Leather overcoat with suit or sportcoats?

[Irond Will]

Is there any context in which any of you would wear a leather overcoat or even a leather blazer/ jacket with a tie? I generally wear my leather coats - even nice ones - exclusively with streetwear and have a hard time visualizing a way in which I could make them work in a more formal context. There seems to be a very real danger of coming off as either ignorant or a douchebag.

Have any of you had any luck integrating leather into your non-street wardrobe? Is there any point in experimenting with this, or is it futile?

 

[texas_jack]

I can think of a certain German political movement that was known for wearing leather overcoats with their dress uniforms.

 

[AscotMcPocketsquare]

1. Do you live in the Matrix?

If you answered "no" then do not EVER wear a leather overcoat.

 

[voxsartoria]

They are just the thing to wear, IMHO, in your Trabant just before arresting someone on whom his brother in law had just snitched.

- B

 

[Doc4]

Originally Posted by Irond Will

...either ignorant or a douchebag.

Originally Posted by texas_jack

... a certain German political movement ...

Tomayto tomahto.

 

[Irond Will]

Originally Posted by AscotMcPocketsquare

1. Do you live in the Matrix?

If you answered "no" then do not EVER wear a leather overcoat.

I'm not talking about a black leather trench. I'm talking about something like a brown car coat. Like this. Is it just too horrible to be contemplated by the iGentry?

 

[Irond Will]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

They are just the thing to wear, IMHO, in your Trabant just before arresting someone on whom his brother in law had just snitched.

I would actually dig a slight nod to the 70s TV cop, but I wouldn't want to literally look like one. There is something about some of the lines of 70s style - the slimness and sleekness - that work well for me, at least in moderation.

From the responses, though, it sounds like the lot of you reserve leather for shoes, belts, bags, watchbands, and maybe the occasional elbow patch.

 

[kitonbrioni]

I have a number of leather overcoats--Brioni, Jil Sander, Valentino, Armani, etc--which alone or with suits/sportscoat.

 

[freefinancialadvice]

Lost World's 4oz horsehide requires a break in period of about 7 years.

Expect to sleep in it also for that period for complete break in.

Maybe I would wear it if gas went to $15.00 and I had to ride my 1984 Honda Magna 1100C to work daily.

F it, rock it if you got it.

 

[Irond Will]

Originally Posted by freefinancialadvice

Lost World's 4oz horsehide requires a break in period of about 7 years.

Expect to sleep in it also for that period for complete break in.

Maybe I would wear it if gas went to $15.00 and I had to ride my 1984 Honda Magna 1100C to work daily.

F it, rock it if you got it.

I'm spending the next five months in northern Greenland - more or less the North Pole. I'm hoping that this will give me a good opportunity to knock the coat into shape.

 

[Irond Will]

So I pulled the trigger on the Lost Worlds Bedford. Dude promised me he'd get it to my door before I leave the country in a few weeks. Not a cheap purchase, but the claim is that these things last a lifetime.

Man I hope the marketing claims are to believed. It'll be fun breaking this thing in at the north pole.

 

[unjung]

Originally Posted by Irond Will

I'm spending the next five months in northern Greenland - more or less the North Pole. I'm hoping that this will give me a good opportunity to knock the coat into shape.
You're f*cking joking, right? This thing is going to stand up to highs that even in the middle of July are hardly above freezing? And wind? Sorry, I don't know much about leather jackets, but there is a point where even the iGentry must say "holy ****, it's cold and windy and miserable and I'm surrounded by rocks and lichen, and it's time to wear appropriate clothing, even if I'm not impressing the other four people here." I would be bringing items for layering, made of performance synthetics and wool, lots of it.

 

[nordicstyle]

Originally Posted by Irond Will

From the responses, though, it sounds like the lot of you reserve leather for shoes, belts, bags, watchbands, and maybe the occasional elbow patch.

I used to wear this jacket with a suit all the time:

But now I prefer my lighter wool coat or pea coat.

Anyway, I never thought anything of it not being "proper". I also got many compliments on wearing it. Someone once mentioned how I looked like a character from Sopranos (i.e. a mobster) though, but then again, I took that as a compliment also.

 

[Dewey]

In the winter I wear a leather car coat, with a scarf, over a heavy sports coat and wool tie, with cords and dress boots.

 

[JayJay]

I've seen a few leather coats that look nice over suits or with ties, but generally I'm not a fan.