The time is finally here. Well, almost. The second season of The Last of Us hits Max on April 13, 2025. That means Joel and Ellie are back, as is a decimated world overrun by zombie-like mushroom monsters. While we’re not exactly sure what awaits us in these upcoming episodes—smart money says terror, violence, a few moments of bittersweet hopefulness, and the inevitable reckoning after the events of the first season’s finale—what we do know is that Joel is still wearing that jacket.
You know the one. At this point, it’s famous in it own right. Yep: Flint and Tinder’s hard-wearing, made-in-the-USA waxed trucker jacket. Crafted from 7 oz. sailcloth by Martexin and lined with flannel, it’s Joel’s go-to piece of outerwear. When fans first realized this way back in early 2023 as season 1 was airing, the folks at Huckberry (Flint and Tinder is one of the retailer’s in-house brands) had trouble keeping the thing in stock. Now, with season 2 looming, we wouldn’t be shocked if it starts selling out again. So take a cue from recent history and get ahead of the game. Buy it now, wear it forever, and if a fungus-induced apocalypse arrives, rest assured that you’ve already got the right jacket for the occasion.
Flint and Tinder Flannel-lined Waxed Trucker Jacket
If you’re interested in reading the (now pretty long) history of us writing about this jacket, you can check out all the prior updates to this story (the latest of which was on November 11, 2024) below. It’s like a time capsule! A very stylish time capsule.
We’re not sure how we missed the teaser for season 2 of The Last of Us when it hit Max’s YouTube channel. Chalk it up to some sort of (non-mushroom-induced) madness. Thankfully, though, Max included it in the terribly named network’s sizzle reel for 2025, and we finally caught it this time around. And if you’re paying attention to the really important stuff—not the looming Clicker danger or Joel’s guilt or Ellie learning guitar but the clothes, dammit!—you’ll notice the return of another crucial character for the second installment of the hit series.
Yep. That’s right: Pedro Pascal’s fantastic Flint and Tinder jacket is back. It’s still cool as hell, rugged as fuck, and his character’s go-to when it comes to outerwear. And unlike during the initial airing of the first season, when said jacket was damn difficult to get your hands on, it’s currently available in a full-size run on Huckberry. Should you buy one now, before the hype builds and it starts flying off the shelves once again? We’re not here to tell you what to do. But the answer is yes.
The world is full of uncertainty. In the universe of The Last of Us, that uncertainty extends in all directions. Are there fungus monsters around the next corner? Is society ever going to recover from this cataclysm? Will humanity even survive? Out here, in real life, we’re often faced with more mundane queries. When is season 2 going to air? And, hey, do you remember how good Pedro Pascal’s jacket from season 1 was?
Thanks to the ongoing strikes in Hollywood, we can’t answer the first question. But we damn sure remember how good that jacket was. And great news: You can still get your hands on one in the very same green as Pascal’s. If you’re looking for an in-depth analysis of the jacket and its popularity, our original coverage is below. If you’re just looking to get it for yourself before fall arrives? Look no further.
We got the feeling that people were really into Pedro Pascal’s The Last of Us jacket when we originally posted about it, so we reached out to the folks at Huckberry—the exclusive retailer of the Flint and Tinder flannel-lined waxed trucker jacket that Pascal’s character, Joel, wears on the show—to see whether our intuition was right. Was it ever.
A spokesperson confirmed that last week, after the premiere, organic searches for the jacket saw a 159 percent week-over-week jump. Even more impressive, sales were up 170 percent. Clearly, even folks who aren’t contending with Clickers and raiders love this jacket. Sizes are already selling out, so if you’re in the market for some hardy new outerwear, now might just be the time to buy.
Flint and Tinder Flannel-Lined Waxed Trucker Jacket
Keep reading for our original story on Pedro Pascal’s The Last of Us jacket.
The much-anticipated adaptation of The Last of Us has finally landed on HBO Max. Arriving with a gut-punch premiere episode, the new series is based on the 2013 video game of the same name and drops us into a post-apocalyptic world ravaged as much by humans as by the zombie-like Infected. The narrative focuses on Joel Miller, played by Pedro Pascal. A onetime carpenter who lived in Austin in 2003 when people first started turning into bloodthirsty fungus monsters—yes, really; they’re legitimately terrifying—Joel washed up at some point in the next twenty years in a quarantine zone (QZ) in Boston, where he does odd jobs and the occasional bit of smuggling.
He was already a tough guy pre-apocalypse, and he’s even tougher in the narrative’s version of 2023: a world populated by grotesque creatures, an authoritarian military government, and hordes of raiders and slavers lying beyond the walls of the QZ. Naturally, he dresses the part. In jeans and denim shirts, henleys and boots, he’s outfitted for hard-wearing utility. And though there is very little about Joel’s world that seems particularly desirable to those of us living in this version of 2023, we’ve gotta say—his wardrobe is the exception.
Flint and Tinder Flannel-Lined Waxed Trucker Jacket
One standout is the jacket he throws on near the end of the premiere. A burly trucker in a fatigue-adjacent green, it looks, if not bulletproof, then at least tough enough for the Joel Miller seal of approval. And here’s the best part about it: It’s not a work of fiction. Not a one-off creation from a costume department that clearly thought hard and delivered a considered and well-constructed wardrobe for our protagonist. Nope. It’s a real jacket that’s available right now, sans apocalypse, from Huckberry’s in-house brand Flint and Tinder.
Pascal, as Joel, in the Flint and Tinder flannel-lined waxed trucker jacket.
We’ve actually sung the praises of this jacket before, even giving it the official Esquire Endorsement. But to summarize: This thing is hardy, warm, and built to last. It’s made in the USA from 7-ounce, waxed Martexin sailcloth that’s weather resistant and develops a rich patina as it breaks in over the months and years. It’s got a blanket lining to keep you toasty. And as that patina gets better and better, you can keep rewaxing it so that it blocks wind and water throughout its life. It’s the perfect jacket for Joel. And maybe for you, too.
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