Quick Question: Are Varsity Jackets the New Leather Jacket?
January 20, 2022 at 06:25PM When my current favorite couple, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, had a rare public date night in West Hollywood last week, they looked every bit the fashion icons (naturally). The baggy sweats they wore to Nobu were delightfully, unconventionally cool, but the standout piece for me was Rocky’s mustard-yellow varsity jacket. It was a vintage piece - an actual 2003 jacket from an actual Catholic high school named St. John Vianney somewhere in the middle of New Jersey - but that only made it better. Image Source: Backgrid After staring at the pictures for an absurdly long time (and setting up an eBay alert for “vintage mustard varsity jacket”), I realized A$AP Rocky wasn’t the only one I’d seen wearing an enviable varsity jacket lately. Image Source: Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Burberry, and Off-White Varsity jackets have been popping up…