The other workwear country: East Germany
As the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall draws near, we take this opportunity to tell you more about East German workwear. You will often see chore jackets described as 'European jackets' or 'EU jackets', and most of the time they are actually East German. French workwear has become a thing, a way of describing a type of clothing beyond nationality. The French jackets reflect the country's specific social history - they became widespread with mechanisation and i