German military army surplus jacket craze of the late 80's

professore · 12-03-2012 08:00PM

I had one. If you don't call them parkas you're not talking about the real ones.

Also had the brown boots - you could kick a hole through a concrete wall with those. Bit on the heavy side though.

I still have a shirt in the same style I bought in England many years ago.

Nothing hotter than a babe wearing one of those over a mini skirt.

Now I want to go out and buy one!

Cantona's Collars · 12-03-2012 08:24PM

I had several of these and the shirts.We used to wear them to school,it looked like some of the German army had moved into town.Imagine if all the Polish had started to move to Ireland back then,they'd be horrified.

Brilliant coats though,one lad had one with a pocket that went all the way round the inside,he was the man when it came to going to the local shop.
That was a time when we wore them cos they were cheap and if they had a cool name badge on the front even better-nothing worse than a speccy hipster cnut wearing them now.

Tigger · 12-03-2012 08:57PM

http://www.military1st.co.uk/10102001-german-army-parka-with-liner-olive.html

I bought mine cos it was cheap in army bargains and it kept me warm for the mooching around with nothing to do

Big Nasty · 12-03-2012 09:18PM

The scarves were PLO but worn around your neck not your head like the arabs did. Black & white but then they started bringing them out in girlie colurs too.

JerryHandbag · 12-03-2012 09:21PM

Have one, its my fave jacket. Wore it out one night and a mate kept calling me Inglorious Basterd.

Ectoplasm · 12-03-2012 09:26PM

Ah, parkas, PLOs and Docs...practically obligatory for entrance into The Grove in the mid nineties.

I loved my parka, it was great for keeping me warm when I indulged in a spot of al fresco imbibing on a Saturday night.

admiralofthefleet · 12-03-2012 09:40PM

i remember NAFF jackets alright

caravans only 54 pound

donegal_road · 12-03-2012 11:33PM

Tigger wrote: »

http://www.military1st.co.uk/10102001-german-army-parka-with-liner-olive.html

I bought mine cos it was cheap in army bargains and it kept me warm for the mooching around with nothing to do

thats the very one

kieranfitz · 12-03-2012 11:46PM

Nodin wrote: »

The m-65 pattern thingies. No idea why they were mostly German, as I think its an American design.

M65's were American, parka's were German.

phasers wrote: »

Are the scarves you're talking about keffiyehs? The hipster scarf of choice in 2008?

You mean the shemag? Handiest piece of kit ever.

MCMLXXV wrote: »

The scarves were PLO but worn around your neck not your head like the arabs did. Black & white but then they started bringing them out in girlie colurs too.

Black and white, red and white or green and black are the only acceptable colours. German army kit is solid as they come though, that's why I have so much of it.

Dyr · 12-03-2012 11:55PM

kieranfitz wrote: »

You mean the shemag? Handiest piece of kit ever.

he means the Keffiyeh because that's the proper name, as opposed to a daft nick name that the brits came up with. Just saying, is all.

Dyr · 12-03-2012 11:57PM

Here's one only a few people will remember, when the crios became fashionable in certain teen circles back in the 80s? Mostly ones in black and white patterns

donegal_road · 13-03-2012 01:12AM

Bambi wrote: »

Here's one only a few people will remember, when the crios became fashionable in certain teen circles back in the 80s? Mostly ones in black and white patterns

you mean the belt that dangles down one side of your leg? This came up in conversation recently for the reason that they were fashionable on the Aran Islands off Galway, apparently introduced by Spanish sailors centuries ago.. an identical garment is traditional in Southern Spain

stoneill · 13-03-2012 01:27AM

Mickey H wrote: »

Had one of these on me yesterday. Bought it over 10 years ago. Still like new.

I still wear my one of them for outdoor work. Just right when it's too cold not to have a jacket but too warm working while having a jacket - if you know what I mean.

Babybuff · 13-03-2012 01:51AM

Tigger wrote: »

http://www.military1st.co.uk/10102001-german-army-parka-with-liner-olive.html

I bought mine cos it was cheap in army bargains and it kept me warm for the mooching around with nothing to do

unf. I had one, I want want that one.

Duggys Housemate · 13-03-2012 01:56AM

donegal_road wrote: »

not exactly this type, the colour was more olive green and not as long as the one in this photo. Some of them had small round holes that had been stitched over. They also had removable lining. I like the look of this though, I might order one now

It is nice, you better get cracking though as the special offer of 4 cent off may not last forever.

Run_to_da_hills · 13-03-2012 02:26AM

My brother found a discarded IDF military jacket when he was working on a kebab in Israel the late 80's. He was told at the time he could get arrested if was caught with it. Apparently it is illegal to wear any military clothing in public as a civilian and worse still if you are a foreigner You would also want to be crazy wearing stuff like this if you strayed into the wrong areas.

Babybuff · 13-03-2012 02:27AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

working on a kebab

doner?

plasmaguy · 13-03-2012 02:27AM

Yeh I remember those jackets, were brilliant for keeping out the rain as well.

Anyone remember the Doc Martin craze as well among college students?

Run_to_da_hills · 13-03-2012 02:32AM

plasmaguy wrote: »

Anyone remember the Doc Martin craze as well among college students?

I had several pairs of these and the wouldn't last pissing time if I wore them into metalwork class in Bolton St. The hot swarf from the milling machine would cut through the souls like butter.

LH Pathe · 13-03-2012 03:15AM

Had one in the early 90s. Went to the trouble of drawing my favourite bands on, sepultura sacred reich voivod nuclear assault etc and it all went to **** in the rain

ink didn't hold up / jacket didn't hold up.

I saw a nice indian type looking schoolgirl today with one on; thought wtf. what

LH Pathe · 13-03-2012 03:18AM

plasmaguy wrote: »

Anyone remember the Doc Martin craze as well among college students?

in secondary I had em. oxblood. and the flayed satchel for schoolbooks.. late 80s indie thing. morrissey heads! murphy sucked me in to that

Dyr · 13-03-2012 10:25AM

donegal_road wrote: »

you mean the belt that dangles down one side of your leg? This came up in conversation recently for the reason that they were fashionable on the Aran Islands off Galway, apparently introduced by Spanish sailors centuries ago.. an identical garment is traditional in Southern Spain

Yeah, there was a phase years back when cool young things would wear them looped through their jeans..

Dyr · 13-03-2012 10:29AM

LH Pathe wrote: »

Had one in the early 90s. Went to the trouble of drawing my favourite bands on, sepultura sacred reich voivod nuclear assault etc and it all went to **** in the rain ink didn't hold up / jacket didn't hold up.

I saw a nice indian type looking schoolgirl today with one on; thought wtf. what

VoiVod and Nuclear Assault? Well played sir. Rookie mistake of not varnishing the ink/paint no doubt.

Now that I think of it I had one of the dark olive M64 jackets with the metallica logo painted on the back.

Somnus · 13-03-2012 10:33AM

There was loads of them in Eager Beaver in Temple Bar last time I was in there.

hmmm · 13-03-2012 10:33AM

To think that every kid in the 80s was wearing the same military green jacket that looked like it had washed up on shore from a failed German aid shipment to Nicaragua. And at the time we all thought it was cool, plus it was dirt cheap and hardwearing.

It's funny when you look at the threads started on here by Celtic tiger cub whingers who wouldn't been seen dead in one as it doesn't match their hollisters, asking "whether this recession is worse than the 70s/80s" just because they can't afford their mochachocafrappachino in the mornings - they have no idea.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 13-03-2012 10:36AM

Dr.Poca wrote: »

There was loads of them in Eager Beaver in Temple Bar last time I was in there.

Loads in Army Bargains in Caple St too.

13-03-2012 10:43AM

I remember this hugely overweight girl used to wear a black hoodie that had the bands name "No Big Thing" on it.

Irony was lost on her.

Balmed Out · 13-03-2012 10:43AM

Had the jacket and the shirt. Not as common but there were French ones around too.
Anyone remember how often these coats had suspicous patches that were apparently from bullet holes? Most likely they were made that way to be sold to gullible children.

getz · 13-03-2012 10:50AM

the only things our mothers could afford to buy us in the late 50s was army surplus,no fun going to school as a japanese admiral,

Riddle101 · 13-03-2012 10:54AM

I used to associate those jackets with political activists and rebels.

I never owned one but I always thought they looked cool and wanted one for myself. Being the rebel that I was.

German military army surplus jacket craze of the late 80's

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