i think the biggest enemy of leather is salt, including your own sweat , so if you wear leather jacket in warmer days just don't forget to wipe the inside of the collar that touches your neck, the rest of the jacket as long as it is not a lambskin will last a lifetime, if you're in doubt then have 2 leather jackets then it will surely last your lifetime, as long as you don't gain weight.
I remember there was a photo here about rotting cxl that was worn by a japanese guy (of raw denim community perhaps), probably same analogy as how a heavyweight raw denim can be a tattered mess within 1 and half year worn by some people yet similar denim would look pristine after 4 years of wearing on some others, probably the intention comes to play here, if what the wearer's desire is wear and tear then they would wear the jacket or jeans to ruin it day by day probably they don't use sand paper to fake it but in every activity they do, their sole hope is to mark the clothes to give character by exaggerating their activity in them, if that's the wearer's wish then it will come true. But if we just wear it with common sense even if we wear it daily then a leather jacket and jeans will last forever.
I remember there was a photo here about rotting cxl that was worn by a japanese guy (of raw denim community perhaps), probably same analogy as how a heavyweight raw denim can be a tattered mess within 1 and half year worn by some people yet similar denim would look pristine after 4 years of wearing on some others, probably the intention comes to play here, if what the wearer's desire is wear and tear then they would wear the jacket or jeans to ruin it day by day probably they don't use sand paper to fake it but in every activity they do, their sole hope is to mark the clothes to give character by exaggerating their activity in them, if that's the wearer's wish then it will come true. But if we just wear it with common sense even if we wear it daily then a leather jacket and jeans will last forever.
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