That jacket is in my spare room... It's a Leathertogs A.
Current price in this configuration would be 2650$ in stock sizes, this 42L would be around 3000$.
From what Stu told me they receive their hides as sides (as pictured below)
This is usually not how tanneries would deal with horse hides, but Stuart is part owner of the tannery that does LW hides so he gets what he wants.
This means that his hides are more expensive per sq/ft and they have...
Friends don't let friends go out looking like that...
We didn't know any better in the 90s, but this is 2021, we have have a better understanding of what is right or wrong now!
That jacket is a great example of how not to fit a leather jacket, it looks like a big leather bag...
As far as design goes it has no redeeming features that i can see, it's a horrible amalgamation of multiple different jackets that have nothing in common.
This jacket should remain in the 90s...
I don't think anybody here sees Aero, Vanson, Schott, LW, Himel , as luxury brands...
When i hear "Luxury Brands" i think Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Dior and brands like that.
I guess it depends how one defines "luxury".
That's a very nice jacket, if i saw one in my size for a good price i would buy it.
Only thing i would change would be moving the side straps to be in line with the belt, but that's just a personal preference.
A quality leather jacket will be made using two or three long strips of leather that run the whole length of the sleeve from shoulder to wrist.
The jacket you posted uses twice as many pieces that are half as long, to allow for shorter pieces there is a stich line around the albow.
This is a...
When you say "try again", do you mean try ordering again?
Or do you mean try to get him to lose his sh*t completely by comparing his leather to Shinki and his jackets to Japanese made ones? Maybe ask him for veg tan leather this time...
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