It’s time for you to stop all yer sobbing!I’m already hearing Chrissie Hynde in my head.
I live in Florida unfortunately which is not near any of the great custom shops. Or great stores like standard and strange, self edge, rivet and hide, the stronghold. Some of you are lucky to live in California or New York with these stores or let’s say you are in Oregon you could pop into langlitz.@Damon141 , where do you live?
Definitely do not commit to a jacket unless you have satisfied all your questions and doubts with the LL team as all of us that have ordered with them have done.I live in Florida unfortunately which is not near any of the great custom shops. Or great stores like standard and strange, self edge, rivet and hide, the stronghold. Some of you are lucky to live in California or New York with these stores or let’s say you are in Oregon you could pop into langlitz.
No response today but I’ll just keep waiting because hopefully he is consulting with someone there with more knowledge about fitting and will get back to me with a better response after that detailed email I sent explaining that his measurements are off and giving advice my thoughts on measurements.
I can wait, no big deal but if it’s wrong again or I get a short response then I will contact management and explain the incompetence of the situation, I’ll ask if anyone is still able to size a jacket. If not I will move to another maker and down the road get a Lewis when things are better.
I will make sure I feel completely comfortable.Definitely do not commit to a jacket unless you have satisfied all your questions and doubts with the LL team as all of us that have ordered with them have done.
Have you tried calling the London Shop directly to talk measurements?
I will make sure I feel completely comfortable.
Forgive me but I’m not sure I understand your question.
The order was placed the standard way on 5/1, then after not hearing back from them by 5/6 I contacted them through their website contact form with my order number by the advice of a member. AKI responded that night apologizing and contacting again the following day with wrong measurements. I contacted them this past Sunday And haven’t hear back since, yesterday I sent another message asking if everything was okay.
Is there a better way to contact them that you would recommend?
I’m all ears and open to all suggestions
Yeah I’m calling first thing tomorrow to speak to someone because I find it extremely hard to believe that RIP is the only person who can recommend sizing. This seems like a relatively large company so to have only one guy that can size a jacket seems ridiculous. Don’t these guys produce a complete different look me if jackets for Japan under the Lewis brand and 666?When I called to ask about getting a jacket sans patch, I had a great conversation with the person in the store. A phone call still solves many problems.
I live in Florida unfortunately which is not near any of the great custom shops. Or great stores like standard and strange, self edge, rivet and hide, the stronghold. Some of you are lucky to live in California or New York with these stores or let’s say you are in Oregon you could pop into langlitz.
No response today but I’ll just keep waiting because hopefully he is consulting with someone there with more knowledge about fitting and will get back to me with a better response after that detailed email I sent explaining that his measurements are off and giving advice my thoughts on measurements.
I can wait, no big deal but if it’s wrong again or I get a short response then I will contact management and explain the incompetence of the situation, I’ll ask if anyone is still able to size a jacket. If not I will move to another maker and down the road get a Lewis when things are better.
Yeah I’m calling first thing tomorrow to speak to someone because I find it extremely hard to believe that RIP is the only person who can recommend sizing. This seems like a relatively large company so to have only one guy that can size a jacket seems ridiculous. Don’t these guys produce a complete different look me if jackets for Japan under the Lewis brand and 666?
Honestly he might just handle the email correspondence and probably throw in the position abruptly
@Damon141 Here again my recommendation.I would advise you to a 44 at most. I have the 42 and it has 61 cm P2P and my Corsair is also a bit wider than indicated on the chart.
Yeah I’m calling first thing tomorrow to speak to someone because I find it extremely hard to believe that RIP is the only person who can recommend sizing. This seems like a relatively large company so to have only one guy that can size a jacket seems ridiculous. Don’t these guys produce a complete different look me if jackets for Japan under the Lewis brand and 666?
Honestly he might just handle the email correspondence and probably throw in the position abruptly
That was a typo. It was supposed to say a complete different “LINE” of jackets for Japan, slim versions of the Lewis jackets . I guess they are smaller than they appear since Carlos has been in person.I mean that’s not really a big deal. Tons of us have ordered from Thurston while nowhere near Seattle.
You could just cancel your order with Lewis direct (IMO, even if it ends up fitting perfectly, you’re at a point now where you’re so full of doubts that you’re going to think it doesn’t fit.) and contact Stronghold, ask if they could send you the jacket you want in the stock size they think would fit, with the intention of placing a custom order through them. Easy.
Lewis is not huge. And no, they don’t produce “a complete different look” for Japan like Langlitz does. There are no Lewis Japan exclusive items. There is a Lewis Japan cut, like there’s an Aero Japan cut; in both cases you can get both cuts in the UK HQ too.
Definitely not a large company, i went to the store regularly when i lived in London, the place is small, they usually have two people there.
Back when i ordered my LL in 2013 they had two people working the store, and two guys making the jackets in a separate workshop and Derek, for a total of 5 working there. Back then my custom Dominator cost 475GBP!
I'm sure the company has expanded since then, but it is definitely not a large business.
It is much smaller than Aero for example and that's already considered a small familly business.
Personally i never had a great experience with Derek the boss, i found him a bit dismissive, i got on much better with his right hand man, whom i unfortunately can't remember the name. (balled guy who was always at the store)
Interesting to know, everything is not as it seems. They just come across larger to me with their distribution.
That’s a crazy price increase, didn’t Eastman almost double in price also? Maybe something to do with Britain leaving the EU?
I had paid for my Aero CR in 2009 EUR 600. But the store where I ordered the jacket also earned something. The price directly at Aero must have been cheaper again at that time.Most companies have been increasing their prices consistantly.
My first LL in 2013 was 475GBP, i ordred one for my GF in 2015 that cost 575GBP, they are now around 940GBP.
My ELMC Californian was 850 GBP in 2015 (includong Long size fee) it is now 1199GBP (without Long size fee).
My first Lost Worlds was 1450$ base price in early 2020, it is now 2150$.
Aero is one of the companies that increased the least, my Bootlegggers where 640GBP in 2016 and they now go for 715 GBP
Like most things, the right time to get into leather jackets was 10 years ago...