Sundazed (West Germany) 80s, Silk, Private-Label, MA-1

Sundazed (West Germany) 80s, Silk, Private-Label, MA-1 SUNDAZED & OUTSIDE SOCIETY S.O.S. | sundazed.io/sos Constructed from high-sheen yellow silk, the piece subverts utility through filament-based fluidity and saturated surface expression. The garment represents a chromatically assertive, silk-based reinterpretation of the MA-1 flight jacket, likely originating from a boutique or private-label circuit within Southern or Central Europe during the late 1970s to mid-1980s. Its unbranded status, coupled with tag and construction features, indicates production outside of mass-market frameworks—possibly from West Germany—at a time when regional manufacturers were reconfiguring military silhouettes into lightweight, visually expressive lifestyle garments. The design subverts the martial lineage of the bomber by softening its structure, stripping it of insulation, and recasting its utilitarian identity through high-luster filament silk rendered in a saturated yellow hue. Positioned within the post-disco wave of outerwear reinvention, the piece exhibits the fluid surface properties and chromatic exuberance typical of the acetate-dominated fashion landscape between 1982 and 1986. Constructed from a high-thread-count plain weave silk—most accurately classified as taffeta—the outer shell exhibits the defining hallmarks of reeled filament construction: a crisp, structured hand, slight warp wavering, and a luminous sheen with moiré-adjacent movement under directional light.