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    618HH Fit Check

    It won’t look boxy at all once it’s been worn in and gotten wet. You sized right.
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    618HH Fit Check

    No, it’s graded across the sizes. Gets slightly longer with each as it should. OP’s size is spot on I think. It’ll get closer as it breaks in. On a somewhat related note, one of the worst mistakes I’ve made in jacket buying (especially custom) is taking pronouncements about which lengths are...
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    Leather jackets & business casual environment

    I was the same way. It just felt wrong to me. It's also inherently unflattering, I think. A coat and tie immediately pull things together.
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    Durability of lambskin for boots?

    I agree with your general point but lamb skin goes too far in the other direction—its merits as a garment leather are lost with the structure of a shoe, and as a luxurious appearance goes they do not compare to calf. I don’t have a prejudice against fashion makers per se; rather I would agree...
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    Aero leather natural chromexcel

    That color is the halfway-stage of "natural leather", which starts out an ugly pale pink and turns to a rotten-meat shade when at full patina, lol.
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    Schott Style 618 in Brown Leather.

    I had to send my jacket in as well, however the 618 already has the snaps for attaching it so they sell a 618 collar off the rack. So in his case he'd just have to ask for that one except in real fur.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Very very weird choice for "middle ground". I wouldn't say they're on the affordable side of the spectrum at all; they're slightly cheaper than Aero, and even that is only because they know people aren't going to buy Aero knockoffs for Aero's price. Anyway, SB will do the same level of...
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    Durability of lambskin for boots?

    Good boots, even dress ones, can handle getting soaked.
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    Durability of lambskin for boots?

    I genuinely think they chose lambskin because it will fall apart. It's extremely fragile. This can be a good trait for it in jackets, where the softness lets it drape like fabric, but it would be completely undesirable for shoes.
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    Durability of lambskin for boots?

    Seems like a horrific choice for boots, even for high fashion. They'd dissolve in short order. Couldn't they have gotten a high end calf?
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    Schott Style 618 in Brown Leather.

    The mouton they use is really high quality.
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    Schott Style 618 in Brown Leather.

    Here's mine! Since the 618 already has the collar snaps, you won't even have to send them the jacket like I did. You just tell the repairs department you want a real mouton collar for a size 50 brown 618; they'll make one and send it to you. Fairly priced, as is everything from their repair...
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    Leather jackets & business casual environment

    The best approach is to treat the leather jacket as you would a tweed or similarly rugged odd jacket.
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    Leather jackets & business casual environment

    I think it would work perfectly well within business casual, however I hate business casual and wish it did not exist. It is the ugliest possible middle ground. So bringing in a leather jacket with a wool or knit tie, etc, would actually make it a much more interesting look.
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    Freewheelers Mulholland Alternative

    I expect Cal has (or would).
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    Schott Style 618 in Brown Leather.

    I actually often wear a Perfecto in this weather, sometimes with a sweater underneath, though I haven't been able to take off my 1940s fur-lined trench this week! Personally I don't like the snap; I understand why motorcyclists want it, but for me I'd rather have the belt done up, or hanging...
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    Hi new here. Is wearing a leather jacket basically an invitation for trouble?

    Considering Tony is from Chicago, obviously.
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Edmund Church M-69F. Perhaps the most over-the-top coat I’ve handled. Beautiful, substantial goatskin shell, massive mouton collar, full alpaca fur lining (with a layer of rayon on top of the top half for getting the sleeves on more easily). Reinforced stitching throughout and extra leather at...
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    Freewheelers Mulholland Alternative

    I'm pretty sure of it. The Mulholland is the go-to among FW jackets because it isn't as out there are some of the other designs yet it isn't a "middle aged white man jacket" which is the reputation cafe racers have. (All cafe racers are pretty ugly anyway so I can't blame them for this, even...
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    Jim Green African Ranger boots

    No offense intended (really!) but replying with Lofgrens as an alternative feels tragicomic.

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