Negative comments about your jackets from others

[MeachamLake]

Having read that some of you take your new jackets for a shower or even sleep in them to break them in and that you don't put them tidily on hangers in the closet but place them gently, smoothly and with bright eyes onto a soft, explicitely chosen blanket ... I wonder if this could be a reason for a "certain tension" between your ladies and your jackets ... ;-)

I took my A-2 out for dinner last night, dunno why my girlfriend got so annoyed. I only sleep and shower in it a few times a week too...

 

[Bfd70]

Try the show on the other foot. Give her the "are you going to wear THAT?"
If she brushes it off, then fair play. If she makes a big deal then not so much. Double standard no bueno.

 

[Superfluous]

The key is to be generous with your wife and wholly support her indulgences. My wife loves purses, and the cost of her new purses match, and sometimes exceed, the price of my jackets. I never complain when she falls for a new purse. I could easily observe that: (1) she has plenty of purses, and does not need a new one; (2) the new purse looks like all of her existing purses; (3) she doesn't even use the purses she has, so why buy another that won't get used; (4) . . . (one of many other observations that are equally applicable to my jackets). Instead, I go in the other direction and urge her to buy it. Ditto clothing in general. When we walk into women's clothing stores, I actively search for items for her, and regularly suggest pieces she hasn't seen yet. I also urge her to try on anything she likes (yesterday, she almost purchased a Mister Freedom woman's baseball shirt that we found at a tiny shop in Venice). My proactive participation blows away the sales people, who are used to husbands sitting off to the side in a catatonic state of boredom. Ironically, my overwhelming support of her clothing/purse purchases causes my wife to be noticeably more cautious and prudent than I am -- in other words, she frequently declines to purchase items even after I support them, and applies a greater level of scrutiny to her purchases than I do. Its a win-win . . . I urge her to purchase it, but she declines on her own, and I am the good guy.

As a result of the foregoing, my wife is exponentially more accepting of my shopping habits (to the extent that she is aware ).

Happy wife = happy life.

 

[Worf]

Thanks for the offers of "heavy work" guys but my strong arm days are done! I used to bounce for a friend that owned a night club about 20 years ago. I did it for a while then realized it was not worth gettin' shot for a hundred bucks a night. These young folks don't scrap anymore, they just shoot or stab. No one goes with the hands today.... just gats and rods.

Worf

 

[Worf]

some of you guys looks like WW2 pilots brought back from bermuda triangle, Worf needs garrote to complete his look, if Ton was the T-1000 in Terminator2 the movie could end very differently.

No... no garrote needed... just two good hands! LOL, this post is hella funny! Real deal funny!

One last word on this thread... to paraphrase "Fat" Clemenza from "The Godfather"

"Take the jacket... leave the girlfriend."

Worf

 

[52Styleline]

I have an old Brill Bros G1. Like me, it is a Viet Nam veteran and also like me, it shows its age and mileage. Occasionally I encounter someone who knows jackets and get a nice compliment. Once a few years ago, a young man stopped me and asked if I flew bombers in WWII. I think he was kidding me.....

One of the benefits of geezerdom is that few people care how I am dressed.....as long as I remember my pants.

 

[willyto]

Worf could be my bodyguard's bodyguard!

Nick123, are they sexy faux leopard print curtains?

My wife thinks ALL my jackets are great! That's why she can't understand why I need ANOTHER one!

But I learned way back to let my wife know that she shouldn't really try to buy clothes for me. Purple silk shirts aren't me at all.

Never had any negative comments. Occasionally get asked for my photo by shy girls.

I don't know why but it doesn't matter where I travel that if there is a japanese family or tourists over there I usually get asked for my photo with everyone of them alone. It gets kind of creepy sometimes but to be honest I don't mind the attention, makes me feel good for the most part specially if those who ask are attractive women. I'm sure I must be in hundreds of whatever the social media they use there.

You add the mustache to the leather jackets and vintage clothes and I guess I kind of stand out. I don't really pay attention to me standing out though, I'm used to it.

My wife thinks my jackets are: (1) way too heavy; and (2) all look the same.

That could probably be because you have some sibling jackets in black and brown

 

[Superfluous]

That could probably be because you have some sibling jackets in black and brown

 

[breezer]

My Aero Waterfront played a small part in bringing me and my partner together.......many years ago she worked in my local deli....I was a frequent customer and she noticed my cool jacket.....and the rest is history...

 

[bn1966]

Sat in a Biker Bar the other night in my vintage finery..Stetson Cap on my head..Sanders Brogues on my feet..great gear in-between (ELC Jacket..Pike Bros Chinos etc)..big mustache plastered over my face.

This young Biker chic saunters over (Wife is at home!!) & sayes how much she digs my 'Get-Up'.."Why thank you" I reply. "Reminds me of my Grandpa" sayes She

 

[nick123]

my girlfriend is always asking me if I'm "jacketing" on the forums. She likes it.

 

[Monitor]

Our taste in jackets is kind of specialized. It's probably unrealistic to expect anyone but fellow travelers to appreciate them. Whether that be girlfriends or people at your work.

I have yet to meet a woman who likes them although some come close to appreciating the craft involved in a jacket.

Many of young women I meet consider leather jackets to be rather gawky and gauche. If they consider some star looks really cool in his Brooks cafe racer it is generally the fact that it is Bradley Cooper in it, not the steerhide garment itself. They'd feel the same about him if he wore a Kmart windbreaker.

Spot on comment, on every point.

Not long ago, my girlfriend was looking at the photos of her crush Jason Momoa and there was a pic with him wearing that black cafe racer, one that Ton dubbed "the leather bra" and she says "Why can't you ever buy a cool jacket like that?". I'm like what the actual f, I literally have four jackets like that (not exactly the same brand and model but you know what I mean, it's not like anyone other than us here would ever even notice the difference) to which she simply replied "Oh...", in a tone filled with such deep, painful disappointment that I decided not to give it any notice because that would've been impossible without the subsequent contemplation of suicide.

Sigh...

 

[Doctor Damage]

- Aero B6: "Eew, that sheepskin looks so girly and effeminate. It looks ridiculous."

To be honest, sometimes when I see someone in shearling I think this. Like bow ties on men younger than age 55, I think shearling isn't a good idea for everyone.

 

[MeachamLake]

To be honest, sometimes when I see someone in shearling I think this. Like bow ties on men younger than age 55, I think shearling isn't a good idea for everyone.

Sure, I do agree with you to a point. I think B3s, ANJ-4s and Irvins are really cool but I could never wear one. The B6 is probably the most sheepskin I could manage.

Still, when it’s 0 degrees outside like it is tonight, it’s hard not to like sheepskin!

 

[ton312]

This summer or last my wife suggested I attend the Chicago leather convention stating that my look and types of jacket would be very popular there and some of her friends from work would be attending. I was like "oh yeah?! I'll check it out!"
Thank God for google (not that there's anything wrong with that). Trying to explain the difference between Brando and Blue Oyster is lost on her. Man how a couple lapels got all caught up in that um, connotation....I have no idea.

 

[Doctor Damage]

my girlfriend is always asking me if I'm "jacketing" on the forums. She likes it.

She no doubt sees an obsession with jackets as a small price to pay for having you home on Friday and Saturday night and not out with the boys drinking and skirt chasing, ha ha

 

[MeachamLake]

I feel at this point it's probably fair to include one small detail I may have missed out in my story initially - my girlfriend does have two horses and competes in eventing at quite a good level.

Perhaps I shouldn't have been so honest when she asked me "what leather is this made from?" whilst looking at my first Aero A2...it was all downhill from there...

 

[MeachamLake]

This summer or last my wife suggested I attend the Chicago leather convention stating that my look and types of jacket would be very popular there and some of her friends from work would be attending. I was like "oh yeah?! I'll check it out!"
Thank God for google (not that there's anything wrong with that). Trying to explain the difference between Brando and Blue Oyster is lost on her. Man how a couple lapels got all caught up in that um, connotation....I have no idea.

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read on here

 

[ton312]

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read on here

Point being... man. Relax in that sheepskin. I'm a tiger but in the wild certain people might see a bear

 

[Monitor]

This summer or last my wife suggested I attend the Chicago leather convention stating that my look and types of jacket would be very popular there and some of her friends from work would be attending. I was like "oh yeah?! I'll check it out!"
Thank God for google (not that there's anything wrong with that). Trying to explain the difference between Brando and Blue Oyster is lost on her. Man how a couple lapels got all caught up in that um, connotation....I have no idea.

Yeah, I've been getting a lot of that Blue Oyster crap too when wearing a cross zip... Mostly from North Face wearing friends. Tho I respect only one actually 'cause he's such a fan he's actively following their site and buying whatever new stuff they come up with. The latest one is actually not so terrible, some kinda waterproof textile jacket. You can pour a whole glass of water into it, it'll just roll around the jacket in like the liquified T-1000 in that steel mill. If only it didn't look like North Face jacket...