January 23, 2008

I Heart the ’80s

Members Only Jackets Relaunch

In the ’80s, if you wanted some action (and you weren’t living in a dark hole of teased hair and Oingo Boingo tapes), you wore a Members Only jacket.

Ready to get it on again (we mean the jacket)? The iconic brand is back in full force, courtesy of Kelli Delaney (she helped start a little magazine called Us Weekly) — who added tube, shift, and racer-back dresses; lambskin vests; and trenches to the collection of bombers (black, white, cognac, chocolate, hot-to-trot metallic gold leather).

They’ve got the same elasticized waist, same zip-up front, same closure at the neck, and same classic tagline: “When you put it on something happens.” But, unfortunately, they do not have the same reasonable price tag (these new ones ring in around $950). Which may deflate your hopes of becoming a member.

To say nothing of your member itself.

Available at Henri Bendel, 712 Fifth Avenue, at 56th Street (212-247-1100).