What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[tmitchell59]

Spiegel

 

[Monitor]

Spiegel

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Tremendously good jacket.

 

[cbez]

Everyone loving the og bros today. Not sure if it's cuz red = louder color?

It's more burgundy in person.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

First snow this season in Lithuania today. Temp hovering around freezing.
Testing out the limits of layering with my new Aero Hooch Hauler.
3 layer setup (long sleeve mesh + long sleeve thermal + long neck wool sweater) feel snug but quite ok.
Probably that's as far as I would go with this jacket.
These pictures also remind me how I was worried that this style might not work too well with my favorite hat. The worries are gone - they look fine together as far as I can tell.
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That’s a great look all around, Wolf.
You are owning it.
Favorite hats are great, but if you wanted to up your hat game to equal that excellent jacket you could bring that favorite hat over to the hat threads.
You might be surprised what a vintage western can do with a fine leather.
Lithuania needs a hat guy too.
Again, great look.
B

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Spiegel

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Super Spiegel and substantial looking, T.
Did Cal Sportswear make those for Spiegel??
B

 

[Will Zach]

I agree. I wish I had the cojones to wear a cowboy hat with a feather no less and own it. Great job, @TartuWolf.

That’s a great look all around, Wolf.
You are owning it.
Favorite hats are great, but if you wanted to up your hat game to equal that excellent jacket you could bring that favorite hat over to the hat threads.
You might be surprised what a vintage western can do with a fine leather.
Lithuania needs a hat guy too.
Again, great look.
B

 

[Will Zach]

Spiegel

Super Spiegel and substantial looking, T.
Did Cal Sportswear make those for Spiegel??
B

C'mon @tmitchell59, tell. You said you had a theory who made those 1950s Spiegels. They are rare as hen's teeth, substantial, and all around great jackets. Horsehide, too, but the horsehide tag was tiny and fell off first in most of them.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I agree. I wish I had the cojones to wear a cowboy hat with a feather no less and own it. Great job, @TartuWolf.

Lol
Will, you’d own the cowboy hat look in a NY minute if you would have moved to Texas instead of Fla!!
By the way…you own the Cal look around here incase you didn’t know it.
OG’s can rule.
B

 

[TartuWolf]

@AbbaDatDeHat @Will Zach @Marc mndt Thank you for the compliments/support! I have one single hat and I don't even wear that one enough haha. But I think it's one of the best deals I've found in my life - Akubra "Boss" (discontinued) for ~75eu in mint condition from Germany around 2 years ago.

 

[Will Zach]

Lol
Will, you’d own the cowboy hat look in a NY minute if you would have moved to Texas instead of Fla!!
By the way…you own the Cal look around here incase you didn’t know it.
OG’s can rule.
B

Nah, @Leather Walker is the original Cal bro. He just does not post fit pics too often. I am just trying to learn from the best.

 

[Nacho]

Right back at you. Let's make it a Cal day!

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Looking good, Will. New Jersey finest.

 

[Nacho]

First snow this season in Lithuania today. Temp hovering around freezing.
Testing out the limits of layering with my new Aero Hooch Hauler.
3 layer setup (long sleeve mesh + long sleeve thermal + long neck wool sweater) feel snug but quite ok.
Probably that's as far as I would go with this jacket.
These pictures also remind me how I was worried that this style might not work too well with my favorite hat. The worries are gone - they look fine together as far as I can tell.
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Yeehaw!!!

 

[Nacho]

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Schott 141

Looking solid like a unit there, big man!

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Accidentally posted this in the wrong thread earlier because I'm dumb

Early 50s Windward HH

 

[MrProper]

Outfit from the last days

 

[Tom71]

Regius Aviator

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That’s a stunner!

 

[Leather Walker]

Nah, @Leather Walker is the original Cal bro. He just does not post fit pics too often. I am just trying to learn from the best.

Thank you, Will! But with the joy you spread wearing your jackets, I can do nothing but learn. One of my intentions, now that the cold weather is starting here, is to do like you, guys: share more pics. Here, from the past year, wearing one of my beloved Cals.

 

[navetsea]

this page took forever and several refreshes to properly load, but worth the wait, great jackets outfit and enviable season everyone, I hope in my part of the world we would soon pass these long 35C dry hot days, please australia stop blowing desert air our way.

 

[tmitchell59]

Spiegel

Super Spiegel and substantial looking, T.
Did Cal Sportswear make those for Spiegel??
B

C'mon @tmitchell59, tell. You said you had a theory who made those 1950s Spiegels. They are rare as hen's teeth, substantial, and all around great jackets. Horsehide, too, but the horsehide tag was tiny and fell off first in most of them.

All the MC jackets from the early 50s were superb! Check out the Windward just above. Everything was top stuff, so hard to say one is better. Even with fit, some wear better on others.

The Spiegels just have something special about them. It is the fit plus the quality of the leather.

I know they are not made by California Sportswear. Like any theory it is a thought in search of the truth. It probably only matters to me.

The Truth of a jacket is in the handling not the label. These just handle like few others.

 

[Johnny Deadlifts]

I have bought and sold many jackets (0.01% of @ton312 tally however ), but this Cal is not going anywhere.

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Super cool