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    Aero Half-belt Deluxe review and fitment check!

    Fit, not fitment. A fitment would be something like a plumbing fixture.
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    Removable mouton collar construction

    Where are you based? Johnson could probably turn that around in a day or so.
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    FS: Sugar Cane Steerhide Sports Jacket

    If it were two sizes bigger I would jump on it and sell off my half belts. Sugar Cane can do almost no wrong.
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    Has anyone had experience with Wested Horsehide

    Yes and even weight can be misleading. I would skip the horsehide honestly; if you want something more weatherproof than the lamb, go for the goat.
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    Has anyone had experience with Wested Horsehide

    You won’t find a warmth difference between any of these.
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    Has anyone had experience with Wested Horsehide

    Why do you think goatskin would be warmer?
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    Anyone here in UK ?

    Just a heads up: This has not been the case in years. (And it's hurt the British economy of course, because people now don't come as a shopping destination in the same way.) All that said I would suggest not basing your trip around leather shop visits. Maybe do your planned Aero visit, but only...
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    Perfecto authentic or fake?

    In the 80s as jackets to switch out during shows. The 613 was already Johnny’s daily wear jacket for years before the band.
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    Perfecto authentic or fake?

    The Johnny/Dee Dee Ramone jacket. Hopefully OP found another in your size!
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    Aero Horween horse hides

    They actually make and sell fast-fading black belts designed for this to happen, haha. They have a satin/silk exterior that quickly wears off of the white core although this is often combined with the "traditional" method of rubbing the belt on rocks or wood to wear down the outer fibres! Of...
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    How long does it take to make an Aero jacket

    That might explain it. I’m not super bothered because the delay led me to buy the 613SH… Just thought it was funny that they got the difficult part right but then forgot to send it.
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    How long does it take to make an Aero jacket

    No idea. Might have been an oversight in the most literal sense if not realizing it was there? The funny thing for me is that during the six month wait (a month after it was made though I didn’t know it at the time) I bought my Perfecto (which I probably wouldn’t have if I had received my...
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    How long does it take to make an Aero jacket

    They have the whole thing on their site about their production slots at Aero which mean you'll get an order through them quicker; my order through them took twice as long as any through Aero direct lol. And the best part is from the production date on the tag, they weren't actually wrong... they...
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    Suit Supply MTM vs Harry Rosen MTM vs Spier & Mackay MTM

    I know this is an old thread so it's entirely possible that both people here might have left TFL but I was extremely curious about this. The band does good work by all accounts, at least if you choose their 'classic' option, but I find the above extremely hard to believe--because frankly it...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I have one too! Not especially keen on cafe racers as a type but the pattern is so good and the leather now no longer exists so I will keep this one around.
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    Why did you sell your nearly new aero leather jacket(s)?

    As for the Himel stuff (because I forgot to mention that in the previous message), I really don't care what jackets people are spending their money on (though if I think a jacket is bad I will say it.) You're right, though, I probably involved myself far too much in those threads, but an aspect...
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    Why did you sell your nearly new aero leather jacket(s)?

    I didn't start the argument that "the Italians" know best. I pushed back against that claim because yes, it is a silly claim. Lambskin fashion jackets are the most popular leather jackets everywhere. It's not an Italian thing, per se by any means. "Now the Italians"? I am talking about a...
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    Why did you sell your nearly new aero leather jacket(s)?

    They are not. They have a presence but even as womenswear goes the French and even the Japanese have a far stronger showing. "Made in Italy" is usually a red flag unless you know more about the garment/factory (like Caruso, Sant'Andrea, and several others that are excellent). The vast majority...
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    Why did you sell your nearly new aero leather jacket(s)?

    I'll take this step by step. I was going to come back to it later with more sources on hand but realized that would just end up being a case of forgetting to respond after the initial delay. So first off, basically all menswear, everywhere is downstream from early 19th century English clothing...
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    Why did you sell your nearly new aero leather jacket(s)?

    To TFLize my example, if you saw a bunch of Japanese guys in Schott Perfectos, that would be an example of American style even though the guys are Japanese. In fact the Japanese themselves call it ametora and amekaji. Likewise, French menswear has a deep influence from its British roots which...

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