Gap’s $100 Denim Jacket Is So Good, You’d Think I Found It in Japan

It’s hard to predict the future, but the other day I stared into a crystal ball and saw a vision of my new favorite denim jacket. Okay, so the crystal ball was actually Gap.com, but the jacket—Gap’s heavyweight denim joint—was clear as day. As a veritable facsimile of the iconic Type II trucker made famous by Levi’s, it had all the hallmarks of the original—and not once in my psychic reading did I detect a hint of buyer’s remorse.

For one, Gap’s version is surprisingly true to…