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Bomber jackets take off
By Lisa Gutierrez
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
Turns out
Her leather jacket — cuffed at the waist and sleeves to protect her from the cold air at high altitudes — was practical, but she wore it with aplomb.
We've seen many a photo of her, often wearing a jacket over a shirt buttoned low and a scarf tied jauntily around her neck.
It's a look we're sure to see again soon when
So how would Earhart dress today?
Bomber jacket over a dress to the office? Over leggings to the club? Over a ruffled blouse instead of a menswear shirt?
Would it even be leather? Today's bomber jackets come in silk, faux fur, nylon, polar fleece and even sequins. She'd have so many choices.
"When women wore them in the past, they would generally be their boyfriend's jacket, or their dad's or their granddad's. It was essentially a hand-me-down," says
"It was a very comfy piece of their wardrobe, and they adopted it as their own. Now what we're seeing is that it's not just a comfort piece. It is a statement piece, especially this season."
Time to unleash your inner aviatrix.
Military roots:
The bomber, aka flight, jacket is no lowly piece of outerwear. Heads of state have been known to present them as gifts.
In 2007, at the end of
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