Opinions about tailoring a leather sports coat. Good or bad idea?

[oink16]

Hi Everyone,

I recently found an excellent leather jacket maker and in the process of getting a classic motorcycle jacket made for my wife.

I am thinking about getting a navy blue lambskin leather sports coat in an English style mostly copying my harris tweed sports coat and wanted some opinions if this was a good idea.

Thanks in advance!

Happy new year.

 

[dieworkwear]

I think this is a bad idea.

Many years ago, I asked my tailor if he could make me a suede sport coat. The person he knew who could sew leather had passed away earlier that year, so I wasn't able to commission it. But I'm glad I didn't. In hindsight, it was a bad idea.

There's nothing really to it except that a leather sport coat will look sleazy and a suede one won't age very well. There are ways you can maybe make a leather sport coat work, but I think it would be more on the SWD side of the board. For lack of better phrasing, you'd have to look like a 1970s drugstore cowboy.

 

[emptym]

Aint nothing wrong with a 70's drugstore cowboy. I had a brown leather sport coat with western styling that I loved as a grad student, 15-20 yrs ago. I only wore it casually as outerwear with the collar up and a scarf. Here's a pic.

Not sure if it supports D's point or mine. But either way, I wouldn't get blue. Maybe if you were a rock star and it was washed and rumply.

I also had a tan suede trucker jacket as an undergrad. Weird to see that style in now. Both were thrifted and probably made in the 70s.

 

[dieworkwear]

Definitely nothing wrong with drugstore cowboy. If you can pull it off, I'm envious.

I would just warn against it if you're thinking about wearing this with more classic tailored clothing.