Leather Jackets: Post Pictures of the Best You've Seen/Owned?

[LA Guy]

Maybe go ask your mom? @LA Guy what's your take on this piece of styleforum (and sufu I guess) history? It was never all slim all the time imho (except for jeans).

Today I'm wearing a button down collar with a shaggy dog sweater and 501 paired with house slippers so I guess edgy looks end not with a bang but with a whimper.

Styleforum has more or less mirrored the trends throughout the years. Some people have vey specific images that are overlayed on top of trends, but even those peoople are influenced. For example, I have had this idea of a more fitted top and looser bottoms since childhood, so say, Cloak 2003-2004 was peak Fok, but looking back at old pieces in my closet, I can see that the bottoms were tighter and lower rise than I would be comfortable now, for a few years in the late mid 00s. And the fit of outerwear in the early 2000s was just looser than in say, 2011, and then it's more in between now. At one point, everything was just tighter all over. Now, some guys are loose all over..

 

[dieworkwear]

savas

 

[sinnedk]

Anyone can recommend some non black suede or reverse leather jackets in dark colors?

checked rick and the general stuff we mention. Not sure where to go with this now.

 

[mak1277]

savas

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I just listened to her episode on the blamo podcast this weekend. She seems cool as hell and her jackets ain’t bad either.

 

[whorishconsumer]

If I'm going to continue spending thousands of dollars on leather jackets, I suppose I should learn something about them. I have commented elsewhere that while my Real McCoy's horsehide A2 appears to have both a density (surface not thickness) and richness to it, some other Real McCoy's horsehides I have handled appear porous and brittle. However, save my recently-acquired A2, I really only have experience with cow and lamb.

Could someone edify me by explaining why certain horsehides, such as below, appear dried-out, despite being supposedly heavily treated and dyed? The below is Shinki horsehide and, I believe, vegetable-tanned.

 

[sjmin209]

It's not clear to me that it's dried out. It just looks like a close-up photo that shows the grain of the horsehide.

 

[slows2k]

Anyone can recommend some non black suede or reverse leather jackets in dark colors?

checked rick and the general stuff we mention. Not sure where to go with this now.

Todd Snyder usually has a range of colors of suede truckers I've always thought looked good: https://www.toddsnyder.com/collections/outerwear/products/suede-dylan-jacket-navy

and Officine Generale usually has a trucker in suede, with seasonal variants. Sometimes with zippers, sometimes with buttons: https://us.officinegenerale.com/en/leathers/3277-liam-jacket-goat-leather.html

 

[sinnedk]

Todd Snyder usually has a range of colors of suede truckers I've always thought looked good: https://www.toddsnyder.com/collections/outerwear/products/suede-dylan-jacket-navy

and Officine Generale usually has a trucker in suede, with seasonal variants. Sometimes with zippers, sometimes with buttons: https://us.officinegenerale.com/en/leathers/3277-liam-jacket-goat-leather.html

appreciate it.

 

[slows2k]

appreciate it.

Ive always wanted this Officine Generale jacket here on Ryan Reynolds, but they only make it periodically, I think:

 

[Texasmade]

Ive always wanted this Officine Generale jacket here on Ryan Reynolds, but they only make it periodically, I think:
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I don't understand French sizing. Model is 1.86M or about 6'1" and is wearing a size small. Sleeves hit almost perfectly on the wrist!?

 

[sinnedk]

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I don't understand French sizing. Model is 1.86M or about 6'1" and is wearing a size small. Sleeves hit almost perfectly on the wrist!?

you think that's odd check rick owens sizing

 

[whorishconsumer]

If I'm going to continue spending thousands of dollars on leather jackets, I suppose I should learn something about them. I have commented elsewhere that while my Real McCoy's horsehide A2 appears to have both a density (surface not thickness) and richness to it, some other Real McCoy's horsehides I have handled appear porous and brittle. However, save my recently-acquired A2, I really only have experience with cow and lamb.

Could someone edify me by explaining why certain horsehides, such as below, appear dried-out, despite being supposedly heavily treated and dyed? The below is Shinki horsehide and, I believe, vegetable-tanned.

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It's not clear to me that it's dried out. It just looks like a close-up photo that shows the grain of the horsehide.

That's fair, and I think familiarity is probably also at play here – I am not used to horsehide whereas, I assume, you are.

To better demonstrate the comparison I am making as the basis for my question, here is a close-up of the Real McCoy's A2, which is made with horsehide from the same tannery (Shinki) and, I believe, tanned in the same manner (vegetable), but dyed differently.

And, not as up-close, here's a random Saint Laurent jacket in, I believe. lamb.

To me, the latter two appear more supple, not to mention rich in color. I'm assuming the "richness" is in part due to the dying technique, but that doesn't account for the fact that the latter two appear like they can either withstand wear without breaking (horsehide A2) or stretch (SLP), while the horsehide originally pictured appears like it may tear.

What's not addressed in these photos is the handfeel of these jackets. Having the A2 myself, as well as a lambskin jacket – although not the one pictured above – these feel more flexible and accommodating as compared to horsehides I recently handled that had the appearance of the image above.

 

[nahneun]

there's this wonderful invention called leather conditioner that can unsurprisingly moisturizes leather, an animal product that can dry out.

i actually put saphir on my layer-0 leather when i first got it. it made it less "dusty" and more matte. not sure how it was processed to create that dusty effect.

 

[whorishconsumer]

there's this wonderful invention called leather conditioner that can unsurprisingly moisturizes leather, an animal product that can dry out.

i actually put saphir on my layer-0 leather when i first got it. it made it less "dusty" and more matte. not sure how it was processed to create that dusty effect.

I am assuming that these companies are not selling a desiccated product and that is instead my misperception of what one should expect of a new horsehide jacket.

 

[sjmin209]

So this is the non-extreme-close-up photo of the jacket you posted, followed by a photo of the sleeve & cuff.