Men's Red & Navy Embellished Performance Jacket - 2XL Subtotal: $175.00
Shop Marco Jacket’s unisex jackets and coats collection for pieces genuinely cut from one shared pattern, not a mens block resized down or a womens block sized up and relabeled, all made to order rather than pulled from stock. Right now that means a technical fleece midlayer, a pink varsity letterman jacket, and a long, distressed leather coat. A number of other jackets and coats surface in the same general unisex browsing and search traffic on this site because shoppers of any gender buy them, but their own product pages describe a specifically mens or womens cut; for those pieces, or for fitted gender-specific sizing generally, the mens outfits and womens outfits collections are the more accurate starting point.
Unisex, on this page, is a construction claim rather than a marketing word. It means a garment was drafted from a single pattern meant to work reasonably well across a range of body shapes from the start, not a mens pattern graded down or a womens pattern graded up and sold under a shared label. Checked against each product's own page, three pieces currently meet that standard: a technical fleece midlayer, a pink varsity letterman jacket, and a long, distressed leather coat. Every one of them is cut and sewn to order once a purchase comes in, the same as everything else on this site.
Clothing was not always split as sharply by gender as it is now; long stretches of dress history relied on draped or loosely fitted garments that men and women wore in fairly similar forms, and it was industrialization and the rise of ready-to-wear manufacturing that pushed fashion toward two separate, tightly gendered wardrobes. "Unisex" as a deliberate design category, one pattern built to serve a range of bodies rather than starting from a mens or womens block, is widely tied to the countercultural and "Space Age" fashion movements of the late 1960s. Designer Rudi Gernreich is commonly credited as a driving figure, releasing coordinated, genderless pieces for men and women around 1970 under what became known as his Unisex Project. Fashion historians and retrospectives since have also pointed out that a lot of early unisex clothing was not the neutral middle ground it aimed for; it tended to default to a straighter, more traditionally mens-cut silhouette rather than splitting the difference evenly, a critique still raised about unisex design today.
Gendered sizing usually starts from an assumed body shape, a set waist-to-chest ratio on a mens chart or a bust-to-waist-to-hip ratio on a womens one, and grades a run of sizes off that assumption. Unisex sizing generally drops that assumption and builds the chart around one measurement instead, almost always chest circumference, since chest varies the least across the body-shape assumptions a gendered chart bakes in. That is also why fit can feel different from a gendered equivalent in the same labeled size: a unisex large is sized to a chest measurement, not to a matching waist taper or shoulder slope. Measuring your own chest and checking it against the chart on the specific product page tells you more here than assuming a usual mens or womens size will carry over.
Not every garment translates to a single unisex pattern equally well, and the difference comes down to how much shaping a garment relies on for its fit. A tailored jacket gets its shape from waist suppression, bust darts, and a shoulder line cut either square and structured or gently sloped, all details built around one specific body type; strip that shaping out and the same jacket gapes at the waist on one body and hangs shapeless on another. The Abisko Lite Fleece Jacket carries almost none of that shaping to begin with. Its flatlock seams, articulated sleeves, and adjustable hem sit on a straighter torso block with an athletic fit that the brand's own product page describes as working for both men and women without splitting into separate cuts, which is the mechanical reason a relaxed midlayer holds up as genuinely unisex where a fitted jacket generally cannot.
The wool-body, leather-sleeve letterman jacket traces back to American college athletics in the second half of the nineteenth century, with Harvard's baseball team frequently cited as an early adopter of the format, though the exact first team credited varies by source. The construction settled into a standard: a wool body, contrasting leather sleeves, snap-button closure, and ribbed knit at the collar, cuffs, and waistband for a close, wind-resistant finish. The pink varsity letterman jacket in this collection follows that same build on one classic, boxy varsity fit rather than a tailored, gendered silhouette, and its own product page confirms directly that it is not cut differently for men and women. Sizing down by one is the usual move for anyone who wants a closer, less boxy line than the traditional relaxed fit gives.
The Unisex Vintage Distressed Leather Coat is genuine cowhide leather, double-breasted with a wide notch lapel, running from mid-thigh to knee depending on height. Its own product page describes the silhouette as straight and relaxed, deliberately avoiding the waist and bust shaping found in gendered outerwear, which is why it runs a wider size range, XS through 5XL, than the other two pieces here. The distressed finish is applied by hand and tends to develop more character with wear over time, though how quickly that happens varies by how the coat is worn and stored, so treat any aged look as a general property of the leather rather than a guarantee. Anyone drawn to that same worn-in, aged aesthetic beyond this one coat will find more of it in the vintage jackets collection.
Several other jackets and coats surface alongside these three in general unisex browsing and search traffic on this site, because shoppers of any gender buy them, but checking each one's own product page tells a different story from the label. A run of military and pop-culture-inspired varsity and bomber jackets, along with a couple of wrestling-and-ring-entrance-style pieces, each state plainly on their own pages that they are cut specifically for men; the mens varsity jackets and mens leather jackets collections are where those actually belong. A slim-fit biker jacket and a leopard print coat are built the same way in reverse, specifically for a womens fit, and sit more accurately under womens leather jackets. A handful of fleece hoodies also carry a "Unisex" label in their specifications, but their own descriptions clarify they are offered in separate, distinctly shaped mens and womens cuts within the same listing rather than one shared block, which is a different thing from what this page means by unisex; the mens fleece jackets and womens fleece jackets collections list those by their actual cut.
The fleece jacket tolerates a standard cold machine wash on a gentle cycle with mild detergent, then air-dried or tumbled on low; skip the iron and the fabric softener, since both affect the brushed finish. The varsity jacket's wool body and leather sleeves need dry cleaning or spot cleaning only, never a washing machine, and benefit from a padded hanger and a spot out of direct sunlight to keep the color from fading. Treat the leather coat the way any real hide garment needs to be treated: dust it with a soft cloth, keep it on a conditioning schedule every few months, apply a protectant before the first real wear, and hand anything past light surface marks to a specialist rather than a home fix. None of the three belong in a standard dryer or a home iron.
A genuinely unisex cut suits anyone who wants a relaxed, non-clinging layer and does not mind a straighter line through the waist than a fitted, gendered piece would give. It is a poor match for anyone chasing a close, shaped silhouette specifically, since that kind of contouring is exactly what a single shared pattern cannot do well for every body at once. If your measurements fall outside the posted chart on any of these three product pages, email sales@marcojacket.com before ordering and we will confirm what can be adjusted, or use the Custom Leather Jacket page for a piece built entirely around your own measurements from the start. For a tailored fit built around one target shape instead of a shared block, the wider mens and womens catalog covers the rest of the site by gender specifically.
It has to be drafted from one pattern meant to work across a range of body shapes from the start, confirmed on the product's own page, rather than a mens block graded down or a womens block graded up and marketed to a broader audience. Only three current pieces meet that bar once each one is checked individually.
No. Unisex means the pattern is not cut for one gender specifically, not that there is only one size; each of these three pieces still runs a full size range listed on its own product page.
Measure your actual chest circumference and check it against the chart on the specific product page rather than defaulting to a usual mens or womens number, since unisex sizing here is built off chest measurement rather than a set of gendered proportions.
The fleece jacket's own page describes one shared block with no separate gendered version, while those hoodies explicitly state they come in distinct mens and womens cuts with different shoulder, torso, and waist shaping sold under the same listing. Same fabric family, different pattern-drafting decision.
Its own product page answers this directly: it is built on one classic varsity fit that works for both rather than a tailored, gender-specific pattern, with sizing down by one available for anyone who wants a closer line.
Yes. It is genuine cowhide leather finished with a hand-applied, deliberately aged look rather than a synthetic material made to imitate that texture.
Everything here is made after you order. Nothing is pre-built and sitting in inventory ready to ship the same day.
Yes, orders go out to Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia in addition to the US, aside from a short list of currently excluded countries. The shipping and delivery policy page has the current details.
Email sales@marcojacket.com with your measurements before ordering and we will confirm what is adjustable, or use the Custom Leather Jacket page linked above for a piece built entirely around your own measurements.
For the process and timelines on returning a made-to-order piece from this category, see the returns and refund policy page.
