Here I purchased the xxxl and it fitted me perfectly around the chest however these aren't meant for anyone with a pot belly as they are more a straight fit. I’m not a very successful toff…living in social housing on a State pension (worst in Europe apparently…must be why we are having the Brexit charade) I’d happily wear one now! The workwear we provide is made from sturdy materials and boasts practical features such as reinforced seams and multiple pockets. Many minors sons in Nottingham in the late 1970’s early 80’s wore Donkey Jackets to senior school, some being skinheads / mods, mainly has many parents could not afford a coat for their kids.

In fairness, this isn’t the worst donkey jacket I’ve seen, apart from the pocket flaps – and perhaps it could be a tad longer. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. I remember now that 2 of the main characters of the above mentioned series were wearing a donkeyjacket constantly namely Tim Healy that plays Dennis and Pat Roach that plays the character of Bomber.

Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. The 1980s were also the decade when some middle class students began to sport donkey jackets to look more proletarian – yet of all social groups, the one that really has no right to wear them is the modern-day harbinger of gentrification: the bearded yuppie aka hipster. It features a ticket pocket for some bizarre reason, has wool cloth shoulders, and suffers from the same problem as the Lambretta: joined/overlapping shoulders. on a winter night, Kept you warm, and you could wrap your bird up in it and fit a bottle of Old English cider in your pocket without the old bill clocking it. I also lived in Southeast London from, 1968 through to 73, though, I hate to admit, I was boarding at a public school, back then.

Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. By the time I was in my twenties, by then, living in New Zealand, I had embraced the look, the music, and the lifestyle.A donkey jacket with PVC panels Sack coat: the precursor to the donkey jacket worn from the mid Victorian era onwards by workers and soldiers. Barely stitched on and the first night I wore it out, three buttons fell straight off with the other two barely hanging on by a thread !