M-51 and M-65
The project to resist
In the early 1950s, the U.S. Army wasn't looking for an iconic jacket.
He was looking for a solution.
The M-51 was born from this context: a garment designed to accompany the body in difficult weather conditions, maintaining freedom of movement and adaptability. The cotton is heavy, the construction is modular, the pockets are designed to hold tools, not superfluous items. Each line responds to a specific need.
In the 1960s, the M-65 inherited its legacy. It didn't break with the past, it refined it. It introduced technical improvements, making the garment more versatile, but retained its essence: a jacket that protects without imposing, that accompanies without defining.
Over time, the M-51 and M-65 transcended their original context. Not to become fashionable, but because function, when authentic, becomes a universal language.
Their value is not in the icon, but in the continuity.
Wearing them today means entering a project that was never meant to please, but to last. And that's precisely why it continues to speak.