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I'm another who doesn't really have one, my grab and go is whatever one I wasn't wearing yesterday.
This is the one I always grab-
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If you look closely, it’s from Mossimo/ Target. Got it on sale for $15 and gave it a dye job. I love all the pockets and the button-up front.
Yup. that was pretty much the point of this thread.Interesting most of jacket are not leather jacket.
Yup. that was pretty much the point of this thread.
We all have stunning jackets, some are lucky enough to have several. When it all comes down to it, I suspected that there were a whole other type of jacket that saw the light of day when we’re off to run errands etc & a big, heavy leather beastie isn’t that practical.
No, it's in the basement.....On a mountain bike? .
Aero 50s HB in goat- it's lighter than HH but still substantial. At the moment, though, it's a bit too hot for a jacket.
No grab and go for me, there are some i wear more often, some i wear for "special occasion", but i try to wear all of them.
I will always go for leather unless it is too warm ( i then pick my IH duck type III) or if i am doing something where i might damage leather, in which case i wear a Carhartt Detroit.
It's been interesting, Dan. I always assumed a leather jacket was for going to the supermarket or having a picnic, working on a car and the ultimate, slightly sloppy, casual jacket. Curious to hear people wear them for 'special' as my mum used to say. Generally I wear thinner hides so they don't feel like a beast, but this confirms why I prefer under 2.5oz. A Carhartt Detroit feels like a beast to me. But since I have dozens of jackets and only wear one once or twice at a time, my rotation takes many weeks. I never get attached. I think I need to change my behaviour.
So, up until this thread - you just thought that people put on their Himel or Good Wear leather jacket prior to crawling underneath their car to change the oil? C'mon.
It's way too hot for it at the moment, but my Wested Indy Radiers jacket was bought as a warm weather jacket. LIghtest hide I own - it's their goat, which drapes like the lamb, but has that durability goat is known for - and the design, loosely speaking an A2 type with no knits, allows for much ventilation. At some ponit I'm gonig to buy a new one (picked this one up used) so that I can get the sleevesl ined in cotton, as the satin sleeve lining sticks to my arms very quickly if I get warm. Hottest temps I've worn it in was at the Taj Mahal in 22 Celsius a few years ago; that was a bit much, but I'm always aware of the dangers of pickpockets in crowded spaces, and the inner, zip pocket was great for my wallet.