Jacket Junkie - curious about your comment - "Not allowed to wear a jacket in the Library..." really? Where I went to grad school, it was well known that you took your jacket or sweater with you in the summer, as they kept it around 65F in there, so you got pretty cold. Is this a fear-thing about someone doing something crazy?
with a brand new jacket, it is hardly a challenge man, instinctively you'll grab it at least until you have something else newer or over the honeymoon feelingI love the idea of this. I MIGHT try this with my new Aero when it arrives, but I doubt I'll be able to actually make it that long. My other jackets just beg to be worn. Plus, it's just too warm to wear a leather jacket every day here right now.
When I got my first A2, the Aero Battersea contract, I wore this everywhere. Maybe not 12 hrs but to work and down the RnR clubs and when not at those places just about everywhere else. I lived in that jacket and rarely took it off unless it was summer and the sun was blazing, even in the rain and once in the rain crawling underneath my old Ford Zodiac when the column change gearbox rods jammed up due to slackness.
I doubt I have worn a jacket since then as much. This old thing was always on my back and sometimes on others until I decided it needed a rest and maybe meet it's maker.
So no, I could not really rise to the challenge these days but when the colder weather comes I do tend to wear them in rotation of maybe a week or however the weather decides which I should wear. At the moment it is a rather beat up Eastman B3 around the house, doze while watching tv, or sometimes outside even
Good luck, you'll get a real patina on that garment, no need to speed it up either as it will be all natural.
The Battersea Contract
PS. Fluorescent light Vs Sunlight.
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That's a great fit!I’m in..
I purchased this brown CXL HH Aero 1930 half belt this year in late spring, it wasn’t worn much by its first owner and I haven’t worn it outside yet.. until today and for the next 30 days ( or as often as possible )
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Where do you live? Lol.I now have a large bag full of jackets I am sending off to my local thrift shop.
I now have a large bag full of jackets I am sending off to my local thrift shop.
Why not try to sell them here in the Classifieds?