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  1. Edward

    Personalizing a jacket - patches and pins

    Inevitably, I came through the idea of pinned and patched jackets in my youth via metal and punk rock subcultures. Later worked backwards and discovered the rocker thing, largely via the Clash. A lot of their aesthetic (as well as the popularity of British leather brands like Lewis, Highwayman...
  2. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    TBH, nice as it is when they are still writing new material, I'm often happy when they can still credibly perform the good old stuff. In an ideal world, of course, it'd be up to an artist when to stop.... I remember a good year or so before his death from, I believe, kidney failure, Dick Dale...
  3. Edward

    (Don't know if this has been done before but) Movies so Traumatizing You Could Only Watch It Once.

    One surprise film that really shook me with its ending was Toy Story 3. I mean, the bit where it really does look like they're going to let the toys burn, they give up and accept their fates is full on, but the bit that really kicked me in the teeth is the very end when Andy gives Woody away...
  4. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    They were definitely considered "old" when I saw them in Wembley Stadium in 1999 (the fort quid the tickets cost seemed enormous them, but these days that's about par for the course at much smaller affairs). Great show, though. Jagger had more energy than a lot of performers half his age. Not...
  5. Edward

    Don't Call me. And for Heaven's Sake, Don't Knock: 21st Century Taboos.

    I've developed an aversion to the phone myself. Fine if it's someone I already know. For work calling a stranger - especially cold -calling - or even for me calling the bank to request a new card or something.... gives me the willies. I can put off calls for weeks at a time rather than make...
  7. Edward

    Please opinion on this leather jacket fit

    Yeah. I generally find in Japanese and Chinese clothing generally I need to go up one and often two sizes. I'm typically around an XL/XXL in the UK, a L/XL in the US, and an XXXL-XXXXL in the Far East!
  8. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    Charlie was a sad loss. I've long loved the story about how, on tour back in the wild days, Jagger phoned his room from the hotel bar and demanded to know "Where's my drummer?" at three in the morning. Charlie got up, shaved, dressed immaculately in one of his Savile Row suits (I believe he...
  9. Edward

    AERO's undersized zips

    I remember about fifteen years ago or so ago there must have been a bad batch of repro Talons everywhere because that's the one I've heard come up time and again as actually failing. Some folks dislike the Hookless as well, though I've never heard of that one being a problem that wasn't...
  10. Edward

    AERO's undersized zips

    Have you ever seen some of the early Eighties British bike jackets with those huge zips? Look like they were made for GI Joe, really comical.
  11. Edward

    Why vintage?

    That's exactly where I'm at: "clothes, not collectibles." There's certainly a value to original stuff being collected, and I like that there are those who do, but for those of us who want to dress a certain way day to day...
  13. Edward

    Why vintage?

    Interesting thread. It's been a while, I think ,since we delved into this, and it's always interesting to see how the TFL community in general varies both across itself, and over time. I think it's fair to say that at one time we had many more people who were close to 'full immersion' than is...
  14. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    There are certainly other options for PPE, yes - the Bowtex armoured Kevlar underwear is the cleverest one I've seen - then pretty much anything can be worn on a bike and the rider still be safe from a spill. The bonus of having it built in to the jacket, though, is if you're in and out of it...
  15. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    I don't know exactly where they manufacture, to be honest. As memory serves they did in the past state it wasn't China. For the UK market, Pakistan is probably the most likely alterative, as that's been a source of leathers both fashion and motorcycle here really since the UK industry started to...
  16. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    Agreed on all counts! I've been promising myself a Lightning made to 1958 spec (i.e. no outer logo, no forearm pocket - the latter more important to me than the former) for some time, but now they're up over a grand sterling it's unlikely I'll be able to justify it going forward. More chance of...
  17. Edward

    Should I get rid of the following jackets?

    shades of Jhon Cleese in Clockwise!
  19. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    For sure. I'd be very surprised if that was a coincidence as well Lewis moved towards these sorts of bright colours being available in the mid-late 70s, broadly reflecting the rising popularity of Japanese bikes (racing styles rising particularly) on this side of the Atlantic as the British...
  20. Edward

    Casual double rider jacket - SB Oakland, or Aero King of the Road?

    The 'build a bear' reference did make me chuckle. I remember a time when Ken came back to sort things out in 2012 and he had for a bit a Windward with a mandarin collar, to which he'd added a warning label of sorts. It surely pays to listen to those who know what works and what doesn't!
  21. Edward

    Vintage Cal - It's changing my outlook on things

    Just to put this out here as well... I've checked in with management on this. As I suspected, the process is manual, so unlike a lot of other websites which use a greater degree of automation, It can sometimes take a few days to deal with new member requests. All existing membership...
  22. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    It's a funny thing, everyone, particularly difficult customers, remembers "The customer is always right", but rarely the full phrase, which is "The customer is always right in matters of taste."
  23. Edward

    A2 fit

    Looks like it fits well, and will actually allow you to be able to move in it with it zipped up. (I'm not a fan of the 90s over-sized look, but equally I think too many vintage jacket fanciers go through a stage of wearing their jackets far too tight; I know I did. Fine if you're going for the...

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