our jacket styles
This guide explains the different SOSOBROTHERS jacket styles and what separates them in look, function, and heritage roots.
The style controls the details of the jacket. Pockets, flaps, yokes, and overall character. It does not replace the size or change the fit by itself. Use this guide to choose the jacket style that fits your taste, your fabric, and how you plan to wear it.
Whether you want a classic trucker jacket, a stripped-down chore coat, a barn coat, or something built for the shop floor or the road, this page breaks it down before you choose or customize your jacket.
type 2 trucker
Double Pockets, Pleated Front
Our Type 2 carries two chest pockets, pointed flaps, and two vertical front pleats running down from the yoke. The pleats give the chest room to move and let the fabric fold and crease with wear.
This is the trucker jacket in its most iconic form, the one most people picture when they think denim jacket. In raw selvedge, the pleats and yoke seams are where the fading shows first, so the jacket ages into a map of how it was actually worn.
Choose this style if you want the classic trucker silhouette, unchanged since the 1950s.
Style Roots:
Levi’s Type II / 507XX, Lee 101-J Rider jacket.
Type 3 Trucker
Wide Yoke, No Pleats
Our Type 3 drops the front pleats and widens the yoke, giving the chest a flatter, straighter line than the Type 2. Two chest pockets stay, with the same pointed flaps, and waist adjuster tabs on both sides let you cinch the fit.
This is the trucker for guys who want the archetype done right. It sits a touch boxier, layers easier over a shirt, and shows fades along the seams and yoke instead of across pleats. Heavyweight selvedge is where this cut earns its keep.
Choose this style if you want the trucker jacket in its most refined, most copied form.
Style Roots:
Levi’s 557XX Type III, Lee 101-J, the jacket every trucker since has borrowed from.
RIDER / STORM RIDER
Choose plain, or add Corduroy collar and Lining
The Rider keeps it clean, no collar, no lining, just the jacket in its simplest form. Go Storm Rider and you customize it with a corduroy collar and quilted lining, adding warmth without adding bulk, so the cut stays close and the jacket still layers.
Choose the Rider if you want the classic trucker with nothing extra. Choose the Storm Rider if you want it built to actually handle a cold ride.
Style Roots:
Lee Storm Rider, 1960s and 70s motorcycle culture.
chore coat
Patch Pockets, Straight Cut
No yoke, no pleats, no fuss. The Chore Coat is built from a straight body and patch pockets, buttoned high and cut loose enough to move in all day.
This is workwear before it became a category. Less hardware, less shape, more fabric doing the talking. It’s the jacket for guys who want denim heritage without the western signaling of a trucker.
Choose this style if you want a coat that layers clean and wears in quiet.
Style Roots:
Le Laboureur, Vetra, French bleu de travail.
barn coat
Four Pockets, Curved Detailing
Our Barn Coat carries four patch pockets, a chest pocket with a pen slot alongside a second chest pocket, plus two lower pockets, closed with a button front. The cuff, placket, and collar are all cut with a slight curve instead of a straight line, a small detail that softens the shape without softening the fabric.
This is the coat for guys who want denim heritage with more storage and more detailing than a straight chore coat.
Choose this style if you want a workwear coat built for carrying things, without losing any of the toughness.
Style Roots:
Railroad and engineer workwear, American barn coats.
service
One chest pocket , Zip Closure, (corduroy optional)
A cleaner, more uniform cut than the trucker or chore coat. Snap front, chest patch pocket sized for a name tag, and a shorter body meant to move fast on a shop floor.
This is the jacket for guys who want denim heritage with less western flavor and more garage. It reads utilitarian first, fashion second, which is exactly the point.
Choose this style if you want the look of a mechanic’s coat without stepping into full workwear cosplay.
Style Roots:
Vintage service station coats, Dickies and Red Kap shop jackets.