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Layer Up this Fall with American Giant and Your New Favorite Fall Jacket

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The brand that makes your favorite hoodie is now making your new favorite fall jacket — easily. The American Giant Mechanic’s Jacket delivers the goods, checks all the boxes, and looks great doing it. As the brand says, it’s a “jacket with a real work ethic” crafted in the U.S. from canvas that’s finished with a water-repellent treatment for taking on fall adventures or any time you need a classic piece of outerwear that’s subtly stylish.

Best known for the “greatest hoodie ever made” — a durable, logo-free, premium upgrade that’s been a hot seller — American Giant takes hard-wearing basics and upgrades them in a way that befits the man who loves classic, U.S.-made style. The Mechanic’s Jacket is the brand’s first foray into structured outerwear, and it’s fitting that it draws on old-school heritage in terms of its silhouette and design.

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Based on both work wear and the 1930s-era mechanic’s jacket, it’s a piece that’s at once casual and versatile. The great thing about the more refined fit of this iteration is that it looks less like a thrift shop find and more like a jacket you can break in and make all your own. That is to say, the more you wear it, the better it’s going to get.

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To us, that means you can — and should — throw on either the Raven Black or Cargo Green color over a striped henley with tan chinos or your favorite pair of jeans and clean leather chukka boots. Conversely, you can also wear it with a chambray shirt for a dash of West Coast cool — which is fitting, seeing as it’s made out west in Oakland (talk about even more American heritage and style). But wait, there’s more: The Mechanic’s Jacket can team just as nicely over one of the brand’s understated, stylish hoodies.

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For all those times when you need a jacket that doesn’t draw attention to itself, you need the American Giant Mechanic’s Jacket. That goes for situations ranging from a tailgate to an upstate trip to a farmer’s market stroll, even a day at the office (wear it with a blue Oxford and a slim knit tie).

And, with a lifetime warranty, we’re convinced that you’ll get tons of repeated wear out of the Mechanic’s Jacket, just the way the brand would want it.

Beau Hayhoe is a freelance men’s style writer, consultant and PR pro based in Brooklyn. Beau’s menswear and gear writing has… Read Full Bio
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