What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[MrProper]

Wearing my reworked (slimmed down at the waist/hem) JL brown cxl jacket today. Also dropped off the Aero STF BL tobacco badalassi at JL to be slimmed down and have removable tan mouton collar placed

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Top :thumbs up:

 

[Jin431]

Top :thumbs up:

Thank you @MrProper.

 

[JCSD]

Eastman

 

[Robbie79]

Wearing my reworked (slimmed down at the waist/hem) JL brown cxl jacket today. Also dropped off the Aero STF BL tobacco badalassi at JL to be slimmed down and have removable tan mouton collar placed

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@Jin431 Great looking jacket and perfect fit. I really like this slim jacket design, pocket placement and collar shape. Good idea to add a removable mouton collar...I'm sure it looks very good. When seeing so many beautiful JL jackets I'm more and more regretting that I didn't visit JL store during my combined business trip + vacation to Silicon Valley + SFO last year October. On the other hand I really enjoy watching pictures from your, Ton's and others JL jackets!

 

[Marc mndt]

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I love the californian. The havana color looks great on you. The hh is rather thin but they do age beautifully.

 

[trainspotter]

Natural CXL Sheene

 

[Robbie79]

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@JCSD Your Eastman Cal looks really good on you! Beautful color and perfect fit!

 

[58panheadfan]

Another day in my Thedi Leathers MTC 127980 have a good one y'all...

 

[Dav]

Five Star Dubow

 

[58panheadfan]

I know not the first picture of this jacket, but there's nothing like wearing a Thedi leather jacket, especially in this canvas and leather combination MTC C1279405

 

[MrProper]

Natural CXL Sheene
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please stop showing this. otherwise i have to change my order at Aero. Lol

 

[Jin431]

@Jin431 Great looking jacket and perfect fit. I really like this slim jacket design, pocket placement and collar shape. Good idea to add a removable mouton collar...I'm sure it looks very good. When seeing so many beautiful JL jackets I'm more and more regretting that I didn't visit JL store during my combined business trip + vacation to Silicon Valley + SFO last year October. On the other hand I really enjoy watching pictures from your, Ton's and others JL jackets!

@Robbie79 the battered tan CR looks great on you. Is that new? How does battered leather feel to wear? All your jackets are so mean looking, the fit is incredibly perfect and the leather looks gorgeous.

Thank you again. I was lucky the collar design they have on their new pattern was able to be transplanted to my jacket project and the slimmer version makes it so much easier to wear! The vertical chest pocket really grew on me, I didn't like it so much at first when I received the jacket. The aero stf BL should be ready in 3 weeks, just in time for the winter season here (not that we get a real winter though).

I know JL has always been a good maker but I do notice JL stepping up their game with better construction and more options with the leather they use. They will only get better and I'm so fortunate I live so close by to them. That's too bad that you weren't able to visit the shop then but maybe in the future when things are a little better and you are back in the SF Bay Area you can visit them. Ill be happy to buy you a drink too. Cheers

 

[Colin G]

Freewheelers Dust Bowl. This one has a couple vertical creases by the neck that is from what I think is from the design of the wool band collar. Arm holes are slightly pitched forward also. It immediately creased like that when I put it on for the first time and on the hanger as well. Just a strange consequence from the collar design.

I have really come to like this jacket and it feels great since shoulder width and chest is bang on for me. Those creases are odd but I don't look at myself while wearing it.

 

[58panheadfan]

Freewheelers Dust Bowl. ...Those creases are odd but I don't look at myself while wearing it...

I personally like the vertical greases, that breathes life into the jacket, many jackets without creases in the shoulder / chest area look lifeless, uninteresting and often too tight.

Edit: How does jacket look open/un-buttoned?

 

[Robbie79]

@Robbie79 the battered tan CR looks great on you. Is that new? How does battered leather feel to wear? All your jackets are so mean looking, the fit is incredibly perfect and the leather looks gorgeous.

Thank you again. I was lucky the collar design they have on their new pattern was able to be transplanted to my jacket project and the slimmer version makes it so much easier to wear! The vertical chest pocket really grew on me, I didn't like it so much at first when I received the jacket. The aero stf BL should be ready in 3 weeks, just in time for the winter season here (not that we get a real winter though).

I know JL has always been a good maker but I do notice JL stepping up their game with better construction and more options with the leather they use. They will only get better and I'm so fortunate I live so close by to them. That's too bad that you weren't able to visit the shop then but maybe in the future when things are a little better and you are back in the SF Bay Area you can visit them. Ill be happy to buy you a drink too. Cheers

@Jin431 Thanks for your positive feedback. As the name "battered" already says it has a nice vintage look and it has a very waxy feel (you could also add buttered to battered IMO) which is completely different to any other leathers I've handled so far. Aero describes it as medium weight HH but actually the leather thickness and jacket heaviness isn't different to their CXL HH. If you want something totally different to Badalassi and Horween stuff, go for Aero's battered tan HH as you won't regret it. Right out of the box the leather feels rather stiff and needs some break in time like Horween CXL (Vicenza HH doesn't really need breakin time and Vicenza has a much softer hand and leather is thinner and more medium weight). It's not a new jacket but I unfortunately have worn it 4-5 times so far...I guess I should wear it more often during Spring and Fall.
Thanks for inviting me for a dring in SF - as several of my business partners are located in the Bay Area, I'm sure there will be an opportunity after the C-19 travel restrictions are abolished hopefully in 2021.
Cheers,
Robbie

 

[casechopper]

Chevignon

 

[Colin G]

I personally like the vertical greases, that breathes life into the jacket, many jackets without creases in the shoulder / chest area look lifeless, uninteresting and often too tight.

Edit: How does jacket look open/un-buttoned?

Fits and hangs fine. Creases ease a bit. It is still a bit stiff in the waist area but is starting to loosen there. I don't have a pic of me wearing it open.

I really love the jacket. Bought it on a whim off Yahoo Auctions/Buyee and it turned into a favourite while custom made to order jackets went for sale. Funny how that works. The slight forward pitch of the arm holes and underarm gussets make it move with me and the wool collar keeps warmth in. I have done yardwork in the jacket many times with zero movement issues.

 

[Jin431]

@Jin431 Thanks for your positive feedback. As the name "battered" already says it has a nice vintage look and it has a very waxy feel (you could also add buttered to battered IMO) which is completely different to any other leathers I've handled so far. Aero describes it as medium weight HH but actually the leather thickness and jacket heaviness isn't different to their CXL HH. If you want something totally different to Badalassi and Horween stuff, go for Aero's battered tan HH as you won't regret it. Right out of the box the leather feels rather stiff and needs some break in time like Horween CXL (Vicenza HH doesn't really need breakin time and Vicenza has a much softer hand and leather is thinner and more medium weight). It's not a new jacket but I unfortunately have worn it 4-5 times so far...I guess I should wear it more often during Spring and Fall.
Thanks for inviting me for a dring in SF - as several of my business partners are located in the Bay Area, I'm sure there will be an opportunity after the C-19 travel restrictions are abolished hopefully in 2021.
Cheers,
Robbie

Thanks for the great feedback, seems like you really like the leather. I'll look into that more. The battered (buttered) tan looks great for sure and will definitely be a consideration if I get something from Aero in the future afternoon I get the tumbled cordovan PHWM. I'm leaning into easier wearing Leathers now though just because it's much nicer to wear, but I do think that thicker waxier Leathers do look better with wear. Hope to see more of your CR in the warmer months.

No problem at all, Hopefully the pandemic gets better soon, we are not doing well here in the CONUS as the rest of the world knows. the new normal is definitely different.

 

[58panheadfan]

Fits and hangs fine. Creases ease a bit. It is still a bit stiff in the waist area but is starting to loosen there. I don't have a pic of me wearing it open.

I really love the jacket. Bought it on a whim off Yahoo Auctions/Buyee and it turned into a favourite while custom made to order jackets went for sale. Funny how that works. The slight forward pitch of the arm holes and underarm gussets make it move with me and the wool collar keeps warmth in. I have done yardwork in the jacket many times with zero movement issues.

It seems to be the perfect gardener jacket ... just like the british aristocracy does, you let the gardener wear the jacket to the shabby look, then please pass it on to me, LOL!

 

[JCSD]

@JCSD Your Eastman Cal looks really good on you! Beautful color and perfect fit!

Thanks, man. I seem to always gravitate towards the darker browns but Eastman nailed it with this golden shade.