Sloan, it as an A-1 by The Few. Like you I loved it, so much so, I saved the images of it from the Japanese site
This was the jacket that started that little burst of interest in blue leather mid last year around here (and to a lesser degree) VLJ. Petered out pretty quickly. As I said earlier I reckon some blue leather looks amazing (this A-1 being a case in point) but it can look terrible or worse, kitsch, if it's used on the wrong pattern and in the wrong shade.
They had the capability to order some, but after all the talk I don't think there was enough interest/commitment of the customers to order any. They had access to a bunch of different shades at the time. They might have some now, idk.
Badalassi is kinda odd. Aero made a Plainsman from it, and it was beautiful, shiny butterscotch colour, but my god it was heavy. I mean Horween steer heavy and very stiff. Not sure what happened, but in the end they decided to pass on any more stuff. :eeek:
I know BK went through a phase of offering every shade of blue under the sun on the VLJ, but I think it's one of those things were there was a burst of enthusiasm that didn't make into actual orders.
Sloan, it as an A-1 by The Few. Like you I loved it, so much so, I saved the images of it from the Japanese site
This was the jacket that started that little burst of interest in blue leather mid last year around here (and to a lesser degree) VLJ. Petered out pretty quickly. As I said earlier I reckon some blue leather looks amazing (this A-1 being a case in point) but it can look terrible or worse, kitsch, if it's used on the wrong pattern and in the wrong shade.
Yes... too light, and it'll look like a seventies Lewis or Lewis-wannabe at best. I do like the blue-black though if it can stay dark... Something I could be tempted into once I had a jacket of every hide and other colour I wanted, and needed to sell myself a way to justify just one more....
I think this jacket linked to earlier looks fantastic and very wearable. Can't see the back but I love everything that I can see, esp. the collar, the cut in front, the color and finish of the leather, and the way the bottom sort of fades away. I'm pretty conservative but I would wear this in a heartbeat - somehow simple without being traditional.
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Actually, I do want to see that!
Part of me would still love to get Aero to have a go at replicating that A-1 for me.
Maybe a teenage Sherpa would wear it?
This is the first time in years I've genuinely face-palmed...
The East-West design has that pattern on the back (which I guess is meant to look like a guitar?), but which does in fact look like the rising sun flag in monochrome. That's why I would never put it on my back- Japanese nazis are out of control these days.
As for the design with the back pack, it's a great idea, but you wouldn't really want to load up with a couple of kilos and then stretch the hell out of your leather jacket.