{"id":10527,"date":"2020-10-07T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=10527"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:24:03","slug":"womens-bush-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/womens-bush-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Bush Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/gallery\/fall1987\/BRFAll1987009.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Fall 1987 Catalogie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women&#8217;s Bush Jacket was was originally sold as the Tropical Bush Jacket in Summer 1985 (in Ivory only), renamed the Women&#8217;s Bush Jacket in Spring 1986 in Ivory and then sold Fall 1987 in Khaki only. It seems the first versions were lightweight cotton twill and the 1987 version is mediumweight pre-washed cotton. Otherwise they appear to be the same garment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the 1987 catalogue: &#8220;The classic bush jacket, uncompromisingly authentic and unstintingly civilized. The rugged mediumweight twill is pre-washed and softly brushed on the inside to both protect and cosset. Wide shoulder and lapel facings ensure smooth lines and prolonged wear; concealed shoulder pads ease the strain of luggage straps. Meticulously wrought in all details: buttoned cuffs, bellows and breast pockets, leather-covered button-ff belt buckle. Full-cut to leave room for layering, it&#8217;s a jacket that makes you long for new continents to explore.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/gallery\/27spring1986\/br27spring86009.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Spring 1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/gallery\/summer85_24\/summer8524009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"443\"\/><figcaption>Tropical Bush Jacket, Summer 1985. Note the copy is the same as the above Bush Jacket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pics from the collection of Kimberlee English Anderson. Khaki 1987 Bush Jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/womensbushjacket1-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, 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It seems the first versions were lightweight cotton twill and the 1987 version is mediumweight pre-washed cotton. Otherwise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1427],"tags":[1505],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10527"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10554,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10527\/revisions\/10554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}