48ers: Around the world with Fennica’s Drinking Jackets
//Beams staff in 48 jackets (unplanned , no memo) at a press preview for FW13 collections, Tokyo//
I love my calico Fennica 48 drinking jacket right down to it’s beer barrel buttons.
//In my 48 last weekend at the Pablo Bronstein show, Herald Street, east London. Photo: Mrs Gorman//
It is one of the line produced last year by Japanese clothing brand Beams and is based on an original Princeton “beer jacket” sourced by Beams buyer Terry Ellis, who has sent me this selection of photos of suitably attired 48ers taken over the last year for his mandatory Instagram feed.
//The original//
// Beams buyer Keiko Kitamura styling a photoshoot in Tokyo//
//Gitman Vintage designer Chris Olberding in Las Vegas//
//Beams buyer Keiko Kitamura at Shanghai F1 racetrack//
//Beams buyer Terry Ellis//
//Ellis at Shanghai racetrack//
This spring Beams produced the follow-up, based on a 1941 jacket and seen below sported by Ellis and others:
//Vintage original drinking jacket class of 1941. College unknown. Ellis: “I changed the number to 48 for the sake of continuity. I modified the fit of the jacket but left most details unchanged.”//
//Beams personal shopping concierge Keichi Maeda//
//Emil Corsilio, founder with his brother of the Hickorees store in Brooklyn//
//Terry Ellis//
//Keiko Kitamura//
Beer jackets have been protecting the apparel of Princeton drinking club students since 1912; read their history here.
Visit Fennica here.
All photos: Terry Ellis.