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Mustang Jeans & Jackets "Trucks" – c. 1980s – Original vintage A1 Poster | 84.1 × 59.4 cm | Germany
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Mustang Jeans & Jackets – c. 1980s – Original A1 Poster [Germany]
American long-haul iconography rendered in European airbrush realism
| Offset lithograph | 84.1 × 59.4 cm | Germany
🎬 Introduction
A hyperreal celebration of denim and diesel, this large-format advertising poster stages Mustang as the uniform of the road. The main field crops tight on a trucker mid‑stride—cuffed blue jeans and brown boots catching the light as he climbs a red semi—while chrome tanks, a perforated heat shield, and a massive wheel supply engineered sheen. A storyboard frieze along the top arrays period lorries and modern rigs against cinematic skies, each vignette boxed by a safety‑yellow grid; the brand’s “Original Mustang Jeans & Jackets” label patch anchors the lower right, linking the image to denim’s tactile identity.
The visual language—precise masking, airbrush highlights, and diagrammatic detailing—places the piece squarely in late‑1970s/1980s European commercial illustration. As a German pioneer of post‑war denim, Mustang consistently fused American frontier and trucking mythos with continental craftsmanship; this poster distills that brand story with persuasive clarity.
✨ Why It Matters
Sitting at the intersection of fashion ephemera and transport graphics, the poster appeals to collectors of commercial art, denim heritage, and trucking culture alike. The montage evokes a transatlantic romance of the open road, while small cues (a delivery van lettered “Jack’s”) suggest studio‑built imagery over stock photography—an insight into how European studios synthesized American iconography. Issued as an in‑store/window A1, it was inherently ephemeral and less likely to survive, making originals scarcer than magazine placements. Its airbrush hyperrealism tracks broader European product‑illustration trends of the era, rendering the piece a concise document of technique, brand storytelling, and the period’s “trucker chic.”
📐 Poster Details
- Year: circa 1980s (estimated)
- Country: Germany
- Size: 84.1 × 59.4 cm
- Format: A1
- Studio / Publisher: Mustang Jeans & Jackets
🔎 Condition
Very good vintage condition: no tape marks, pinholes, or tears. Strong color with clean margins; presents and frames beautifully. Stored and shipped safely rolled in a sturdy tube.
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsMulti ColorMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationPortraitArt sizeMediumHeight84 cmWidth59 cm
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Berlin, GermanyOn Whoppah since August 2023 • 12 sales