Recent content by Black Prince

Any chance of naming and shaming the shop? It'd be good to know it to avoid it.

My wardrobe clearance continues! Just up (or about to appear - they seem to take a while - in my seller listing is a brown leather duffel coat from Burberry and a Ralph Lauren trenchcoat in luxurious black lambskin...

For those interested in a lighter weight Belstaff hide, dark brown rather than black, I've added a Belstaff Panther...

It's certainly Irvin weather at the moment. I've been glad of mine.

Aww, thankyou!

I'm hoping it's okay for me to be linking to my own auction. I can't find anything in the rules to suggest otherwise but may have missed something - so moderators should feel free to delete this thread if I've overstepped the rules. Anyway, I'm trying to clear some wardrobe space (and...

That's probably quite a US-centric list. In the UK, letterman/varsity jackets are much less frequent; probably more commonly seen (in London, certainly) is a Belstaff or Barbour belted jacket in waxed cotton or leather. Also, there's always been something of a tendency to pair smart jackets...

Lambskin blazers are a fundamentally different beast from the tougher, more utilitarian garments produced by Aero, Lost Worlds, etc. I have a couple of beautifully soft jackets from Gieves & Hawkes and Hugo Boss. Both are good quality but the Gieves version is better tailored and hangs more...

Not sure if you're still looking or what size you are but there's a vintage Lewis Leathers Roadmaster on eBay at the moment...

You can sometimes find Lewis Leathers bargains on eBay (I have a 1970s/'80s UK motorcycle police jacket in similar belted style) or here. Can be costly, though.

I feel the same way - and sometimes I'm a little uncomfortable with the vocabulary of criticism if it seems to lean too much towards "Cissy" = Bad, because that's the culture in which I grew up and, as a gay man, had difficulty breaking out of. So... although it's not my own preference, I...

I can accept that GQ is essentially about fashion rather than style - fine, there's a place for both. My own bugbear is that whenever there's a piece on leather jackets, it invariably includes a line about making a purchase which will "last a lifetime" and get better with wear. That's...

Is this the second Hellboy? I seem to remember his coat in the first film being made of weather-beaten brown leather

Indeed - it rather depends on one's priorities. I love period styling but tend to prioritise good quality leather and workmanship over the notion of exact authenticity. I have my fetishes but that's not one of them! In response to the original question, I have a black steerhide cafe racer...

Nice. Was it the seal brown or cordovan?