Recent content by GGinMP

I just hope Tesco isn’t monitoring this thread.

Thanks for the correction! I should have had the tag in front of me!

My visit to Aero was on September 19. On Monday, October 9th, my jacket left Scotland and yesterday (Oct. 11th) it arrived at my house in California! I cheated a bit by placing my order online a couple weeks before my trip, but indicated that I would be visiting and making final decisions then...

PayPal, but don’t use PayPal Gift (aka Friends & Family). That’s for sending people money, not for paying for an item.

I can’t disagree. I married a woman from Lancashire! Of course the Aero shop I visited was in Scotland, not England.

I had a great visit to the Aero Leather shop in late September. We were dropping off a friend at the Edinburgh airport prior to a stay in Edinburgh for a few days at the end of a Scotland trip. We did a detour to Galashiels and I spent an hour or so trying on different jackets and deciding what...

Quite right you are! I forget that on the Aero site, when you click on a particular Lochcarron Tartan, the photo changes but "Royal Stewart" keeps showing in the drop-down menu.

The Royal Stewart lining looks great!

Looks good, congratulations! How tall are you? I'm zeroing in on a Highwayman myself.

Interested to hear if our British members find this an accurate history of the Teds: http://www.edwardianteddyboy.com/page2.htm

While I no longer listen to bands like GBH or Chron Gen, other bands of that era hold up well IMO. Some bands like the Buzzcocks might seem more New Wave than punk now, but back then we didn't distinguish between the two very much. I still love listening to them, the Jam, the Clash, Stiff Little...

Neat, Neat, Neat!

Do you mind sharing your height & weight? Any pictures wearing the jacket?

Really great work!

I understand your point, but where is the Highwayman back is supposed to end traditionally, and how much change equals "mucking around"? Adding 1" longer than average doesn't seem like it would change proportions much, vs. adding 4". I'm guessing what I'm thinking of might be 1-2" more than...