The Baloo Jacket is our take of the famous vintage “Grizzly” style, a popular garment of 1930’s working America, combining mouton fur and leather in one handsome waist-length fashionable coat.
In “Grizzly” style fashion, we used sheepskin for the two front panels, and the large single-piece back panel. Each hide features a soft hand and golden brown finish, with subtle color variations.
This natural veg-tanned BALOO Jacket have received a special outdoor treatment over several months, bathing under our lovely California sunshine and conditioned with ample doses of patience and elbow grease!
Please note that we just wanted to kick-start the process of a natural patina, not ‘distress’ the jacket or mimic a vintage patina. The select few BALOO jackets “Sunshine” edition definitely remain a DIY project for the future owner, they have 100% life left in them, as they have not been weakened by industrial “vintage” distressing.
This MF® garment is designed and manufactured in California by Mister Freedom®.