Welcome to the lounge. And congrats for making the right choice. That buffalo is comparable to no other. I own a jacket made in the same hide, and every time I wear it, I rediscover its qualities with amazement.
I agree with those who think alterations are risky .
Better a bit too long than the opposite.
What @navetsea said is a good method: if you do the water treatment, let the jacket dry on you, and make sure the zips are pulled all the way, so the cuffs are as narrow as possible. That way, they...
I think it's a small operation that's facing a growing demand, and they haven't figured out yet how to adapt. I also suspect Theodoros to be in a creative phase, and he seems more interested in developing new models than producing current ones. On top of that, the covid crisis certainly doesn't...
That makes much more sense.
It's so frustrating when the announced measurements are wrong. Sometimes, they're right, but you want the jacket so much you try to persuade yourself that the seller was wrong and insist on him remeasuring. That's always delicate.
I'm not so sure about that. Of course, it doesn't help that the jacket is displayed on a female mannequin.
I asked for measurements and they match those of a regular size 40 (unless the jacket was custom made for a big woman with very wide shoulders and monkey arms): Ptp 21 1/2, Sh 18 1/2...
I owned one of these, and I had mixed feelings about it. Never quite got used to it, even though the fit and cut were OK. From the start, something about the buffalo leather made me uncomfortable. Not so much the very uneven grain than the feel of the hide, thick and permanently lacking...
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