Color Coordinates (West Germany) 60s, Vat-Dyed Viscose Blend, Hybrid, Chromatic

Color Coordinates (West Germany) 60s, Vat-Dyed Viscose Blend, Hybrid, Chromatic SUNDAZED & OUTSIDE SOCIETY S.O.S. | sundazed.io/sos This West German Color Coordinates men’s jacket—likely dating from the 1960s—embodies a critical inflection point in postwar European menswear, where synthetic textile engineering, chromatic intentionality, and modular utility were reconstituted into a distinctly modernist idiom. Constructed from a vat-dyed blend of 67% polyester and 33% viscose, the fabric reflects the era’s industrial pivot toward thermosetting synthetics, balancing mechanical resilience with tonal clarity. The dense plain weave exhibits a dry, tactile sheen and a fluid rigidity that channels the chemically stabilized surfaces later echoed in the engineered synthetics of Auralee and the pigment-dense composites favored by Kolor. Chromatically, the vivid pigment-stable blue—achieved through full-fiber vat dyeing—reveals an early commitment to chromatic durability and tonal purity, aligning with the dye-led philosophies of Blue Blue Japan and the mineral-toned clarity found in Our Legacy’s overshirt typologies and Beams Plus’s metropolitan utilitywear. Patternmaking articulates a utilitarian minimalism executed with precision: the cropped, square-cut body hosts a four-button front, angular collar, two chest flap pockets, and inset welt side-entry pockets, unified by a modular, sculptural geometry that eschews decorative gesture in favor of industrial clarity.