The aviator jacket was never conceived as an ornament.
It was born in the earliest years of flight, when open and unpressurised cockpits exposed pilots to unforgiving winds and extreme cold. Leather became protection. Generous proportions allowed layers beneath it. Wool and shearling guarded the neck against the elements. Every detail existed for a reason.
And then women took to the skies.
The pioneering aviators of the early twentieth century entered a world whose uniforms had been created almost exclusively for men. Women such as Amelia Earhart wore the same language of leather, volume and utility, transforming garments born from necessity into enduring expressions of independence.
The Commandant Aviator Heritage for Women returns to that beginning.
Rather than reducing the original silhouette to conform to conventional womenswear proportions, Maison Cycas d’Or preserves its commanding volume. The shoulders remain generous. The body remains deliberately oversized. Its removable wool collar allows the character of the jacket to shift, from the unmistakable warmth of heritage aviation to a cleaner leather silhouette.
It is not an aviator jacket made delicate for women.
It is the aviator inherited by them.
A century after women first entered the cockpit wearing garments never originally designed for them, the silhouette returns with its proportions intact, reinterpreted through the craftsmanship of Maison Cycas d’Or.
The uniform belonged to aviation. The attitude belonged to those bold enough to wear it.
100% lamb leather
100% cotton lining
Two inside pockets: one with a zipper and one without
Oversized Fit
Oversized Fit
Pilotjackan var aldrig tänkt som en prydnad.
Den föddes under de tidigaste åren av flygningen, när öppna och otryckta cockpitar exponerade piloter för obevekliga vindar och extrem kyla. Läder blev skydd. Generösa proportioner tillät lager under den. Ull och fårskinn skyddade nacken mot elementen. Varje detalj fanns där av en anledning.
Och sedan började kvinnor flyga.
De banbrytande kvinnliga piloterna från början av nittonhundratalet trädde in i en värld vars uniformer hade skapats nästan uteslutande för män. Kvinnor som Amelia Earhart bar samma språk av läder, volym och nytta, vilket omvandlade plagg födda av nödvändighet till bestående uttryck för självständighet.
Aviator Heritage for Women återvänder till den början.
Istället för att minska den ursprungliga siluetten för att anpassa den till konventionella kvinnkläders proportioner, bevarar Maison Cycas d'Or dess imponerande volym. Axelremmarna förblir generösa. Kroppen förblir medvetet överdimensionerad. Dess avtagbara ullkrage tillåter jackans karaktär att förändras, från den omisskännliga värmen av arvsluftfart till en renare lädersiluett.
Det är inte en pilotjacka gjord ömtålig för kvinnor.
Det är piloten som ärvts av dem.
Ett sekel efter att kvinnor först gick in i cockpitar med plagg som aldrig ursprungligen var designade för dem, återvänder siluetten med sina proportioner intakta, om tolkad genom hantverket av Maison Cycas d'Or.
Uniformen tillhörde luftfarten. Attityden tillhörde de modiga nog att bära den.
100% lamm läder
100% bomullsfoder
Två innerfickor: en med dragkedja och en utan
Oversized passform
Oversize Passform
The aviator jacket was never conceived as an ornament.
It was born in the earliest years of flight, when open and unpressurised cockpits exposed pilots to unforgiving winds and extreme cold. Leather became protection. Generous proportions allowed layers beneath it. Wool and shearling guarded the neck against the elements. Every detail existed for a reason.
And then women took to the skies.
The pioneering aviators of the early twentieth century entered a world whose uniforms had been created almost exclusively for men. Women such as Amelia Earhart wore the same language of leather, volume and utility, transforming garments born from necessity into enduring expressions of independence.
The Commandant Aviator Heritage for Women returns to that beginning.
Rather than reducing the original silhouette to conform to conventional womenswear proportions, Maison Cycas d’Or preserves its commanding volume. The shoulders remain generous. The body remains deliberately oversized. Its removable wool collar allows the character of the jacket to shift, from the unmistakable warmth of heritage aviation to a cleaner leather silhouette.
It is not an aviator jacket made delicate for women.
It is the aviator inherited by them.
A century after women first entered the cockpit wearing garments never originally designed for them, the silhouette returns with its proportions intact, reinterpreted through the craftsmanship of Maison Cycas d’Or.
The uniform belonged to aviation. The attitude belonged to those bold enough to wear it.