That would make for some authentic distressing to my jacket...does anybody have a plane I could borrow? @Cooper A-2, would you shoot me down? :P This sounds like a perfect plan...
Yeah, that sounds like a good technique...I’ll find my spray bottle. Did you use hot or boiling water for this?
I actually have just been out at a Christmas market and got caught in a sudden freezing downpour. I guess that will help! Like you said, those guys back in the day didn’t give a damn...
I wonder if it's possible to just apply some hot water treatment to certain areas of the fleece (i.e. the most visible ones on the collar and cuffs?) The leather itself is super soft and doesn't need any more softening up, it's just the fleece is incredibly fluffy and at the moment is wacky and...
What's interesting is that my girlfriend is exactly like this, but only when I'm shopping for tailored clothes (suits, ties, etc etc). She strangely seems to love it...picking out ties, shoes, fabrics and so on. She even travelled with me to London for every single fitting of a suit I had made...
I feel at this point it's probably fair to include one small detail I may have missed out in my story initially - my girlfriend does have two horses and competes in eventing at quite a good level.
Perhaps I shouldn't have been so honest when she asked me "what leather is this made from?"...
Sure, I do agree with you to a point. I think B3s, ANJ-4s and Irvins are really cool but I could never wear one. The B6 is probably the most sheepskin I could manage.
Still, when it’s 0 degrees outside like it is tonight, it’s hard not to like sheepskin! :)
When I was down at the Eastman shop last week, for comparisons sake I tried on one of their B6s. I was immediately struck two things - firstly, how much more crinkly and stiff the exterior of the jacket was (Aero's is buttery soft from the get go), and secondly by how much shorter the pile of...
Thanks for all the replies guys, some of them really made me laugh out loud! And, @dudewuttheheck, stop rubbing in how supportive your girlfriend is...she sounds like some sort of mythical creature, not a female human! haha :P
Bingo, you've nailed it @rocketeer. She's very self conscious when...
Strangely, both my Dad and my girlfriend's dad have both complemented my jackets, in particular the B6. Maybe these jackets really are just something only guys can get!
My poor dad has received plenty of grief over the years from my mother for some of his Mod inspired clothing choices...but he...
Do any of you guys get loads of grief about your jackets?
So far I'm not having much luck with any of my WW2 era jackets I've purchased which have failed to pass the girlfriend test (although I'm beginning to suspect this is an impossible test to pass)....
In her opinion:
- Aero B6: "Eew...
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