How to resist buying another jacket?

Monitor said:

I'm fighting this addiction too. I remember when I thought Super was exaggerating when he calling it an addiction but it's so damn true it's seriously not even funny. Nor entertaining. At times, it's no different than drugs. But here's what I can tell you...

Buy it - but make absolutely positively 100% sure this is the one! Once I got the cafe racer that I wanted, my obsessive searching thru eBay and local classifieds toned down. A bit but enough to keep myself in check because I know that 99% of the stuff that's gonna pop up on sale is going to be inferior in most ways so why bother? Yeah, I know that's far from true and that it's something I had to convince myself into believing but it works. Mostly. So yeah, it has to be the one that you seriously plan on wearing, one that's exactly what you imagined your perfect jacket will be like. Make sure it's not a whim. And if you still really want that B-3, get it. Just make sure you'll be really happy with it. Also, sell everything else, try to make it feel like a trade or at least that you'd spent as little as possible on it... But in the long run, it just might save you tons of money. And bad feelings.

Really good deal is something I am still not capable of resisting but the jacket absolutely has to check all the boxes for me. I know I would buy tons of jackets had more money but this way I can resist just throwing $$$ away on a jacket that I know I won't like as much as any of the jackets that I have right now.

Reasoning like do I need another jacket never works because for me, it's like saying "do I need another painting?". Yes, I do. Art is nice.

"I'm broke" doesn't work either because I'll just find something else give up on until I get the funds. Like food, for example.

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A-1 said:

Thanks for that! Haha.

Two things that help me:

First, looking at the vintage leather jacket photos thread. I see those people in their clothes and they look so good in them. And that’s mainly because their jackets and all their clothes look like they live in them. They have actually molded to their bodies and they look comfy as f**k in them. I can actually imagine them walking and moving around in them. I love that look and it became clear to me that I won’t ever achieve that by having 10 jackets or even more. A lot of people look more like shopwindow figures. Nice-looking clothes, but only to show them and have them, not to actually wear them. I’m totally not into that. And in the „heritage scene“, more and more rich people buy a lot of expensive stuff and they want to look like the old miners and wild west people who worked their damn asses off (wearing their clothes). But most of them just look like rich people in stiff clothes that can’t really move and don’t feel comfy at all. I don’t want my clothes to look like they’re wearing me. So, I’ll have to wear them more.

Second, it also helps to make yourselves clear that you already possess great clothes. And every time you buy something new means that the stuff you already own will get less mileage.

OK, three points: I want to stay alive. My wife would probably turn my hide into a jacket if I bought three leather jackets a year.

OK, OK four: Don’t settle for second best (not most expensive, but quality-wise). If you want a jacket but buy a similar just because it’s a little bit less expensive, you will likely be buying the other one anyway... So, just go for the one you really want. AND THEN WEAR IT!

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regius said:

I am at a stage (yes, stage, who knows which stage comes next) where I have fairly low interest in leather jackets. I'm tired of trolling ebay or take trips to NYC stores, I browse the classified here but rarely seen anything exciting. This is because I have "learned it the hard way", I have "lived", to my standard. I have seen enough patterns and designs that I figured they could be lumped under just a few categories/systems when it comes to the main features that'd determine how it fits me, i.e. shoulder angle, sleeve girth, lapel shape etc. A beautiful leather certainly stands out, but if the cut is stupid, then it's worthless to me. So now when I see a jacket I've never handled before, I kinda could see what type it is. Then, what's left for the eyes is just the details and leather condition, which I can be satisfied by looking at it on the screen! (plus, I also have experienced enough to know the range of leather feel to the hand, texture, weight, density etc). In other worlds, I am able to get high virtually! Ideally, I'd wish I could be in a state where I don't desire specimen of different types, that the jacket remains an item of warmth and protection....

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ButteMT61 said:

Its funny. With all the nice, expensive jackets I own (still), I've been wearing my semi-vintage Levis jacket and a civi "A-2" which cost me nothing. Of course when I go to a nicer place/event, I pull out the good stuff, but like others, after some years of hunting, failing, etc., I've gone back to "what will keep me warm today" or "which jacket could I get dirty, etc. and not care about"??? Not giving up, just saying like others, I've been in the rodeo long enough and it's time to truly get some aging on these things before I croak.

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regius said:

I am at a stage (yes, stage, who knows which stage comes next) where I have fairly low interest in leather jackets. I'm tired of trolling ebay or take trips to NYC stores, I browse the classified here but rarely seen anything exciting. This is because I have "learned it the hard way", I have "lived", to my standard. I have seen enough patterns and designs that I figured they could be lumped under just a few categories/systems when it comes to the main features that'd determine how it fits me, i.e. shoulder angle, sleeve girth, lapel shape etc. A beautiful leather certainly stands out, but if the cut is stupid, then it's worthless to me. So now when I see a jacket I've never handled before, I kinda could see what type it is. Then, what's left for the eyes is just the details and leather condition, which I can be satisfied by looking at it on the screen! (plus, I also have experienced enough to know the range of leather feel to the hand, texture, weight, density etc). In other worlds, I am able to get high virtually! Ideally, I'd wish I could be in a state where I don't desire specimen of different types, that the jacket remains an item of warmth and protection....

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