The characteristics of the look, the style and the music were all a big “Fuck You” to popular culture. Punks and Punk music were as anti-establishment as any movement could be at the time.
#POSER BATTLE JACKET MODS#
The Mods would decorate their parka jacket with patches and the Rockers added studs and designs to their leathers.Īs this period began to fade, another sub-culture was on the horizon – Punk! Punk Battle Jackets In a similar way to the biker sub-culture that had evolved the Mods and the Rockers would decorate their clothing with pictures and patches. The Rockers were also known for riding motorcycles and therefore they wore leather jackets. The Rockers like the Mods, the Rocker’s name came about due to the musical taste at the time with the Rockers listening to 50’s rock and roll. The Mods (modernists) named after their musical preference for modern jazz, were a group of youths also known for their obsession with fashion and riding scooters. In the UK in the early 60s, youth culture had evolved with 2 distinct and often opposing styles The Mods & The Rockers. There are many rules associated with biker “colours” but we will not go into those as we are here to look at the evolution of the Metalhead battle jacket. Motorcycle clubs now have a long history which is heavily linked to their jackets and their patches. Biker patches can have many meanings some of them are known only to the wearer. It wasn’t long before the sleeves were removed and the artwork on the back of the jackets came to represent the affiliation one had to a certain club.Īs the biker culture itself evolved, so did the battle jacket and battle jacket patches were born. The pilots created social clubs that subsequently became the first bikers and the biker culture was born. With no more wars to fight and pilots being grounded, those still seeking the thrill of man v machine took to riding motorcycles. The end of the war and subsequently the pilots returning home saw the next stage in the evolution of this iconic piece of clothing. The Battle Jackets gave the pilots a way to recognise each other in a world a million miles away from the comforts they were used to and like the jackets of today, the ones that returned from war had so many stories to tell. American pilots would decorate the back of their flight jackets with symbols of their life and culture back home.Īt war, these symbols gave the American pilots a family in a place where there were none. The origins of the Heavy Metal Battle Jacket can be traced back to American pilots during World War 2. The History of the Battle Jacket can be traced all the way back to WW2 and like the jackets themselves, which undergo an evolution throughout their lifetime, the history of the battle jacket itself has seen it evolve over many years.
Form of Self-Expression and Affiliation.The Significance of Battle Jackets in Metal Culture.Personal Significance of Patches and Embellishments.Types of Patches, Pins, and Other Embellishments.
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