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

[JibranK]

I found one with all the features you want, except it’s a woman’s jacket. No equivalent in their men’s section; I checked.

I assume Five Star could make a cafe racer with a hideaway fabric hood if you provided reference photos.

 

[Spaghettimatt]

So I'm asking expert interneters here for help. How can I find my former grail jacket? I owned it about 10 years ago for several years until it got drenched and ruined one particularly heavy rainy night in NYC. I want another so bad.

What it was: Emporio Armani or Armani Collezioni (don't remember which since I had an A. Collezioni suit as well at the time and might be mixing the two up.) lambskin cafe racer, band collar with zip for a hideaway hood, bronze snap wrist cuffs, two straight vertical hand pockets with zips, and a racing strip design element that started at the top of the shoulders down to the arm cuff. Pictures are of my actual jacket and one with a similar collar style I just found (though mine had extra fabric to snap it closed across the neck opening. It was lightly padded with a soft navy blueish cotton-type of liner.

If we can find this, I'm willing to pay a finders' fee. No lie.

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So you’ve spent thousands of dollars on heritage-type Japanese horsehide jackets only to end up at a generic lambskin quasi-cafe racer made by a diffusion line that you once wore to rock out at a Guitar Center?

The hidden hood element is ugly and presumably not replicable but otherwise you can get close to this look with a Falcon cafe racer in black lamb. Why not reach out to them?

 

[d4nimal]

I’ll argue that he’s going after the feeling of fulfillment he got with this jacket, not the actual jacket. He just doesn’t know it. The pictures, unlike the 400 other identical pics he posted to this point, are of a guy having fun and just enjoying a piece of clothing. I don’t get the jacket at all but that appearance of comfort in one’s skin is a better look than a much better jacket you’re constantly looking at your shoulder points all night while you’re wearing and wondering if the sleeves hit exactly right.

 

[whorishconsumer]

@Understatesman I am curious to hear how you identity with your hobby. Beyond the suggestions of gaslighting, you clearly have an interest in acquiring and cataloguing these jackets. Is there any particular feeling or thought you access when you make these purchases? Do you consciously think of yourself as moving toward a goal?

 

[RedVelvetWounds]

I don't know but I think going after a jacket he's had good experiences with as opposed to buying whatever random leather jacket strikes his fancy at the time is one of the better ideas @Understatesman has had in this thread.

 

[patrick_b]

Uncle @dieworkwear...I see that catching on. You have the knowledge, a [sort of] endearing quality though with slightly more bite and based on your avatar you are clearly old enough to be someone's uncle.

There we have it.

 

[SixOhNine]

Speaking of Toyo's Indian Motorcycle line, they sell a lot of great stuff that isn't the ultra-heavyweight "workwear" that western denimheads like, and I've bought some from Amazon Japan.

Just went on their site earlier and saw this fairly affordable lambskin jacket, for instance:

I like this, but I didn't see it on the linked website. What am I doing wrong?

 

[nyarkies]

based on your avatar

I used to assume he looked like Elliot Richardson and at times Colin Firth but now, he is definitely more of a Stephen Colbert.

 

[sinnedk]

So I'm asking expert interneters here for help. How can I find my former grail jacket? I owned it about 10 years ago for several years until it got drenched and ruined one particularly heavy rainy night in NYC. I want another so bad.

What it was: Emporio Armani or Armani Collezioni (don't remember which since I had an A. Collezioni suit as well at the time and might be mixing the two up.) lambskin cafe racer, band collar with zip for a hideaway hood, bronze snap wrist cuffs, two straight vertical hand pockets with zips, and a racing strip design element that started at the top of the shoulders down to the arm cuff. Pictures are of my actual jacket and one with a similar collar style I just found (though mine had extra fabric to snap it closed across the neck opening. It was lightly padded with a soft navy blueish cotton-type of liner.

If we can find this, I'm willing to pay a finders' fee. No lie.

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[hoodog]

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Thats a creative way to get your stuff to hang in place for a photo.

 

[hoodog]

Nvm I don't want to lead the discussion in that direction

 

[rnguy001]

^ hanging it on a home pull up bar in the stair-well to get better lighting. Hard core

 

[sinnedk]

Thats a creative way to get your stuff to hang in place for a photo.

^ hanging it on a home pull up bar in the stair-well to get better lighting. Hard core

yea I didn’t have a hook so there was the solution.

 

[happyriverz]

Can't re-capture vibes in the past once they are gone. Proustian memory is being explored in this thread.

 

[vespertiliovir]

Any thoughts from this thread on a black suede DR — yes/no, where to kop, etc? I thought this Our Legacy @#dadcore posted was very cool, and I was thinking about making something up with Falcon on their beltless DR pattern. But I’m not sure if the suede Falcon uses will look too delicate or if there are other things I should keep in mind.