Starter Jackets
It's from 1991, before you were born.
- Era
- 1990s
- Peak
- 1991–1997
- Signature
- satin team jacket, pullover hood
- Revived
- 2010s vintage-sportswear wave
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About
As of 2026, it's 35 years old.
In the early '90s, the satin Starter jacket turned repping your team into a competitive sport. Emblazoned with pro sports logos and built as a pullover with a quarter-zip and a tucked-away hood, it was less a jacket than a wearable declaration of allegiance.
Fueled by hip-hop and sports fandom, the jackets grew so coveted they became a genuine phenomenon — worn with baggy jeans and box-fresh sneakers as the casual uniform of the decade. Your team was your identity, and your identity was satin.
They vanished by the late '90s, then surfed the 2010s vintage-sportswear wave right back into rotation — because a great logo, it turns out, is forever.
Starter Jackets through the years
Rep your team
Satin team jackets become a hip-hop and sports-fan staple.
Vintage-sportswear revival
Throwback team jackets return to streetwear.
