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I am reluctant to spend money because glasses will get lost or broken, probably before the car hits 50,000 miles and maybe before the jacket even breaks in. An I am not sure what size to buy either. I am between medium and large, so anything other than small won't be too bad. But, for...

I would also like to avoid the mirrored look. My mother always told me they creep out women, as you imagine eyes are going where they shouldn't.

I should probably have said that I have uncorrected vision. I do like the idea of real glass. Rayband and Randolph's websites are horrible. That probably shouldn't be such a turn off, as I won't need to use their website every time I wear the glasses. From what I can find, Randolph gets me a...

$1000 is too much unless they have xray vision and can see through walls or weld steel shooting rays from my eyes. $20 won't get me anything better than I can pick up at the corner drugstore. So really anywhere between those numbers is in consideration.

$100, but could go up considerably if value is there

I just bought an Aero cafe racer jacket and a BMW convertible. I feel like I should have a nice pair of sunglasses, not looking to break the bank on this (like I did with the jacket and car) but something a solid step up from the nicest that $20 buys at the corner drug store. I know most of...

Thurston sends you a stock jacket they believe is closest to your size, that's what I referred to as my fitting jacket. The upper on my fitting jacket and finished jacket are the same size. Biggest differences between photos are holiday weight gain, leather and break in.

I don't intend to wear it zipped often. I need to lose weight too, too many sausages. You are what you eat.

Against my better judgement: Besides loosening up, it will look better without sweat pants, and also after I drop some Holiday weight gain.

Neck is too big, not a huge issue and I might never actually button it. Every dress shirt I own, I have to buy a bigger neck than standard or it won't button around my fat neck. But my fitting jacket was way too big on my neck, so I asked to size down, and I think they did. But it is still...

Difficulty aligning both sides, knowing if they are aligned and amount of force required to zip it. Not a huge deal, especially if it doesn't get worse, but the fitting jacket was much better.

Jacket arrived just now. I wanted to post some initial thoughts, but this is a Spring jacket and going to sit in my closet a while. I may not have time to photograph it, and it will look much better after it stretches and relaxes. 1) The Badalassi on the new jacket is much stiffer (not...

Cracking and grain are two different things. The grain is on the surface, cracking deals with stiffness and flexibility (or lack thereof). Perfectly smooth cheap leather is that way because they sand it to remove the grain.

My fit jacket from thurston-bros was so small I almost returned it - I thought I'd rip it by either trying to get my arm in even trying it on unzipped. In the first 24 hours, it stretched considerably, and I am glad I did not size up (although I have yet to get the final jacket). I do feel a...

Maybe I am not familiar enough with Japanese brands. For me, it isn't about v taper. I taper nicely and can do even better losing weight. My challenge is always to get something that fits my chest without being a circus tent around my belly. Jason Momoa is definitely a western physique...