Donkey Jacket (clothing)
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A Donkey jacket bears little to no resemblance of its animal namesake. It is a short, buttoned outer coat, typically made of black or dark blue woollen material, unlined; sometimes with a plastic panel covering the shoulder-blades area. This panel might be plain black or navy, or fluorescent orange or yellow for conspicuity and for night use, and sometimes bears the name of the company which supplies the jacket or for which the wearer works. The jacket usually has two spacious hip pockets and sometimes an inside "poacher's" pocket. The donkey jacket is regarded as typical of the British manual worker. Also favoured by the Skinhead.
The donkey jacket was famously worn a lot by former United Kingdom Labour Party leader Michael Foot, who featured on several covers of the satirical magazine Private Eye wearing one.
Also modelled by the infamous boy-horse, Kirk Wandless.
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