The Real McCoy's Nelson fit check

[deadly789_]

Hi folks, could anyone chime in with thoughts on the fit of this jacket? I snagged the last one from The Armoury, it's a 38 and I'm 5'8" 145lbs.
I have had a ton of trouble with the fit of every other jacket I've tried on... hoping this one is pretty close.

 

[Marc mndt]

Looks like a great fit to me, congrats.

The pic of the back, was it taken with the jacket unzipped?

 

[handymike]

Ummmm, perfect!

 

[regius]

I do have a question for the OP. When asking for visual comment on fit, there’s probably limited input we can give because we wouldn’t know how it feels on you. This came to mind because you said you had problems with “fit” with other jackets, May I ask if those poor fit was judged by visual assessment or how you felt in them? Also do you have an inner benchmark of what you think would be the good (visual) fit? Like say what do you think of this jacket as seen in these photos?

 

[Will Zach]

You beat me to it, @regius. Five-eight and 145 lbs is a great height/weight ratio for leather jackets. Basically, depending on a cut/era, you can wear a 38 or a 40 with success.

 

[regius]

Haha yea, the OP is in the sweet zone for vintage

 

[Bfd70]

Nailed it

 

[Momein]

Looking perfect imo. Hope it feels the same.

 

[bn1966]

Great fit…

 

[ai00344]

Looks great to me. Love the Nelson, beautiful simplicity

 

[Brandrea33]

Looks like it fits great, how does it feel?

 

[Tom71]

Although you´ve read it before: Perfect fit!

Great jacket too! Now walk away from this place while you still can...

 

[Spiney]

Although you´ve read it before: Perfect fit!

Great jacket too! Now walk away from this place while you still can...

Run, don’t walk!

 

[Tca46]

Looks good!

 

[Damon141]

Looks great to me.
Many of these amazing vintage jackets seemed to be aimed at that size when men were slim and fit from No fast food and hard work.