1969  LEE  DENIM  JACKET - RARE HIPPIE VINTAGE

                         CHARMS ARE HAVING A MOMENT -- EACH ONE IS UNIQUE ON THEIR OWN

     THIS JACKET IS A GREAT FIND FROM THE FUNNEST & MOST TUMULTOUS DECADE IN AMERICA --

               IT'S NOT ONLY A 1969 LEE JEAN JACKET -- BUT THE 3 CHARMS ON IT ARE POIGNANT  --

                 (OF COURSE YOU CAN REMOVE THEM BUT THEY MAKE THE JACKET INDIVIDUAL)

 YOU'LL LOOK LIKE YOU LIVED WELL IN IT -- OR YOU GOT LUCKY FINDING A GREAT VINTAGE JACKET.

                                    IT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD & HELD UP VERY WELL FOR ITS AGE.

      THE SKATE KEY FROM THE 50s & EARLIER WAS PRETTY MUCH EXTINCT BY 1969 -- AFTER THE 

         INDUSTRY DEVELOPED SIZE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMS ON A SKATE -- ELIMINATING THE KEY.

        THE BUNNY DIAPER PIN WAS FOR BABY DIAPERS -- ANOTHER OLD SYSTEM MADE EXTINCT --

CLOTH DIAPERS WENT THE WAY OF THE CAR WASH -- REPLACED BY PAPER DIAPERS TO THE LANDFILL.

                      BY THE 60s & 70s VERY FEW DIAPERS WERE HELD CLOSED WITH A PIN.

  THE OTHER PIN -- LEFT BREAST POCKET -- WAS GIVEN TO ME BY AN ORIGINAL HELL'S ANGELS.

    When I was 16, I met a man in San Francisco the summer I traveled from L.A. north with a friend & her family.   

                            He was passing through to home -- I'd never been on a motorcycle before. 

        He asked my friend's parents if he could show me the sights -- I hopped on for a ride north to Tiburon. 

                         He dropped me off back in S.F. --  I thanked him for the Spectacular Sunset Ride.

                I told him it felt spiritual coming around a turn & seeing the sun set in yet another view & color --    

                                               

 HE TOOK THE HARLEY DAVIDSON PIN OFF HIS JACKET & GAVE IT TO ME -- NOTHING MORE -- BUT ALOT. 

IT'S SAID THE ANGELS ARE TOUGH WITH A CRIMINAL BENT -- BUT HE WAS A DEAR MAN -- A SWEETHEART.

                    I GOOGLED HIM MANY YEARS LATER -- HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS.

      THE EMBROIDERED SUN WAS SEWN BY A FRIEND -- A PERFECT ADDITION -- A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 SKATE KEY - 2-3/4" Long -- DIAPER PIN - 2-1/8" Long -- HARLEY DAVIDSON PIN - 3" Long 

             

                   I HAVE MANY RARE VINTAGE THINGS THAT NEED TO GO TO NEW CARETAKERS --

                                        IT SHOULD BE SEEN & APPRECIATED -- NOT STORED.

          IT'S BEEN HANGING FOR DECADES -- I STOPPED WEARING IT WHEN IT STOPPED FITTING.

                PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WITH THE FLASH & WITHOUT TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE.

           

                                                            

                                                  MEASUREMENTS -- Laid Flat & Buttoned

                                      Length -- Inner Shoulder Seam to Hem - Front       21" Long

                                   & Outer Shoulder Seam to Hem                              19-3/4" Long                                                                                                                                                                Shoulders -- Outer Seam to Seam                        18" Across

                                      Chest -- Underarm Seam to Seam                         20" Across

                                      Sleeves -- Shoulder Seam to Cuff                           24" Long

                                BUT IT'S ALSO WOMEN'S SIZE  4 / 6  by the SAME MEASUREMENTS.

   Disclosure -- There's a dime-size hole on the right sleeve & the right pocket flap does not close -- it stays up.

                                                      There are wear spots on the right cuff also.

               DESPITE MINOR FLAWS IT'S IN AMAZING & MINT SHAPE FOR A 55 YEAR-OLD JACKET  

                                      If there is something I failed to mention please feel free to ask.     

                           4 WROUGHT IRON GARDEN GATE PANELS -- 1890s -- NYC Townhouse