Sicons Armani 1980s Leather Military Trench Coat - Size S

For Sale - Sicons 1980s Leather Military Trench Coat

Armani leather doesn’t start with the runway, it starts with the hands that made it.

Before Giorgio Armani became synonymous with soft tailoring and quiet luxury, there was Sicons. In 1974, the two came together for “Armani by Sicons,” a collaboration that quietly laid the groundwork for everything Armani would later do in leather. At a time when leather outerwear was still rigid and heavy, Sicons brought a level of suppleness and technical precision that allowed Armani’s vision, relaxed, fluid, almost weightless, to take shape.

Through the late 70s and into the 1980s, as Armani’s world expanded, Sicons remained deeply embedded in that evolution. Many early Armani leather jackets, especially from this period, trace back to their production, a testament to how integral they were in translating design into reality. The drape, the softness, the way the leather moves rather than sits, these are not accidents. They reflect a manufacturer that understood Armani’s language before it was fully defined.

Even as the brand scaled and began working with a wider network of Italian producers, the influence of Sicons didn’t disappear, it set the standard. What we now recognize as Armani leather was, in many ways, shaped in those early years of close collaboration.

By the 1990s, Armani would shift toward more internalized production, but the DNA was already established.

Sicons isn’t just part of the story, it’s one of the reasons the story exists at all.

Colour - Brown

Size: Small 
Measurements:
19“ Pit to Pit
43“ Back Length
17“ Pit to Sleeve Cuff Length

Condition: Used no flaws, missing cuff strap