The puffer jacket had been appropriated by the hip-hop world, making it a feature of the urban landscape rather than the outdoor rec world. Photo: Pexels
The evolution of the puffer jacket, like so much of fashion, is really about our own cultural, political and commercial evolution. I’m serious!
Once upon a time a puffer was a functional garment for very cold weather activities, the grown-up equivalent of a toddler’s snowsuit, made mostly for enduring winter and its related sports.
