Fear not people I've done the research for you, i think it's almost suicide that none of us know where the Puffa Jacket originates from. I think it's very important because let's face it, we all owned one at some point in our lives!!!
Mine wasn't actually like the one on the picture (unfortunately) for people like me there was NAF co, the Kwik Save version of the label. You could get these down the market or charity shop for a smidgen of the price, you were more likely to get full blown picked on for donning the Black & Orange beauty, if you were me though it didn't matter in the slightest, i was in love. My personal favorite was the light blue extra stuffed puffa which had a stylish coral & green Aztec zig-zag going across the middle.
SO here's the info you have all been waiting for... Exciting stuff
Mine wasn't actually like the one on the picture (unfortunately) for people like me there was NAF co, the Kwik Save version of the label. You could get these down the market or charity shop for a smidgen of the price, you were more likely to get full blown picked on for donning the Black & Orange beauty, if you were me though it didn't matter in the slightest, i was in love. My personal favorite was the light blue extra stuffed puffa which had a stylish coral & green Aztec zig-zag going across the middle.
SO here's the info you have all been waiting for... Exciting stuff
The first MA-1 jackets were issued around 1949 or 1950 to United States Air Force and Navy pilots and Flight crews. Small numbers were also issued to Army flight personnel. MA-1 jackets first appeared in Europe in very small quantities in the mid-to-late 1950s probably on the black market and at sales of government surplus.
In the early to mid-1960s more MA-1 jackets appeared in Europe as Alpha Industries began to export MA-1 jackets and other military clothing to European Air Forces and commercial customers.
They say you learn a new thing everyday, so there you have it!
No comments:
Post a Comment