All I found was the same old link Google comes up with: a local newspaper article telling the Vanek story, how they used to make jackets for the police, and how Arnold Schwarzenegger asked them for one. No contact, as I recall.
For sale is this made in Austria cycling jacket aka Luftwaffe jacket.
Fits like a snug 38.
I'm selling it mainly because I hardly ever wear it.
The leather is supple but very hefty, with very pronounced grain in places. It was sold as horse hide.
It was most likely handmade to measure, with...
Congrats! It looks good, although I'm pretty sure it's too thick to be vicenza. Color is great, and should age beautifully. As for sizing, it's typical of Aero: one often falls between sizes, and you have to chose between slightly too short or too long. Yours is on the bigger side, but it...
here's one:
https://www.leboncoin.fr/vetements/1797852899.htm
A bit expensive, in my opinion, and the seller doesn't know what he's talking about, but I suppose the price can be negociated. plus, it's in Europe...
It's a good deal, but size 36 is very small unfortunately.
I asked for the measurements:
Pit to pit : 18.1in(46cm)
Shoulder to shoulder : 16.7in(42.5cm)
Back from bottom of collar to hem : 23.2in(59cm)
I missed another one in size 38 not long ago on Buyee, it got sniped for about the same price.
Same seller also has a 618 in horse:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Schott-Pferdelederjacke-Bikerjacke-Grose-40/353294768172?hash=item524202582c:g:tHkAAOSw9rJfwHyC
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