"This week, Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, appeared at a joint press conference with Denmark's leader to say that he had no intention of acquiescing to Donald Trump's stated desire to own Greenland all while wearing a glacial-blue windbreaker. It is a garment Nielsen wears regularly but, in this shifting geopolitical moment, it took on a new, loaded and striking messaging."
"A practical outer layer, the windbreaker or anorak is widely seen as a modern descendant of the parka, which was invented in the Arctic region to which Greenland belongs. Traditionally made from intestinal membranes from marine mammals a proto-Gore-Tex the parka was designed for survival. Nielsen's jacket has been called a modern take on the Inuit anorak. Timothee Chalamet in London wearing a Marty Supreme promotional windbreaker. Photograph: Neil Mockford/GC Images"
"The windbreaker's resurgence has also been fuelled by popular culture. It followed one of the most rollercoaster press tours in recent memory, for Marty Supreme, in which a $250 (185) windbreaker took centre stage. Part of a collection produced by the LA-based luxury brand Nahmias in collaboration with A24, the film's production company, along with the actor Timothee Chalamet and his stylist, Taylor McNeill, the jacket was emblazoned with the film's title and three gold stars."
The windbreaker has emerged as a contemporary form of power dressing, supplanting traditional suits and wide-shouldered coats in some contexts. Greenland's prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen wore a glacial-blue windbreaker while rejecting Donald Trump's stated desire to buy Greenland, giving the garment clear political resonance. The windbreaker and anorak trace lineage to the Arctic parka, originally crafted from marine mammal intestinal membranes as a survival technology. Fashion and popular culture amplified the garment's profile, notably a $250 Marty Supreme windbreaker tied to Nahmias, A24, Timothée Chalamet, and numerous high-profile wearers, despite the jacket not appearing in the film.
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