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Leather jacket for a petite man?

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mattc123

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I'm 5'3" with a 35" chest and I fit an Aero Board Racer in size 36 with ~23" body and sleeve lengths.

You'll be fine with an Aero BR in 34/36 or their Japanese STF/Premier series in the same just do a fitting with Thurston beforehand to lock in your size.

Vanson Daredevil is an option as well.
 
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Completely unrelated, but is the use of the term "petite" common with a masculine subject in the US? Or is it a typo?
In french a woman would be described as "petite", but a man would be "petit" with a mute T in the end.
Using "petite" for a man feels all kind of wrong...
Is this another case of a french expression that got deformed in use like "Au jus"?
 
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Carlos840 said:
Completely unrelated, but is the use of the term "petite" common with a masculine subject in the US? Or is it a typo?
In french a woman would be described as "petite", but a man would be "petit" with a mute T in the end.
Using "petite" for a man feels all kind of wrong...
Is this another case of a french expression that got deformed in use like "Au jus"?
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Its typically used feminine in the US too.
 
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Carlos840 said:
Completely unrelated, but is the use of the term "petite" common with a masculine subject in the US? Or is it a typo?
In french a woman would be described as "petite", but a man would be "petit" with a mute T in the end.
Using "petite" for a man feels all kind of wrong...
Is this another case of a french expression that got deformed in use like "Au jus"?
Click to expand...

Who knows? But I took his use of the word to be playfully descriptive.
 
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I'm almost exactly the same as you. 5'4" 115 pounds 34 chest. I almost always go custom. My Aero slimfit halfbelt is a perfect jacket for me. It has a 23 inch long back and a 34 inch chest. I have a Lost Worlds 34 short Ryder. And a new US Authentic A2 in a 34 short. Custom will be your best fit.
 
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Edward

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Carlos840 said:
Completely unrelated, but is the use of the term "petite" common with a masculine subject in the US? Or is it a typo?
In french a woman would be described as "petite", but a man would be "petit" with a mute T in the end.
Using "petite" for a man feels all kind of wrong...
Is this another case of a french expression that got deformed in use like "Au jus"?
Click to expand...

It's one of those loan-words from French that English has adapted. Petite is always the form that has been used. That we only have one form in English is unsurprising; as a general rule, our adjectives do not change form based no the gender of the person to whom they refer - though it is fair to say that some words are more commonly used in relation to one gender than another. For example, a woman may be considered beautiful, whereas an attractive man would typically be more likely to be referred to as 'handsome'. 'Petite' simply means small, or small and delicate. It's not necessarily an implication of effeminacy in a man beyond a cultural assumption that men want to be 'big' and muscly, while being small and delicate is a female trait. It's a term more commonly used in female fashion to denote the shorter of stature - a 'petite' sizing in most UK women's clothing brands relates most specifically to length, i.e. the same clothes in the same overall sizes, but cut to suit a woman standing under 5'2" (i.e. under the average height of 5'3"). Men's clothing legnths are typically long, medium/regular, and short.

As to why we use the female spelling, that probably is a mix of things, most likely pronunciation and popular dictionaries. Johnson's 1765 dictionary, contrary to popular belief (and Blackadder III), was not the first English dictionary, but it was the first reliable one. Much before that, spelling was much less uniform, and if it looked right, it was. All based on pronunciation. As dictionaries, particularly the OED, formalised spelling, the fact that the influential / popular ones spelled things a certain way became the standard. In the US, different dictionaries prevailed than in the UK, hence the difference between American and UK English spellings.
 
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