How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

Edward said:

Very nice. Similar look to the Lewis 935s that were worn by James Caan et al in the original Rollerball film, but with a few tweaks that make them very classically Aero, such as the American-style buckle. These look like they would be criacking for riding in. Did you order them direct from Aero? Couldn't find leather trews on the website recently, I wondered if they'd either stopped doing them or just revampling that part of the site.

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Thanks! Yeah, got 'em directly from Aero. They're the 60's UK styled jeans, same as LL or Belstaff was making in the 60's. I think they go perfectly with Ken's 60's policy and Aero has reproduced them perfectly.

But yeah, sadly, they're no longer making leather trews - or rather, they are but only for returning customers who know exactly what size works for them as there's been a lot of returns. Enough to scrape them off the site. But I can see why as buying leather pants would be a lot trickier than jackets and not only 'cause of the fit issues but also, many people think it's a great idea until the trousers arrive and then they realize oh my God what have I done...

Anyway, these were a return as well, a 32/34, already made and all so got 'em for a good deal. If I had to wait, don't think I would've went through with it but it just happened a pair in my size was lying around so I got them. They're fantastic, insanely heavy (seriously, heavier than most jackets) and fit great. The problem is I want classic jeans now, too.

jonesy86 said:

Full TFL Uniform
Boots
Jeans
Belt
Tucked shirt
Jacket
Hat
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Even the hand in the pocket pose, good job

jonesy86 said:

Full TFL Uniform
Boots
Jeans
Belt
Tucked shirt
Jacket
Hat
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I think the mods should add a hat requirement with fit pictures lol

Monitor, those look great. I wonder when the Lewis ones were designed. A lot of their classic "60s" designs, like the Lightning, originated around 1958, thought they were very popular into the 60s. I know Ken's very firm on the "nothing after 1959" for the Aero brand now, so that could be anotehr reason theyr'e not on the website if they are really a 60s design. In which case, when the off-shoot 60s brand comes on stream... I can imagine they're a lot more hassle than a jacket with fit and returns issues, of course, especially if few Aero customers actually ride these days. Interestingly, Lewis don't have any mc trousers on thei website now either (just 15oz selvedge jeans), pehaps a tacit recognition that they sell more to non-riders nowadays?

Marc mndt said:

There's one more formal shirt which is designed to wear untucked. It's the Cuban guayabera. View attachment 253007

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Good call. Planning to pick up a couple of those next Summer for the office. Was gonig to this year, but I've ended up primarily working from home, sweating it out in an undershirt and wishing for rain...

I always tucked my shirts in including T-shirts until 5 years ago when my colon was removed. Now my bowels protrude out my abdomen and I attach a bag to collect waste which creates a bulge. In addition to the bag, I have a pocket of blood and fat between my skin and abdomen wall that protects my bowels where they protrude from the wall, further increasing the bulge. I was once asked if I was carrying a gun by a teller at &-Eleven. Now I only tug a shirt if I am wearing my jacket zipped and even them the tugged shirt interferes with the bag. This is the only place my wearing my shirt not tucked has ever been questioned. I have considered having the pocket of blood and fat removed by cosmetic surgery, but there are health and safety concerns. I have explained my condition here once prior after another member commented on my shirt not being tugged in? I do not let my condition slow me down, I am seventy and this weekend I raced my forty-foot sailboat overnight out in the open Pacific ocean in 30 note winds and high confused seas. When I was not wearing a foul weather jacket, I was wearing a leather G1 jacket

Well done Sir. Kudos to you.

A very good friend of mine , passed away just a year ago at 76 , was a "bowel cancer" survivor , like yourself on a colostomy bag. Un-tucked shirt or T shirt all the time , wore his Brando style leather jacket to ride his 2003 Harley V-Rod.
He was quite a "spirited" rider and we all used to laugh at his portable GPS telling us the "true story" when we pulled up for coffee

He was an Australian Vietnam veteran , avionics and helicopter man. NEVER complained , toured the US several times in recent years. Drove a 2 seater convertible Mazda Miata sports car on inclement days.

Sadly missed , Vale Brian Mahoney

I forgot about riding, I wear my Aero and Vanson sport rider high waisted riding trousers over my shirt they ride high enough to cover my ostomy bag. I wear the aeros over my boots the sport riders inside my boots, I have not noticed any proposed FL requirements on pants inside/over boots.

El Marro said:

I’m sitting here reading this and shaking my head, t shirt tucked in:
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With a nice belt like that, it should be criminal to wear untucked shirt/t-shirt. That needs to be visible!

I started tucking maybe 10 years ago when I bought a nice looking belt. Liked it a lot and didn’t want to hide.

jonbuilder said:

I always tucked my shirts in including T-shirts until 5 years ago when my colon was removed. Now my bowels protrude out my abdomen and I attach a bag to collect waste which creates a bulge. In addition to the bag, I have a pocket of blood and fat between my skin and abdomen wall that protects my bowels where they protrude from the wall, further increasing the bulge. I was once asked if I was carrying a gun by a teller at &-Eleven. Now I only tug a shirt if I am wearing my jacket zipped and even them the tugged shirt interferes with the bag. This is the only place my wearing my shirt not tucked has ever been questioned. I have considered having the pocket of blood and fat removed by cosmetic surgery, but there are health and safety concerns. I have explained my condition here once prior after another member commented on my shirt not being tugged in? I do not let my condition slow me down, I am seventy and this weekend I raced my forty-foot sailboat overnight out in the open Pacific ocean in 30 note winds and high confused seas. When I was not wearing a foul weather jacket, I was wearing a leather G1 jacket

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I'm not surprised this is the first place that tyou found raised the issue oftucking / not tucking - we're kind of unique neighbourhood in that way... Though you raise a very valid point that people may well have reasons for wearing clothes in a certain way other than being a style choice, and we should all tread carefully before commenting. I recall a story about a DJ who, angered by his friend having offered two girls he'd picked up at the club a lift home (it was actually the DJs car, DJ was driving, it was a bit out of his way.....) relented on sole condition they helped him carry his gear out. So then he sees one of these girls carrying just a couple of discs and, in a snmit, says "what's the matter with you, only got one F***ing arm?" At which point the young lady calmly set dow the records, and in one fluid movement turned round, unclipped, and reached him her prosthetic arm....

Good to see you're not letting it hold you back - keep on sailing!

jonbuilder said:

I forgot about riding, I wear my Aero and Vanson sport rider high waisted riding trousers over my shirt they ride high enough to cover my ostomy bag. I wear the aeros over my boots the sport riders inside my boots, I have not noticed any proposed FL requirements on pants inside/over boots.

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Interesting point. I think it's something of a time and place thing, and thus there being historical precedents for each. Cowboys (and, for all I know, bikers in the right part of the US) found tucking their trews into their boots kept the rattlers out... I In the forties / early fifties, while it may have been a style choice for Brando, like many American bikers of the era, to wear their wide-leg jeans over their engineer boots, it's no laughing matter to try to tuck that much denim into one, I can tell you from experience! A less hoodlum bike wearing riding britches in those days wouldl ikely still have worn their boots out over them. By the time the Ace Cafe rocker scene had its heyday in England in 61-64, jeans and leather bike trousers were narrow enough below the knee to slide even those neater-fitting, zip-up Aviakit/Lewis boots on over (as well as the seaboot socks, which then tucked over the top of the boot itself). Across both periods and on both sides of the Atlantic, there were the bikers who wore gear either designed originally for horseback or developed from gear so designed, in wihch case boots over some form of johdpur was not exactly a major evolutionary leap.... The Ace Cafe set back in the early sixties, well - they may look like cute retro-Grease types now, but back in the day that was a seriously scary place for the uninitiated. Father Bill Shergold, who started the 59 Club, rode past it back and foth more than once after he'd determined to reach out to the biker kids in there on behlaf of the church before he felt courageous enough to go in there. Had he not, the famous 59 Club would never have existed...

I know we got off-topic of incoming jackets, but one of the things that make TFL interesting to me is diversity. I know what my jackets and my vintage brimmed hats look like and how I wear my jackets and hats. If ever one else was wearing the same jackets and the same hats as me and wearing them the same way I do, how boring that would be, why bother wasting time on TFL? The same holds true with boots, I have a triple inflection.

jonbuilder said:

I know we got off-topic of incoming jackets, but one of the things that make TFL interesting to me is diversity. I know what my jackets and my vintage brimmed hats look like and how I wear my jackets and hats. If ever one else was wearing the same jackets and the same hats as me and wearing them the same way I do, how boring that would be, why bother wasting time on TFL? The same holds true with boots, I have a triple inflection.

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Could not agree more. Theres so many boots, jackets, belts, hats, you name it, that I would never know about. So many styles and places, pets, backgrounds, etc...I love it all Even if its not my style or my kind of fashion I love seeing it. Theres people from all over the world and its fun hearing about local scenes and places. Hearing how the weather or economy makes choices for people sometimes. Tuck/Untuck, boots or sneakers or flip flops, I enjoy that were all so different, yet uniquely the same.

jonesy86 said:

Ok, ok,
Outside photo...check
Shoes...check
No over long sleeves...check
No shorts...check (capris ok?)
Oops, shirt not tucked in....Doh
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buddy you got style........its all good

jonbuilder said:

I know we got off-topic of incoming jackets, but one of the things that make TFL interesting to me is diversity. I know what my jackets and my vintage brimmed hats look like and how I wear my jackets and hats. If ever one else was wearing the same jackets and the same hats as me and wearing them the same way I do, how boring that would be, why bother wasting time on TFL? The same holds true with boots, I have a triple inflection.

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Amen and amen
B

jonbuilder said:

This has been my most exciting week since I purchase my first Leather jacket 19 years ago three incoming.
First up a large size Star Glove Shearling lined size 46 excellent robust condition. Purchased Saturday delivered Tuesday.

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2nd another Stare Glove overshadowing the 1st. The same excellent and robust condition sized to fit trim and at my waist. I purchase this SG yesterday delivered today. This jacket is going to become a go-to jacket

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Last but not necessary least due in tomorrow of Monday a Schott horween veg-tanned steer D-pocket perfecto

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And I am not done, rode up to Johnson Leather today to drop my Aero Connolly Patrolman jacket off for needed alterations

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The Schott 628us arrived yesterday. The Horween veg. oil tanned steer hide looks and feels like I think my 50s Langlizt horsehide Langlitz would have been before summited to being worn, smooth, luxurious, conforming to my body. The hide smells a lot like my Himel shinki oil-tanned horsehide.



New and improved TFL fit picture checklist
Picture was taken outdoors (I do not carry photographic accessories so I need to ask "say miss/sir/honey/neighbor")
Boots or leather shoes
Felt hat
Shirt tucked
Posed - hand in pocket
jacket zipped belt fastened
Mask
Long trousers
What if anything did I forget?

jonbuilder said:

I always tucked my shirts in including T-shirts until 5 years ago when my colon was removed. Now my bowels protrude out my abdomen and I attach a bag to collect waste which creates a bulge. In addition to the bag, I have a pocket of blood and fat between my skin and abdomen wall that protects my bowels where they protrude from the wall, further increasing the bulge. I was once asked if I was carrying a gun by a teller at &-Eleven. Now I only tug a shirt if I am wearing my jacket zipped and even them the tugged shirt interferes with the bag. This is the only place my wearing my shirt not tucked has ever been questioned. I have considered having the pocket of blood and fat removed by cosmetic surgery, but there are health and safety concerns. I have explained my condition here once prior after another member commented on my shirt not being tugged in? I do not let my condition slow me down, I am seventy and this weekend I raced my forty-foot sailboat overnight out in the open Pacific ocean in 30 note winds and high confused seas. When I was not wearing a foul weather jacket, I was wearing a leather G1 jacket

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Dude, you're an ass kicker!!!!! Much respect brother!!!! A inspiration man---Keep on keepin on!!!

jonbuilder said:

The Vanson 628us arrived yesterday. The Horween veg. oil tanned steer hide looks and feels like I think my 50s Langlizt horsehide Langlitz would have been before summited to being worn, smooth, luxurious, conforming to my body. The hide smells a lot like my Himel shinki oil-tanned horsehide.

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New and improved TFL fit picture checklist
Picture was taken outdoors (I do not carry photographic accessories so I need to ask "say miss/sir/honey/neighbor")
Boots or leather shoes
Felt hat
Shirt tucked
Posed - hand in pocket
jacket zipped belt fastened
Mask
Long trousers
What if anything did I forget?

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thats an amazing jacket, as I thought it sounds very special and different from their normal product. Great Score and I also love your sense of humor...great job going all out!

jonbuilder said:

The Schott 628us arrived yesterday. The Horween veg. oil tanned steer hide looks and feels like I think my 50s Langlizt horsehide Langlitz would have been before summited to being worn, smooth, luxurious, conforming to my body. The hide smells a lot like my Himel shinki oil-tanned horsehide.

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New and improved TFL fit picture checklist
Picture was taken outdoors (I do not carry photographic accessories so I need to ask "say miss/sir/honey/neighbor")
Boots or leather shoes
Felt hat
Shirt tucked
Posed - hand in pocket
jacket zipped belt fastened
Mask
Long trousers
What if anything did I forget?

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Wow man looking great, i ordered the same jacket in size 40, could not find a 42 so i'll give it a try

That Schott is very nice wish it were part of the regular line up. After the d-pocket I think the thinner belt is what I like the most compared to the standard perfecto.

jonbuilder said:

The Schott 628us arrived yesterday. The Horween veg. oil tanned steer hide looks and feels like I think my 50s Langlizt horsehide Langlitz would have been before summited to being worn, smooth, luxurious, conforming to my body. The hide smells a lot like my Himel shinki oil-tanned horsehide.

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New and improved TFL fit picture checklist
Picture was taken outdoors (I do not carry photographic accessories so I need to ask "say miss/sir/honey/neighbor")
Boots or leather shoes
Felt hat
Shirt tucked
Posed - hand in pocket
jacket zipped belt fastened
Mask
Long trousers
What if anything did I forget?

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Excellent jacket and fit! Also love the boots

jonbuilder said:

The Schott 628us arrived yesterday. The Horween veg. oil tanned steer hide looks and feels like I think my 50s Langlizt horsehide Langlitz would have been before summited to being worn, smooth, luxurious, conforming to my body. The hide smells a lot like my Himel shinki oil-tanned horsehide.

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New and improved TFL fit picture checklist
Picture was taken outdoors (I do not carry photographic accessories so I need to ask "say miss/sir/honey/neighbor")
Boots or leather shoes
Felt hat
Shirt tucked
Posed - hand in pocket
jacket zipped belt fastened
Mask
Long trousers
What if anything did I forget?

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The jacket ended up where it was supposed to and meant to be. Looks / fits perfect!