What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[jonesy86]

Here is a fit pic of the Thedi open. It sure is beautiful leather, and in essentially new condition.


http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/thedi-cafe-racer-xl-brown-fqhh-for-sale.91797/

 

[tnjyoung]

Just came in the mail....so technically I am wearing it "tonight"

 

[Michael A]

I lied when i said in my very first posts on TFL that my HBD was my very first jacket, because I was embarased. I bought this LL Bean in 1990, and wore the heck out of it. Zipper finally broke so I started down the rabbit hole of real A-1s and the rest is history as in all my money is gone. LL Bean was kind enough to put in a brand ew YKK zipper for free. It was about 62 degrees F. when I went to work today and the old jacket was great. nice and light. I think there is some nice grain and patina for an old goat. Just like me.

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Looks great and great fit Jonesy. Wish mine had a fit and look that good.

The new Thedi looks amazing too.

Michael

 

[jonesy86]

Promised fit pic of Thedi open. I'm hoping that it will loosen up a bit with wear. I may get used to the sleeves. It sure is nice though.

 

[jonesy86]

More Thedi. I really like it. I think the sleeves will be ok, unless I keep posting them. Now one would notice accept the TFL Jacket obsessed.

 

[jonesy86]

 

[Thuggee]

More Thedi. I really like it. I think the sleeves will be ok, unless I keep posting them. Now one would notice accept the TFL Jacket obsessed.

They look good to me unless you ride a bike or are a zombie I don’t get the obsession with super long sleeves


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[jonesy86]

Just came in the mail....so technically I am wearing it "tonight"

OK, tell us about it. Is it custom? what is the model, its got to be an Aero. Vicenza dark seal
Come on brag a little about that bad a><ss jacket you just got. it is awesome! I'm sure most of the folks can just look at it and know exactly what it is. I'm still learning.

 

[Superfluous]

 

[jonesy86]

OK, the mirror is pretty dirty. I catch on eventually.

 

[nick123]

Better than a bathroom selfie.

 

[BobJ]

The main danger in having too many leather jackets is that one is tempted to wear them all. I believe that the only way to end up with a great leather jacket...one like your old LL Bean A-2...is to buy it new and wear the heck out of it. And to properly “wear the heck” out of your jacket, you’ve got to develop a relationship with it that isn’t unlike the one you have with your wife. You’ve gotta be committed to it. Totally. Which means you can’t be sneaking around wearing the heck out of other jackets...even if they’re yours. Though the temptation might be great.

AF

Atticus -

First of all, I like your post, I agree with it, and I am trying my darndest to live up to it.

Second of all, here is a song that embodies your signature. If you are not familiar with it, pay attention to the lyrics. Also, watch Joe's AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL guitar work, and body language, at the 3:45 minute mark:

 

[tnjyoung]

So brag on it a little and describe it?

Well, it is beautiful (IMO). It is a brown Aero Highwayman in CXL FQHH (not Vicenza). It has a looser cut and longer sleeves than my previous two Aeros (cafe racer and Sheene). It smells heavenly and it is in virtually new condition, although I picked it up in the “used” section of Aero’s website. I’ll post break in pictures as it happens to show the transformation.

Best regards,
Jason

 

[casechopper]

Lost Worlds Bedford

 

[A-1]

Buco J-21, evolution coming along nicely:

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[Peter Bowden]

@A-1-Too gorgeous for words

 

[Atticus Finch]

Atticus -

First of all, I like your post, I agree with it, and I am trying my darndest to live up to it.

Second of all, here is a song that embodies your signature. If you are not familiar with it, pay attention to the lyrics. Also, watch Joe's AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL guitar work, and body language, at the 3:45 minute mark:

Thoroughly enjoyed that! Thank you! As you know, Strange Fruit is an old Billie Holiday tune. What makes the song especially poignant is that Holiday wrote it during a time when lynchings were still occurring...especially in the South. As to my signature, it’s actually part of a line from The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. I first read that book in undergraduate school, back in the middle 1970s. When I saw that particular line, I remember thinking how well it summed up Southern Culture. It was such a very few words...but it cut to the heart of our conflicted existence better than any words I’d ever heard before. I still think that.


The entire quote:

Heat and Spanish moss. Strange hot land of courtly manners and sudden violence, elegance and anger. A curious mixture: the white-columned houses high on the green hills, the shacks down in the dark valleys. Land of black and white, no grays. The South was a well-bred, well-mannered, highly educated man challenging you to a duel.

 

[Trenchfriend]

My good old (paddded) hazelnut porksplit-velours leatherjacket from 2007, today. Great on autumn weather. Life's good.

It's going to be ten years old, in December! Ultra-robust velours, but got it's weight.

 

[tmitchell59]

Just scored this awesome 40s horsehide. Half belt from Terry Mitchell. I f@%$*n love it! These older horsehide coats are a much lighter hide than the modern horween I'm used to. Thanks Terry, hopefully this is just the first of many! View attachment 91262 View attachment 91262 View attachment 91263

Thanks! That jacket looks great on you. Nice fit. I've got more.