This is almost an exact replica of a vintage Princeton jacket. From buttons, to labels, to patina, to shoulder placed graduating year design, Lee Japan has done an amazing job with every detail of this piece. And yes the Princeton drinking jacket is a real thing.
“One spring day, a group of seniors from the Class of 1912 were drinking beers around a table at the old Nassau Inn. The more they drank, the more foam spilled out of the sides of their mugs — and the more stains they got on their clothes. One member of the tipsy crew had a novel idea: What if they could design something to wear that was expressly for drinking beer? And with this idea, the beer jacket was born.
