Put down that black leather hooded jacket, shit's been done for days, weeks, months. It's so abused the kids over at Cotton On have them on the sale racks.
Come hither and let me tell you a tale, of gladiators and academics who would once don a garment signifying their rank and place within the great halls of high schools and colleges around a unity of states aptly named the United States of America. Said garment was the ticket to getting laid by the hottest of hot cheerleaders, an excuse for the abuse of jock power and a status symbol which reeked of the existence of a trophy cabinet full of awards and walls covered in championship pennants.
The letterman or varsity jacket has a rich tradition within the high schools and colleges of the US. It was historically awarded for excellence amongst the sporting and academic elites of secondary institutions. Varsity jackets would boast a chenille first letter or initials of the name of the secondary school, with embroided features including name, feats and year and in the colourways of the school being repped.
Its place now is squarely in fashion - lighter on the elitism and heavier on the dopeness. Since those days of pig skinned footballs and peach buckets for basketball hoops the varsity jacket is now a pricey yet still highly sought item from any given streetwear label, and many other high end fashion labels.
The beauty of the varsity is that it has so far not been the subject of trendoids (they are rather heavy) and so its cool factor has remained. It has been a staple with streetwear elites Supreme and Bape for years with many other labels also giving their own aesthetic take on the varsity. With the many array of colourways and minute details available now there is fo' sho' one out there with your name on it, and if you can't be bothered finding it there are many other companies out there that will make you a custom one. Shit's fo' life.