquiry with your chosen pieces to confirm sizing and availability, or to make a reservation while stock remains in allocation.