Military jacket 1881 - 1882

This military jacket was designed by Marc Jacobs. With its double-breasted cut, gold buttons, and epaulets, the jacket is not just clothing, but a powerful marker of status and authority. Historically, military uniforms have been potent symbols of national identity and power, often designed to inspire both respect and fear. Jacobs, however, plays with these established symbols. His design is a fashion-forward twist on traditional military attire. The jacket invites us to consider questions of identity and representation: who gets to wear these symbols of authority, and what does it mean to repurpose them in a high-fashion context? The work evokes a sense of both reverence and subversion. It challenges conventional notions of power and identity, leaving you to consider where the boundaries lie between homage, appropriation, and critique.