Type 903 Reefer Jeans Jacket / Hadal Brown

The Reefer Jeans Jacket is an evolution of earlier Tender jeans jackets, with full fronts taken up to a shoulder seam, and a double-breasted wrap. So called because it was worn by sailors whose job was to reef the sails of a ship, reefer coats are cut relatively short, with a dou- ble-breasted front whose buttons sit at the sides, and so are less likely to get tangled in ropes.

Just as sewn double-breasted Tender jackets and coats do not have show buttons, so this jacket’s riveted buttons are fixed in on the left inside breast, where they can be done up if necessary, showing the rivet back on the outside.