Coming Back Up In the Forefront of Fashion: Parka Jackets

Since you don’t have to sacrifice fun in this cold season, here is the jacket to bring you from chipping ice from your windshield to the top of the food chain in high street fashion. Parka, relegated to the back of your closet and in the racks of thrift stores, is now coming back to the forefront of fashion. Let’s take a look.

It is obvious why parka has lost the admiration of men come the 21st century. Drab, shapeless, and bulky, while not really out of the fashion race, parka is hopelessly trailing behind suits-and-ties, the modern embodiment of a gentleman with a signature debonair smile. Yet, the recent reinvention of parka jackets has seen it sprinting and catching up with tailored clothing to answer the refined need of the male gender.

Parka is, perhaps, among the few pieces of clothing to have undergone major reinventions every time it emerges in the fashion scene. Invented by the Canadian Intuits from a certain kind of animal skin, seal, it has became a fishtail parka come the 1950s in America, and then reinvented again for military purposes when it became a military staple outerwear, which civilians made into one of the most fashionable attires at the start of the 60s. As of recent years, there’s no surprise for another take on parka as we faithful trend followers look at these winter jackets from another angle.

Parka jackets are seen as a type of outerwear with hoods often lined with fur or faux fur, but modern parkas may go without the fur. It is longer than the usual jacket, in which its length may reach above the knee. It is also characterized for its warmth due to the thicker insulation, synthetic or otherwise. Recent developments in parka production also integrate water resistant exterior fabrics using a hydrophobic process for much improved outdoor utility.

Since parkas are once again distinguished from the periphery of the fashion scene, there now comes a plethora of styles to choose from. There are still the classic parkas faithful to authenticity, but with more refined detail. An example is the AW14 from Kris Van Assche collections of Dior Homme. 

Currently, there are also tailored parkas seen particularly in Brioni’s AW14 collections. For a more casual approach to modern day parkas, utility colors deviate between brighter and lighter shades of parka. From deep reds to bright yellows, you can find the parka to suit your own taste.

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