REPRO flight jackets a little too good?

[Grinder]

For a reproduction high quality garment. I would say slight aesthetic imperfection is okay, measured by millimeters. It is a hand made garment but any seam/panel off more than a couple of millimeters shows poor craftsmanship for a fine handmade garment. Military manufacture garments are measured in centimeters or quarters of an inch in accuracy when it comes to aesthetics, and anything outright disfunctional is rejected, like a pocket flap that misses the edge of the pocket opening. Check out a Lewis, a Langlitz, a McCoys, or the high end fashion makes and you'll get a good idea of what is possible with fine handmade craft and quality of make.

Appreciate the input P564 - on the collar buttons it must be millimeters and not many at that. I think it's a case of everything was put in the right place but due to the grain of the leather or being off by 1 or 2mm on one side leads to a larger affect when finished. As it is I can't see where the measure is wrong.

With the hangar it is out by a few mm but it's at the back and functionality is unimpaired.

I checked McCoys prices and they kick in at twice what an Aero costs so I'm not sure that millimeter perfection is worth that.

For what I paid I'll take the accuracy over pure precision and perfection.

 

[Fiver64]

Handmade?

It just dawned on me after reading these great replies........... is there any garment (except socks maybe) that ISN'T "handmade???" Is there some factory somewhere where you shove a cow, or maybe a roll of tanned leather into one end of a huge machine and out pops a finished jacket on the other?? I think the term "attention to detail" or "craftsmenship" might apply better. Most textile and leather coats, that I'm aware of, are made with someone using a sewing machine and "handsewing" the seams, so it does seem rather silly that a company touts their item as better because it's "handmade." "Made by skilled labor instead of poorly paid, sweatshop children in a reeking backroom of some Malaysian opium den" might be a better label. OK......... so it's a little long for a tag!