What colour CXLFQHH from Aero

[Lukasz69]

Hello,
I am about to pull the trigger on my other* Aero, a CXLFQHH Premier half belt. I am contemplating three colours:
- brown: classic, versatile;
- cordovan: love the hue, have Horween shell cordovan boots no 8. However, the jacket may just look too red/pink for my taste after breaking in;
- navy/midnight blue: I have been reading the thread on midnight blue HH and deliberately avoided posting there, so as to receive more balanced opinions. I need a badass jacket, so should probably go with black, except I hate black and love navy. However, I am concerned that it looks "too black", at least before breaking in, and may not be the best choice to pair with raw/dark denim.
I know this is subjective, but if you were looking to buy ONE and FINAL CXLFQHH jacket from Aero, which of the three would you go for?
Thanks for your input.
Lukasz

*I have the Majestic in rust suede and I need two leather jackets in my life. Before you laugh drily, I know for a fact that there will be only two, hence the "other". Before you say "we've all been there", kindly accept this as a premise for the present discussion

 

[Peter Bowden]

Dark brown for long term,25 year everyday wear and your own satisfaction.

 

[Dav]

If I could have only one it'd be the brown, nowt wrong the others but that's my favourite.

 

[zebedee]

Brown. It's great and keeps getting better.

 

[Sloan1874]

Brown. It's the most flexible and, in my opinion, the most characterful leather. My brown LHB was my first jacket and it's just got better with every year. It's developed an amazing faded tone across the shoulders from years of backpack wearing.
I have two cordovan jackets, one a tumbled FQHH board racer the other a full-fat Bootlegger. They're fantastic, they haven't turned bright pink with wear, but the occasional bleed from it means I don't wear light tops under them for any length of time. It washes out but you might want to keep in mind if you're going to have it as one of your main wearers.

 

[ton312]

I’m partial to the more flamboyant (?) colors. Love cordovan and I am really looking forward to my midnight blue jacket. For everyday wear I’d probably side with the above. Something in the brown family or black. You can never go wrong with those. They are safe colors and easily the most versatile. Black cxl doesn’t have the color depth and marble effect the other colors do but it has a beauty all it’s own. It’s unmistakable.

 

[Lukasz69]

Great, thanks all! So, I suppose, case closed, unless anyone can see any disadvantages of brown?

 

[Mich486]

Amongst the colours you mention I second the brown as others suggest although given you have a rust suede jacket already the other for me has got to be black. If you want a warmer black have a thought about the blackened brown Vicenza or the reworked black jerky they recently started offering which will fade to brown.


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[barnabus]

I’m partial to the more flamboyant (?) colors.

Ha. Respec' !

 

[ksozay]

Cordo. I have damn near every color Aero makes including their recent midnight, which is an epic color.

If you want FQHH or Steer - Cordo is my first choice, Brown is my second. The color depth of cordo is amazing. It just continues to look better with wear without losing the richness of the color. Brown has a great marbling to it, which I think ages better in steer. For every day wear, those would be my choice. I love black but for just one jacket, color variant you get as the cordo/brown ages makes it more attractive to me.

If you want Vic. Blacked brown. No question.


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[ProteinNerd]

If you could only have 1 I'd say Brown...its an amazing colour in the CXL....have you considered the Steer? I know HH sounds more exotic but nothing breaks in like the CXL Steer.

 

[Psant25]

I like the brown as well. Have one coming in tumbled brown hh

 

[El Marro]

I love cordovan but these guys do make a pretty good case for the brown hide. One advantage that cordovan might have over brown is the ability to blend better with black shoes, belts, etc. I’m not sure if this is important to you, I can’t say it is terribly important to me although I do pay more attention to those things then I used to before I started collecting leather jackets and reading TFL.

 

[jonbuilder]

I would say brown in a regular patterned half belt, the traditional color of vintage half belts. My body type is not conducive to the premier line, my thoughts are the more contemporary premier lines could work with navy but why take the risk on my last jacket when I know brown works.

 

[Bennarion]

Good to have all three colors. I think then you will want other colors

 

[Lukasz69]

No doubt, this is always the best advice. However, if I do take it and end up with three jackets, in order to give each the credit it deserves, I should probably wear the blue one on Mondays and Thursdays, the brown one on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the cordovan one on Wednesdays and Saturdays. But what about Sundays? And what if I feel like wearing the brown one on a Monday? And what if the pair of shoes that best match the blue jacket get wet on a Sunday, when I wear something other than a leather jacket, so I can't wear them the day after? And if I want other colours, what should they be? Should I flip one of the jackets that I have? Which one? If I flip, say, the cordovan one, do I come up with a new schedule, or do I simply wear the jacket that replaces the cordovan one on Wednesdays and Saturdays?
You see, this is why I want just one jacket;-)
@jonbuilder - what body type(s) is/are conducive to the premier line, in your opinion? Would it be OK for me with my twiggy arms and very little difference between chest and waist, in other words the "I" body type?
@El Marro - I have 15 pairs of shoes, only 2 of which are black, and these I wear exclusively with suits.
@ProteinNerd - my experience with HH vs. steer in the case of wallets, watch straps and belts tells me that I definitely prefer HH.
Thanks all for your input.

 

[red devil]

Cordovan is likely the most versatile colour of this bunch

 

[Bennarion]

Well, why have three colors at once. You will now decide on a color to buy, for example, brown is like a year, and you may want to try a different color. This is a game like my brother says.