WACKO MARIA JUNGLE FATIGUE JACKETS & THE MEANING OF "FLECKTARN"

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I dig this Jungle Fatigue Jacket from Wacko Maria and not just because of the whole second half of Taxi Driver vibe it's giving off. This piece speaks to me (is it speaking to me? I'm the only one here, so it must be speaking to me). It makes me want to hold my hand over an open flame, because that's a form of training apparently. It reminds me of a simpler time, when people came together to watch pornography in theaters, intrepid masturbators joining together as a harmonious community with really sticky shoes. My, how this country has changed. Now you have to drop 565 USD on a super cool camouflage jacket from Japan just to get a taste of that glorious, freewheeling lifestyle. By the way, that specific camouflage pattern is called "flecktarn", from the German "Fleck" (spot or patch) and "Tarnung" (camouflage), and it's not the camouflage pattern worn by the Waffen-SS in World War II, in case you were wondering/worried (you're thinking of "Erbsenmuster"). I was trying to change the subject from public masturbation to something less reprehensible, but somewhow ended up on Nazis. Mission not accomplished. Let's try again. Man, this jacket has some fabulous details. How about that dope geisha on the back? Or the little "The Guilty Parties" stencil on the left-top chest pocket? Those things are almost enough to make you forget those other horrible things I brought up (like Nazis). I would make a terrible publicist ​-RB