What's your 'grab-and-go' jacket...?

[Dav]

I'm another who doesn't really have one, my grab and go is whatever one I wasn't wearing yesterday.

 

[Seb Lucas]

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.

I love this, Mike. Jackets that cost $1500 litter many threads and you like this. And why not - it looks great! I would much prefer this one to so many of the cotton, retro, chore or engineer jackets, which often look awkward or forced when worn.

 

[dan_t]

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.

 

[Seb Lucas]

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.

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.

 

[dubpynchon]

The Eastman G-1 for me, it's light and durable as it's made from goatskin, and it has a funky mouton collar. It'd still be better if it was black though...

Sorry for the glum expression by the way, no matter what expression I have in photos it looks wrong, I should stick to neck down photos.

 

[Downunder G Man]

" I should stick to neck down photos"... Ya think ?

Welcome to "club ugly" mate , not many "male mo-dels" here pal haha...

 

[Carlos840]

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.

 

[handymike]

Carlos, the way your jackets look and fit on you...you should always be wearing them!

 

[Hh121]

On a mountain bike? .

No, it's in the basement.....

 

[M Brown]

a Pendleton Blanket backed jean jacket

 

[Will Zach]

Depends. During the COVID times (and currently summer in NE USA) the only occasion to wear a jacket for me is, sadly, grocery shopping... So I will throw on a Diesel denim trucker so I don't freeze in the supermarket. Pre-COVID (and hopefully post-COVID) the main occasion to wear a jacket in spring, fall or winter, was either going out to eat or going to work. A beat-to-hell HD Sportster was a go-to, although now it could be the Score CR (my new favorite). I try to stick to leather below 2.5-oz. I don't ride, and find heavy leather impractical for casual use.

 

[tmitchell59]

This Taubers trucker often gets the call.

 

[Edward]

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.

Tell me about it. I'm technically at work currently, but it's been a real struggle these last few days keewping up with how busy I am now I'm working from home for the foreseeable. The heat is murder. I genuinely hate all temperatures much over 20 Celsius, but this noe five day stretch where it's not been lower than 34C can, frankly, do one. We're crying out for some rain and cold here. Worst of it is, the sun can trigger a depressive phase in me if I have to suffer it too long. I remember telling a shrink once I could easily turn vampire and not once miss seeing the sun ever again.

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.

Yeah, my leather jackets are, by and large,casual wear, whether that's a pair of cuffed jeans and a polo shirt, or proper trousers, collar and tie, waistcoat type casual. If leather is appropriate, I'll always choose that. My jackets vary quite a lot in look, cut and colour, so it's not ha to choose between them on any given day. At present, because we are midway though the sheer hell of a Southern English Summer, I'm reduced to wearing an undershirt round the house and throwing a chore coat / work jacket on over the top of that when I go out.

Stock photo, but it's the same as mine. 8oz cotton or so, cost me GBP22.00 - nice and light for the heat, which is a plus: I much prefer to be covered up from the Sun when at all possible. Very pleased with this; asie from a new casual kilt, it's my sole clothing buy of the season. I'm not really wearing anything other than undershirst and a pair of jeans right now. That's been one of the upsides of the Covid crisis, really - I' have hated it during Winter when I want to go outside, but seeing as I typically never go outside in July and August unless I have to, it's not so bad as it could have been.

 

[Grayland]

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.

 

[powersci]

These were my go to jackets last year.

On cold but dry days from Drome:

On cool days (this one is awesome) from Nudie Jeans:

And for chores work from Carhartt:

 

[Seb Lucas]

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.

Did I mention Himel or Goodwear? Put like that of course not, but that was not what I said. My views on high craft jackets have been stated. My thinking is that in general a leather jacket is a knock around jacket. I have a limited imagination and outlook, I admit it. Fact is, I don't really think about high end artisan pieces as I don't own any. To me they are reproductions of work wear, you can't wear. I do have an Aero half-belt and that was worn while I assisted an air conditioning mechanic on our roof at work in June. Why not?

 

[trainspotter]

Although I certainly love my heavy cxl jackets and try to wear them as much as I can, this mid/lighter weight Schott Trucker has been my go to jacket during milder Vancouver weather

 

[Edward]

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.

 

[zebedee]

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.

I've spent so much of my life living in really hot temperatures that I'm almost cold in anything less than 20C. When I came back to the UK the first Christmas I'd spent here in a long time really was painful. I'd not been that cold in about 5 years, although the benefit is that I don't suffer much in 30C-32C, and can stand 35C for even quite long periods. I've grown attached to this jacket when I'm not in an Aero:

 

[itsallgood]

There are days I don't feel like hoisting six or seven pounds off the hanger and I reach for a grab 'n go.

Winter months it's usually a vintage LLBean goatskin because its Thinsulate liner nicely cuts the chill.





During the summer months, today included, it's a Johnson's Leathers, which was an impulse buy off the rack that I purchased one day I stopped by the store. I think it's cow hide. I asked Alan to install extra pockets inside, which he did. We live in a "transition area", so summer months can be sunny, but cold and windy, sometimes foggy, especially in the morning, and this lightweight jacket is usually all-day perfect.





The choice of a which fedora to wear determines whether each jacket is dressed up or dressed down and that depends on my destination.