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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
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Per Chicago tradition, our 60°F+ (15°C+) weather didn't last long. We took a nose dive back into freezing territory. This morning it was 32°F (0°C) again and it warmed up just a few degrees more.
Here's today's jacket. Shearling rancher style from Drome. It's always a great choice on cold, sunny days!
And here was yesterday's wear. Sandro shearling bomber jacket. Reminds me of the old pseudo-B-6 that Schott used to make: its waistband and wrist fabric to keep the cold out, a super soft collar and lining, and a shorter cut to hit you just above the waist.
These photos make me realize I'm at the point in my life where I really look like my dad from my childhood photos. No complaints! He's an awesome guy!
I'm just surprised I've never really noticed it before.
Here's today's jacket. Shearling rancher style from Drome. It's always a great choice on cold, sunny days!
And here was yesterday's wear. Sandro shearling bomber jacket. Reminds me of the old pseudo-B-6 that Schott used to make: its waistband and wrist fabric to keep the cold out, a super soft collar and lining, and a shorter cut to hit you just above the waist.
These photos make me realize I'm at the point in my life where I really look like my dad from my childhood photos. No complaints! He's an awesome guy!
I'm just surprised I've never really noticed it before.
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Very NicePer Chicago tradition, our 60°F+ (15°C+) weather didn't last long. We took a nose dive back into freezing territory. This morning it was 32°F (0°C) again and it warmed up just a few degrees more.
Here's today's jacket. Shearling rancher style from Drome. It's always a great choice on cold, sunny days!
And here was yesterday's wear. Sandro shearling bomber jacket. Reminds me of the old pseudo-B-6 that Schott used to make: its waistband and wrist fabric to keep the cold out, a super soft collar and lining, and a shorter cut to hit you just above the waist.
These photos make me realize I'm at the point in my life where I really look like my dad from my childhood photos. No complaints! He's an awesome guy!
What is this?!???
I will let @handymike answer that, but I might add that it is not the first greenie Brooks on TFL; this one had awesome paintwork:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/post-pics-of-your-cafe-racer-jackets.48163/page-19
Saw the Brooks tag but the chest pulls threw me off!
Au contraire @Will Zach, that one was brown.
The pulls have been replaced by our British friend with brass repro Talon diamonds (possibly from the Hercules project). They might get swapped for aluminum wedding ring pulls from a Kehoe donor. I did find a back-up forest green Talon zipper to hold for the future.
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I'm waiting for the fits pics too
What did you wash it with? Definitely looks better.
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Mystery brand -made in Great Britain - CHP jacket.
Out of all the leather jackets I own or have owned, this one is by far the nicest leather. It's thick and substantial yet supple and buttersoft. Grain is out of this world.
Out of all the leather jackets I own or have owned, this one is by far the nicest leather. It's thick and substantial yet supple and buttersoft. Grain is out of this world.
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That is perfect, all around. Incredible leather. I love my modern jackets. And if I had to pick only one or two jackets to own, it would be LW. But there is just something about a vintage jacket. I can just appreciate them without actually wearing them too much. And this jacket certainly is special.
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Sometimes... Or rather very often do I think TFL began living in its own tiny little world where only five makers and three types of leather exist and nothing else and then you buy something like this that pretty much destroys 99% of the CAL's that I've seen and I wonder, what else is out there?
Is this veg tanned? Is it chrome tanned? If it looks like this, does it matter? Does buying one or another even matter since I know nothing I'll pay major money for won't ever look like this? What am I buying when ordering a $2000 jacket from Japan, then? Have I been scammed by every existing big name maker?
Probably.
CXL? Shinki? Aero? Freewheelers? Vanson? Best I forget these names forever. . .
This is my favourite out of all your jackets.
real cool, great fit too, hard to imagine one upon a time the hide it a bit characterless like that belting part. picture like this works like arnold schwarzenegger pic on Gym wall, to motivate people to wear their jacket more.
Was there something different in the tanning back then? In some ways yes, but modern makers often recreate those things. Styling? Sure but again we have some who do stitch by stitch repros. Made with love or something haha? Modern makers use a lot of love. So was there something or somethings different and lost to modern times? I’m sure. The difference to me in terms of that look and feeling of vintage verse no matter how much we spend or design and tweak to “perfection”is simple: the vintage things have been lived in. They have stories to tell, a drape, patina, grime. They have life in them.
agree, I think it is just years of being worn make things looks like that,
it just like your wallet new vs few years worn in your back pocket, or boots new vs lived in. just the nature of leather. I think 50 years from now people from 2070 would be as amazed by present day jackets if not more.
