My First In Person Leather Jacket Purchase - Mister Freedom Campus Stallion Jacket

[Carlos840]

IMO your best jacket yet, you should get the natural version too!

 

[jeo]

Can’t add anything that hasn’t been said already.

On another note, if you keep shrinking me and you will be the same size!

 

[dudewuttheheck]

I think the fit looks great. The body length really works for you. The only thing I don't love is from the back the corduroy on the underside of the collar is showing. Should be able to fix that if you shape the collar a little? It's great that you got to walk in a store and get something this nice!

Yeah thats my one issue with it right now as well. I'm trying to shape it to cover the corduroy and hopefully it will stay put.

Congrats fits you well, great proportion for you.

Thanks! Definitely happy with the pattern.

You make that jacket look way too cool, excellent fit and style! Almost tempting me into getting one. Nice grab!

Haha thanks! I certainly would recommend it!

Beautiful jacket! the fit is great on you!, i'm tempted to this version My campus is probably my most worn jacket, it's nice light weight and i imagine its perfect for cali weather too. Personally I enjoy wearing the sleeves back showing the corduroy lining (more of a relaxed look) not to everyones taste though. Love the pics from inside Mister Freedom, it's probably my favourite looking clothing store, i could get lost in there for hours. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! Yes it's a very easy to wear jacket isn't it? I'm wearing it today and I actually forgot I was wearing a leather jacket a couple of times. That never happens to me. I'm excited to see how warm of weather I can get away with it in.

Great fit, really nice. Top.

Thsnk you!

A perfectly fitting, thoughtfully curated outfit. Eye-candy, as always!

Thanks I appreciate that! I try!

Very cool jacket, very cool shop!

Thanks! It's such a great place to visit. Hard to walk out without buying something though

Fit is great. I like the shorter body length on you. and as always excellent pics and style! what a score walk in and walk out with a great jacket

Thanks! I've been preferring shorter and shorter jackets lately so this suits me extremely well.

Fits your size and sense of style to a tee! Congrats on the wait loss and another beautiful jacket. That MF flagship store looks so cool to visit and looked like everyone had fun visiting. Can't wait to read the next thread about the bodie

Thanks! Yes it's an amazing store and the jacket suits me in every possible way which I'm very happy about. The Bodie has just been delivered so I'll take photos and get that up soon.

Congratulations on the jacket and the weight loss!

Thanks I appreciate it!

Cool pictures nice jacket in perfect proportion!

Thanks! I'm thrilled with the length

Fantastic!! Best fit I've seen on you and you wear it perfectly well!

Also neat shop there, we just don't have such places in the midwest. If/when I ever get back to California, I'll give it a visit.

Yeah I can't recommend it enough. It's quite unique. Never been to another store that's truly like it.

What is there more to say? Congratulations for looking so cool!

Thanks! Very kind of you.

This jacket seems somewhat popular here and I can see why. Probably perfect for socal summer nights. Anxious to see your Bodie though. I love the look of the Bodie but the measurements seem a bit odd and I have yet to see non-model fit pics of it.

Yes it definitely feels nice and light and wearable in warmer weather. I'll see how warm I can get away with haha.

Love this jacket and you make it look great. The black teacore makes it a bit more interesting as it seems to start out quite flat colorwise. It will spring alive soon enough

Yes it is a bit flat at first, but not dull. We'll see how it ages.

That fits perfectly!

Thanks! I think so too.

I think this is your best fitting jacket dude. The length is spot on perfect and the overall fit is too. Something about it just looks very at home on you. Well done!

Thanks! I agree. As of now it may fit me best. It's either this one or the RMC, but this one is shorter so I'd have to go with this for now. I think my style gravitated more towards 30s-40s items so this jacket, being a 30s-inspired design works well for me.

Cool looking jacket and fits you well. Enjoy it!

Thank you!!

IMO your best jacket yet, you should get the natural version too!

Thats saying a lot, but it could well be. Well see how the Bodie fits. Yes this definitely has me considering the natural now.

 

[jonesy86]

Wow, that is perfect.

 

[El Marro]

Very nice Dude! I pretty much agree with what everybody else has said already and I must add that I like the corduroy collar peeking through on the back.

 

[Jin431]

@dudewuttheheck that's great to know that you received your FW Bodie safely already and I hope it's a great fit.

Anyone know if they ever offered this in brown? I've only ever seen the black and natty version.

 

[marker2037]

Awesome fit and I'd love to see more pics of the natural. I feel that jacket is right in your wheelhouse and I'm also considering it.

@dudewuttheheck that's great to know that you received your FW Bodie safely already and I hope it's a great fit.

Anyone know if they ever offered this in brown? I've only ever seen the black and natty version.

Not as far as I've ever seen, no.

 

[Jin431]

Not as far as I've ever seen, no.

That's too bad, i have the black campus jacket with the regular collar and I quite like the fit. I'll just wait a while to get the shawl collared version, hoping they offer it in brown someday.

 

[Graemsay]

The Campus looks good, unfortunately they don't come up big enough for me.

The Mister Freedom store is fantastic. Definitely worth a visit if you're in LA.

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Can’t add anything that hasn’t been said already.

On another note, if you keep shrinking me and you will be the same size!

Haha well at least my chest hasn't really shrunk at all yet. I'm working out enough to keep that the same size I'm hoping to shrink my waist some more though.

Wow, that is perfect.

Thanks! I'm thrilled with the fit.

Very nice Dude! I pretty much agree with what everybody else has said already and I must add that I like the corduroy collar peeking through on the back.

Thanks! I wouldn't mind that if the corduroy wasn't brown haha.

@dudewuttheheck that's great to know that you received your FW Bodie safely already and I hope it's a great fit.

Anyone know if they ever offered this in brown? I've only ever seen the black and natty version.

I have not seen them do a standard brown version, but @jeo just proved that they have made them. I didn't expect them to ever do the black one though so they could do a brown one some day. The Bodie is as perfect of a fit as I could hope for! I'm giddy

Awesome fit and I'd love to see more pics of the natural. I feel that jacket is right in your wheelhouse and I'm also considering it.



Not as far as I've ever seen, no.

I did ask them to inform me about the restock of the natural so I can try it on and see how I like it.

 

[powerserge]

Nice pickup, glad to see a button jacket back in the collection. Really enjoyed the two fits you put together with this jacket

 

[Riu]

As some of you may know, I have continued to shrink even in the past few months after my big weight loss over a year ago. This means that I had to sell two Freewheelers jackets, including my all time favorite jacket which really hurt. I posted in the "What jackets do you have coming" thread that I ordered a brown deerskin Freewheelers Bodie as a replacement for the Mulholland and Sunset.

The plus side of this was that I really wanted another deerskin jacket after losing the Sunset and the Bodie seems like the perfect jacket for me in every way. The downside was that if left me with no black leather jacket. The plan was to switch my Field Leathers order to black from the brown pony hide.

This changed on Saturday when I went with my girl and a friend (some of you boot guys may know him - Nick from Stridewise) to Mister Freedom. At the time, I didn't necessarily plan on trying on a leather jacket while I was there especially because based on the size charts, the sleeves were much too long for me. However, I knew I would try something on. I'm definitely into the brand and have quite a few items from them already, but Alee my fiance is REALLY into MF and has a lot more from them than I do.

After taking some photos and encouraging Alee to buy a shirt, I decided to try on the size 36 Campus Stallion jacket. I went straight for the smallest size because I do fit into a size 36 ranch blouse. Plus, I figured this would be the only jacket with sleeves and body length to my liking.

To my pleasant surprise, it actually fit pretty well and as soon as I tried it on, I loved how it looked. Alee, being a wonderful and enabler as well as a major Mister Freedom fan she agreed that it looked great and told me to go for it given that I had no other black leather jacket.

The chest was a little tight, so I tried on another size 36 which actually did feel slightly more roomy, so I bought that one. It actually buttoned up decently well, but that doesn't matter anyway. I live in socal and this is a lightweight jacket so there is no reason for me to ever button up the jacket.

In terms of fit, I'm thrilled. It's nice and short. The chart says 23" back, but it's actually more like 22.25" by measurements which is great for me. The leather is tea core and based on other examples, should age pretty dramatically which should be fun. It's a nice and light cowhide leather with no lining and even in pretty warm weather that day, it felt comfortable which is great. The more I can wear it, the better.

The grain is pretty nice and variated in the leather, but it's not a rich, deep black. It's a fairly flat, painted look which I think is the point. I actually like the leather a heck of a lot more than I was expecting to. Construction quality is certainly solid for the price and I'm perfectly fine with it not being at Freewheelers level because it's 1/3rd the price of some FW jackets.

I feel like I'm getting to that tail end of the journey that some of you have already reached. I started out my leather jacket journey trying to figure out what I even liked, then I just wanted to get the very best, and now I'm fine with something that looks cool and fits me well. I've gotten to the point where I have had to sell off perfect jackets because they didn't fit me well enough.

The funny thing was that after leaving, I realized that this was the first time I had ever gone to a store and purchased a leather jacket off the rack. Given all of the leather jackets I have owned, it's kind of wild that this was the first time ever. I know I've owned at least 20 jackets and I figured that it would have happened at least once by now, but nope. This was the first. It was a really fun and spontaneous experience. I'm not used to this for leather jackets. Nick told me later he couldn't believe how quickly I made the decision to grab it. I realize that like with my impulse buy of my roughout Freewheelers jacket, the ability to be this impulsive this successfully comes from experience. I've made enough mistakes to be able to do this and not worry about it at all.

There's a lot more I could say, but I've gone on long enough. I'm curious to hear what you all think of the fit on this jacket. I've included some photos of the Mister Freedom store as well including one of Alee trying on the shirt she ended up walking out with (she took one size smaller though). If you're ever in LA, I cannot recommend it enough. It's the coolest clothing store I've been in outside of Japan, and it's cooler than a lot of Japanese stores too.

Great find and fit! I think this one and the Ooe Yofukuten are my favourites so far. Enjoy!

 

[Fishbutcher]

Very nice jacket, suits you well.
The Mister Freedom shop looks amazing, would love to visit there sometime.

 

[Jin431]

@dudewuttheheck i messaged the MF store to inquire but if they ever offer a brown one then I'll probably get one.

Congrats on the Bodie!

 

[Monitor]

Really perfectly fitting, very nice jacket. Not much else to add. Just about as good as it can get.

It's not always needed to bother with custom, anyway. Well tailored OTR jacket will fit just like this.

 

[jeo]

@dudewuttheheck that's great to know that you received your FW Bodie safely already and I hope it's a great fit.

Anyone know if they ever offered this in brown? I've only ever seen the black and natty version.

They're rare, but they're out there.

https://www.kanemakijisai.com/blank-2/mister-freedom-campus-jacket-dark-brown-36

 

[Jin431]

They're rare, but they're out there.

https://www.kanemakijisai.com/blank-2/mister-freedom-campus-jacket-dark-brown-36
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That's great to know. Hope they offer it again in a different shade of brown, that's a little too chocolate colored. Thanks @jeo

 

[dudewuttheheck]

The Campus looks good, unfortunately they don't come up big enough for me.

The Mister Freedom store is fantastic. Definitely worth a visit if you're in LA.

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Ah that's too bad. It is indeed a great store though!

Nice pickup, glad to see a button jacket back in the collection. Really enjoyed the two fits you put together with this jacket

Yeah this is my first button leather jacket that actually fits me well so that's nice.

Great find and fit! I think this one and the Ooe Yofukuten are my favourites so far. Enjoy!

Thanks! Yes my Ooe jackets are my favorite non-leather jackets by far.

Very nice jacket, suits you well.
The Mister Freedom shop looks amazing, would love to visit there sometime.

Thanks! It's definitely worth a visit.

Really perfectly fitting, very nice jacket. Not much else to add. Just about as good as it can get.

It's not always needed to bother with custom, anyway. Well tailored OTR jacket will fit just like this.

Thank you! I agree. I've now had better luck with off the rack jackets than custom in terms of fit.

They're rare, but they're out there.

https://www.kanemakijisai.com/blank-2/mister-freedom-campus-jacket-dark-brown-36
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I had forgotten about this one! Good call!

 

[breezer]

almost perfect...........and I know its a matter of personal taste.....but the sleeves are just a smidge too long.......but thats just me, enjoy!

 

[dudewuttheheck]

almost perfect...........and I know its a matter of personal taste.....but the sleeves are just a smidge too long.......but thats just me, enjoy!

Nah don't worry I agree with you. They are a little too long. They just aren't so long that it bothers me. I can live with them just fine like this. The rest of the fit is so good that I can't mind.