What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[Will Zach]

My smile is almost as wide as the collar on this black beauty just received from @TheGuitarFairy
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This is one of the best fits on you, ever. Is this Brooks?

 

[JCSD]

Buco J24 by RMC on a road trip to Normandie
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Absolutely stunning!

 

[handymike]

This is one of the best fits on you, ever. Is this Brooks?

Thanks, it’s a Bates.

 

[Guppy]

Sorry for spamming with so many pics but I'm just super happy with this jacket!!! It's the kind of trucker I was after from the beginning; Blanket lined leather Type-3 by Levi's. But I honestly thought it didn't exist but once again, Vinted (and Levi's) proved me wrong and provided. All thanks to @Marc mndt , yet again!

So yeah. While it's clearly not perfect when it comes to fit, since being made to be a proper choir piece, this jacket is very boxy and intended for heavy layering but it's exactly the kind of look, fit, vibe I was going after this whole time! Sadly, I'll have to wait for freaking MONTHS to wear it so these are all staged of course and back to t-shirts but it's good to have something extra to look forward to.

Leather is very soft suede-ish cowhide & it's lined with heavy blanked that's backed with... Something else. Very comfortable, super versatile and most importantly, I mean, just look at how cool this jacket is. To me. Of course.

I'd love to have that one, if you ever lose your mind and decide to sell it.

 

[Adence]

new arrival got pretty wet pretty soon

 

[Marc mndt]

90s Lewis Leathers Lightning No. 391

 

[JMax]

90s Lewis Leathers Lightning No. 391

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That’s cool.

 

[Bfd70]

@Marc mndt how many jackets do you currently have? The collection is amazing.

 

[Marc mndt]

@Marc mndt how many jackets do you currently have? The collection is amazing.

Thanks. I currently own just over forty leather jackets. Most of them were bought this year (in January I 'only' owned five). Last winter's lock down and curfew really jump-started this hobby for me. I began buying pretty much every jacket that I could find that was interesting in one way or the other. All vintage / second hand, all mint or near mint condition. I keep the ones that fit and pass on the other ones, preferably to fellow leather jacket enthousiasts.

 

[Adence]

Thanks. I currently own just over forty leather jackets. Most of them were bought this year (in January I 'only' owned five). Last winter's lock down and curfew really jump-started this hobby for me. I began buying pretty much every jacket that I could find that was interesting in one way or the other. All vintage / second hand, all mint or near mint condition. I keep the ones that fit and pass on the other ones, preferably to fellow leather jacket enthousiasts.

any idea where this might lead to, i.e. what is the estimated saturation value - or is it too soon for a qualified guess?

 

[Marc mndt]

any idea where this might lead to, i.e. what is the estimated saturation value - or is it too soon for a qualified guess?

Funny thing is, I mostly wear just one particular jacket which is my Field Leathers halfbelt. I wear it almost every day because I like the way it ages and by wearing it more it ages faster. So for wearing purposes I really don't need any more jackets

But my collection doesn't feature a vintage D pocket yet so that one is still on the whish list. Plus I have a couple more FL's on order plus I'm planning on visiting Thessaloniki (Thedi Leathers) later this year so I guess I'm not done just yet

 

[Carlos840]

any idea where this might lead to, i.e. what is the estimated saturation value - or is it too soon for a qualified guess?

Storage becomes the main problem quite fast...
I finally did an Excel sheet with all my jackets and i am at 56, with at least 5 planned but still not received and two currently in the mail.
I am honestly not sure where to put these, as there are only so many clothes rails you can have in a house...
50 jackets already takes a lot of room if you keep them on rails, and i can't imagine many people reach 100 jackets without having jackets "EVERYWHERE"
Sometimes i wish i was collecting something smaller/lighter!

 

[Tom71]

any idea where this might lead to, i.e. what is the estimated saturation value - or is it too soon for a qualified guess?

For me the point has come some time ago to concentrate on selling rather than buying.

I'd say, new jackets come in quite "naturally". You see something, you want it, after some time to go for it.
Selling takes a lot more effort, and not just the "operational" part of measuring it, making photos, posting the offer etc. It's getting around the thought of letting go something you dearly love. Not easy, but I am set on selling, selling, selling, until I am left with the jackets I do actually wear.

I guess that's just the evolution of a hobby...

 

[Mysteryo]

Buco J24 in Normandie

 

[Bfd70]

^ that picture might be proof that nobody needs more than one leather jacket.

 

[Bfd70]

@Carlos with 50 jackets collected over a reasonable amount of time what percentage get worn in a year. Do you trend towards wearing the same 4 or 5 or does each get a few days?

 

[Carlos840]

@Carlos with 50 jackets collected over a reasonable amount of time what percentage get worn in a year. Do you trend towards wearing the same 4 or 5 or does each get a few days?

I mostly wear the same ones, maybe 10 or so on a regular basis.
I would say 80% of the time when i leave the house i am wearing a LW, a Vanson or my FW LaBrea. ( I have 15 LW, 13 Vansons, 2 LaBreas, so that alone is quite a rotation even though some rarely get worn like the LW B-2 or the Vanson B-3...)

The rest of the days, i have some i wear "somewhat regularly" like Lewis Mk2, Johnson WWL-41, Langlitz Columbia, some that i wear for "special occasions" like the ELMC Californian and Windward and my RMC JH-1 and some that i rarely/never wear (once a year or less) like my Aero Bootleggers, my Diamond Dave J-100 and JH-01, Himel Chevalier,Cal, Schott, Thurlow.

The way i do it is that i usually have three jackets on the floor next to the front door (in the coat room), these are my three jackets for the week, i pick one of the three everytime i leave the house. Sometimes i will wear all three throughout the day.
At some point in the week i will not fancy wearing one of the three and will go pick one from upstairs, usually wear it for the day and then put it back upstairs (usually that's when the Lewis, Johnson, Langlitz come into play)
At the end of the week i'll swap the three door jackets and wear three different ones for a week.

This week for example i have these three by the door.

But today it's been raining all day and i felt like wearing a jacket that needed a water hit so i switched to this one:

Next week i will probably swap the Vanson Cheyenne for this Thedi that arrived today:

And i'll keep the two LW by the door one more week as they are the newest ones and need the wear most.
There is some method to the madness!

 

[King B]

I mostly wear the same ones, maybe 10 or so on a regular basis.
I would say 80% of the time when i leave the house i am wearing a LW, a Vanson or my FW LaBrea. ( I have 15 LW, 13 Vansons, 2 LaBreas, so that alone is quite a rotation even though some rarely get worn like the LW B-2 or the Vanson B-3...)

The rest of the days, i have some i wear "somewhat regularly" like Lewis Mk2, Johnson WWL-41, Langlitz Columbia, some that i wear for "special occasions" like the ELMC Californian and Windward and my RMC JH-1 and some that i rarely/never wear (once a year or less) like my Aero Bootleggers, my Diamond Dave J-100 and JH-01, Himel Chevalier,Cal, Schott, Thurlow.

The way i do it is that i usually have three jackets on the floor next to the front door (in the coat room), these are my three jackets for the week, i pick one of the three everytime i leave the house. Sometimes i will wear all three throughout the day.
At some point in the week i will not fancy wearing one of the three and will go pick one from upstairs, usually wear it for the day and then put it back upstairs (usually that's when the Lewis, Johnson, Langlitz come into play)
At the end of the week i'll swap the three door jackets and wear three different ones for a week.

This week for example i have these three by the door.

But today it's been raining all day and i felt like wearing a jacket that needed a water hit so i switched to this one:

Next week i will probably swap the Vanson Cheyenne for this Thedi that arrived today:

And i'll keep the two LW by the door one more week as they are the newest ones and need the wear most.
There is some method to the madness!

That's actually a very good system. I have well over 100 jackets and I just go by the weather (I live in Northern England) and my outfit for the day. The jacket is the crowning glory.

I do have some that I rarely wear but I try to wear them all as often as I can.

I am currently on the biker jackets hype so I haven't worn any military styles for a while.

 

[King B]

Matchless Model X Reloaded in black

 

[Canuck Panda]

@Marc mndt
@Carlos840
@King B