Every time a technology company announces their latest, greatest, simply â€œmust haveâ€ gadget, we tend to find ourselves asking the same question – where? And that’s not â€œwearâ€ as in the Apple Watch’s wearable tech, it’s â€œwhere,â€ as in â€œwhere the hell are we going to put this?â€ As men, we suffer from a storage deficiency. Sure, a spacious bag can be a man’s best friend, but there’s a reason Superman’s Batman’s cape was for show while his utility belt did all the real work – it’s just easier to have your gadgets at hand. This problem is never more pertinent during summer when most men are left with nothing more than two measly pant pockets, and so we thankful that jacket season has returned once again.

A jacket, if designed properly, can turn you into a walking filing cabinet (without looking like one of course), and few jackets are designed quite as well as the Safari. This modified sport coat emerged when the Sahara first came in vogue during the twentieth century, as members of upper class westerners flocked to the â€œmysteriousâ€ continent of Africa. The Safari Jacket allowed these deep-pocketed Anglos, who were swept up in the allure of an â€œunexploredâ€ land, to wander the countryside without the burden of luggage.

Within the Safari jacket’s four front pockets, they stashed their binoculars, their notepads, their guns, their ammo, their guidebooks, their souvenirs, and any other adventuring accoutrement that they had stocked up for these excursions. Today, the purpose is the same, but the inventory is just a touch different. Nonetheless, whether you’re Teddy Roosevelt lugging shotgun shells in the twenties, Yves Saint Laurent toting a flask in the sixties, or just a guy with more iPhones than ears, the Safari Jacket is the ultimate in â€œwhere-ableâ€ technology.

A modern Orvis travel / safari jacket.