M-65 reinterprets the iconic military parka originally issued to the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, treating it not as a nostalgic artifact but as a functional structure open to revision. The project operates through a temporal shift, extracting the garment from its historical context and relocating it within a contemporary visual and cultural landscape. Developed in collaboration with IUAV of Venice and its students, the work takes shape within a shared research process where archival study and design experimentation intersect. In this context, my role as photographer focuses on translating the reimagined garment into a new visual framework, positioning it within a contemporary aesthetic narrative. Functionality is preserved but recalibrated, allowing the parka to become a site where utility and visual intention collide. Rather than referencing the past, the project filters it, transforming an archival object into a present-tense form that reflects on durability, adaptation, and the persistence of military design language in everyday wear.