Eisenhower Jacket

Military jacket worn by U.S. troops during World War II and associated with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in Europe. It is waist-length, with a collar, and sleeves that close with a button at the wrist. For the infantry it is in olive green, for airmen in aviator blue. During the 1980s in Italy it was the symbol par excellence of the “Paninari,” young people who liked to meet in fast-food outlets, which at that time were becoming very popular in Europe.