If, for some horrifying reason, you could only swaddle yourself in one jacket forever [shudders internally], the Flint and Tinder waxed trucker jacket would be a solid bet. The perennial best-seller was already a hot-ticket item before its cameo on the HBO show The Last of Us, where post-apocalyptic baddie Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal, in the midst of a well-documented glow-up of his own) has to confront the exact same nightmare. Okay, the real nightmare is the end of human existence, but the guy doesn't really have time to go shopping either, and that sounds equally terrifying!
Silver screen cosign aside, though, the jacket isn't just Huckberry's all-time best-selling jacket— it's Huckberry's all-time best-selling garment. (Oh, and it just so happens to be a regular around this here website). For an e-comm operation that slings everything from burly footwear to tasteful home goods to hardcore outdoors-y gear, that's saying a lot. We're pretty sure there isn't an awards ceremony for jackets, but if there was, this one's acceptance speech would probably go something like this:
“Wow, thank you. It's really such an honor to be up on this stage. First and foremost, I couldn't have done this without my seven-ounce waxed cotton fabric: you're tough as all hell but surprisingly soft, and still somehow manage to keep me dry. I swear you just get better with age. And to my plush flannel lining—you keep me warm through even the most blisteringly cold days. Oh, and I can't forget all my pockets: the hand warmer pockets, the duo of chest pockets, the interior media pocket. Without you, I would be just another pretty jacket with a perfectly tailored silhouette. You make me more pragmatic without compromising my fit...” [Music begins to swell, jacket is gently ushered off the stage]
Like we said, we're fairly certain that this awards ceremony doesn't exist. But then again, we were pretty sure that a scene-stealing cameo on TLOU would send inventory levels of this burly trucker to zero for the foreseeable future. And yet here we are, with a glorious restock of the jacket in the exact color that Miller favors.
The one thing we are sure about? It won’t stick around long. Head over to Huckberry to snag your own before a starving Cordycep (or, uh, anyone with a faster modem) buys up the remaining lot.