les_garten
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Thanks much, first off. I'm having a few issues and/ or contradicting info, tho:
- He says altering jackets isn't their business. If he did alterations, I wouldn't worry in the least and just go with 40 and have him slim down the waist later if necessary.
- I'm getting the last bit of the sage cotton (not leather!), so an exchange is just not possible, and he says the drape is very different from leather, so I don't see much use in getting a leather try-on specimen.
- I did ask if I could have a "pattern" jacket (no pockets etc, made from a cheap textile fabric) but he advised against it since it would cost (if I recall correctly) $250, a third of the jacket price itself.
- Yeah, everybody says he's great at recommending the correct size, but I see most people wearing their LW jackets too loose for my own personal gauge, hence my asking a) for some hard and fast numbers and b) for people's feelings on my observation (i.e. in order to confirm it or invite constructive dispute).
P.S. - Is there anyone in the EU who would be willing to send me a "loaner" J23 in size 38 or 40? We could surely work something out and it would still be much, much cheaper for me than getting one from the US, so I'd be more willing to do it despite the leather/ textile difference.
Hmmm, somehow I missed the part about Sage cotton J23!
He does some very strange stuff though.
When I say altering, if the arms were too long, he could shorten them, etc.
EU complicates things a bit.
There would be no crossover between how HIS Leather J23 would fit and how a cotton J23 would fit. I would not have included the term Horsehide in my original post. Just drop that idea.
If you intend to pursue this, I would send him pictures front, back, and side profile of yourself, torso only and full height on them all, and go to Langlitz's site and get the measurement guide for ordering their Jackets and get those measurements and provide them.
You may want to do a video of someone measuring you, in inches.