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Bahabp100

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The Side Hack Assn. Jacket, this one is one I haven't looked for much before now. That's because I really don't know how to search for it. It really is just a plain, olive green windbreaker, that has a couple stripes on the chest. That's it. The patch on the back is obviously aftermarket. I am about 80% sure this jacket is one of the Sears Windbreakers I showed photos of in my OP. I did buy the one from the first photo.
The only differences between mine and his seem to be the location of the stripes. As well as mine having a pocket, and his doesn't. And my collar having a yellow piping strip, where his had a white piping strip.
I'm not a seamstress. I have a few friends who are, as well as I have dealt with my local seamstresses quite a bit.(this is where my knowledge for the difficulty of corduroy sewing comes from) I think that the piping on these jackets might possibly be able to be rearranged. They seem to be sewn on independently on the back of the nylon material of the jacket. I think the nylon material, however, might be what prevents this from being possible. I have no idea how workable nylon is with sewing. I certainly hope that it's possible. If it is, that means I can have the piping rearranged into the stripes across the chest like his, and this jacket is a solved mystery. If not, then I'm still looking for a jacket that I just barely have a little more idea on how to look for than I did 2 years ago. I have no idea about the plausibility about removing the pocket.

Oh, and the patch for the jacket, that is still a mystery. There was still the one I found on Ebay a few months ago. It sold for $65. I thought that was a ridiculous price, and I didn't buy it. I regret that now, as I would have it in my arsenal, and would no longer need to look for it. There is still the guy on Etsy who is selling a patch that is extremely similar. Seems to be the same patch, but with a bit of extra text on it. The problem with his patch, is that it's only 3.5". and the largest size that he can produce is 5". I need it to be roughly 8", as a large back patch. Honestly maybe even larger, I'm not entirely sure how big it should be, or how to measure how big it should be. So far, roughly 8" is the smallest I consider for it.

The Leather Coat, This one is another very generic jacket. I think this is a trench coat?(please let me know if it's a different style of coat, I sincerely do not know.) I'd be looking for it to go to roughly mid-thigh to knee length. When I search for "vintage leather trench coat", I get some that are about that length, I also get some that go down to the calf to shin area. I don't know if trench coat is the correct term. I don't know much about big heavy coats like this at all. This jacket also has a lining in it, I think it's wool. I can't tell for sure. But it goes all the way out on the lapels, and the outside of the collar, as opposed to being confined to the insides of the jacket.
The rest of the jacket is very generic. Doesn't look to be any markings where it could have possibly been belted, and had the belt removed, but I don't know. not many photos of the back, I can only see it in a few videos. It has 2 vents on the back side, on the left and right, about where the front panel would be connected to the back I suppose. It has straps around the cuffs, instead of buttons like on a suit jacket or blazer. This is another thing that seems to come up a lot when I search for "vintage leather trench coat" The biggest defining detail on this jacket to me though, is the pocket. I actually was able to find a photo that shows the pocket empty. View attachment 293666
The slant of the pocket is what catches my eye the most compared to other pockets.
But it looks to be a patch pocket, without a flap over it, or possibly it's tucked into the pocket, It's hard for me to make out.

Anyway, I'm hoping that some unique details like this(or on the other jackets) are what can help someone who knows more about the time periods, be able to identify it to a certain type of jacket, or brand, or purpose, anything to help narrow the searches.

I was able to find one of the boy scouts explorer shirts in my size, so that one is solved.

I lost a bit of formatting when I split the comment from this second part. Sorry if anything is missing formatting I think I fixed most of it.

Also I certainly do understand that, while Eddie Vedder wearing these jackets is my motivation to collect them, to almost anyone else, he just so happens to be the model in my photos wearing every jacket I'm looking for, and I likely do appear to just be insane.
So while he is my focal point, him being the one to wear the jackets doesn't really reflect much on the jackets, other than some sizing clues, and the fact that they were most likely thrifted, and likely produced before the 90s.

As far as anyone knows, it's certainly possible that every single jacket in this thread was custom tailored from scratch just for him. He certainly could afford to do that if he wanted.
But, knowing a bit about how he thinks and his personality in general, I very highly doubt that this is the case.

Also to tack a bit onto what Claybertrand is saying - These are my holy grail jackets, That's why I'm so hyper focused on tiny details. Same thing for that Fieldmaster I'm looking for. I just so happen to have(with help from a very helpful forum member[Idk if he's cool with me just namedropping him everywhere?]) figured out exactly what model of jacket it is that I'm looking for. But even with that, there are a couple models of the jacket that would suffice. And even more models that are missing the key details that I'm looking for.

I'm kinda just adding onto this comment rather than just making new ones.

Levi's is a great example company for this. So ever since they started doing the type III Trucker jacket, that design has stayed almost exactly the same for them to present day. This jacket design is a HUGE trend. it's been copied by a TON of different companies making trucker jackets. It's an iconic jacket, with iconic features, that are fairly easy to recognize.

That's what I'm hoping someone can spot on one of these jackets that I've posted. Surely something about these jackets was a trend at some point. Surely some specific company started that trend, and plenty of other companies may have followed, or adapted it. Maybe it was just a trend prevalent during a certain time period. Anything like that could help to identifying these jackets. Identifying the jacket helps making finding the jacket much easier.

Most of the searches I use for these jackets are very broad terms. Because it's very hard to get specific. Because most of the details that make these jackets unique, are just things 99% of people are just not going to notice or care about. Like the corduroy trucker jackets - not having stitching between the pockets and hem. It's not there. People typically won't even notice it's gone unless you tell them, or they are just comparing it to a jacket that has the stitching. There's not really anyway I can search for that. I just have to go with something generic like "corduroy trucker jacket" and visually search for ones without stitching by the photos.
The leather jacket looks like a Wilson leather to me . Try searching for Wilson trench coat, car coat, pea coat, top coat etc .
 

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The leather jacket looks like a Wilson leather to me . Try searching for Wilson trench coat, car coat, pea coat, top coat etc .
Thank you, this is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for from this thread.

Unfortunately I couldn't find anything currently for sale with these searches that was what I'm looking for, but these are definitely getting added to my saved searches. Thank you Bahabp100. Definitely some similar coats.
 

Marc mndt

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Chances are small that since last week all of the sudden a couple of Eddie Vedder fans joined this forum. This forum is about golden era clothing.

That basically means you're asking your question to the same guys you've asked your question to last week. And the week before last week.

I believe I'm repeating myself. Maybe I should just bump my reply from last week :p

Edit: typo
 
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jerome230

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Chances are small that since last week all of the sudden a couple of Eddie Vedder fans joined this forum. This forum is about golden era clothing.

That basically means you're asking your question to the same guys you've asked your question to last week. And the week before last week.

I believe I'm repeating myself. Maybe I should just bump my reply from last week :p

Edit: typo

Also, asking people who didn't open the forum last Monday. Or people who didn't open the thread last Monday, but maybe they do now.

As I said last week, it takes me 2 minutes to bump the post. It's on the front page of the outerwear forum for roughly a day at the most, then it fades back into it's normal obscurity.

I understand that you don't think I will have much luck with this thread on this forum.
I fully understand your message. Though you are starting to sound like a broken record. It feels a bit condescending. I'm unsure if that's the intent or not.

The thread being on the front page just makes it that much easier for someone who hasn't seen it before to see it.
Just because every week someone new isn't chiming in with exact details for one of these jackets doesn't mean it's a complete waste of time. This is stuff I've personally been looking for for years. I said it before, and I'll say it again, I'd be very surprised if this thread ever gets any exact answer on any of the jackets I've posted about looking for.

2 minutes of my week to bump it back to the top of the front page isn't much effort on my part to spread the post to other people, whether it be the exact same people who saw it before and didn't know anything, or the same people who are like "Ugh,, it's this idiot again. Won't he just stop? It's fanaticism!", or it's someone who's not even registered on the forum at all, and just happened to find the thread from a related google search.

And I'd like to think that it sitting on the front page for roughly a day, depending on the activity the thread receives, of course, isn't a terrible thing to ask of the forum. (Just a disclaimer, I've never just watched the forum to see how long it actually lasts on the front page. I'd assume maybe a few hours during peak times, roughly a day max at non peak times. I'm not sure if that's far off? If you know, I'd be interested for you to tell me. Though I probably won't go out of my way to watch it myself.)

Edit: Looks like since the last bump of this thread, It's gotten another 300 views, which isn't an insignificant amount by any means.

Edit 2: formatting.
 
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jerome230

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If you guys don't have anything to contribute, and do not wish to see my thread, you do not need to open it, you do not need to reply with negative comments. You are only making it appear on the front page of the forum longer.
I checked it when I woke up today, it wasn't even on the front page anymore, when I had bumped at like 3am.
Somewhere between 3:30AM CST and 11AM CST, it was already gone.
You reply just to say you don't want me to post and you put it back on front.

I do not understand why you guys are so against my thread?
I'm sure you could just put me on your ignore list and then you won't see it again?

I'd like to restate this:
While Eddie Vedder wearing these jackets is MY source of inspiration/motivation for wanting them, for almost anyone else, the fact that it's Eddie Vedder wearing the jackets should be little more than coincidence that it's the same person in each of my photos.

I've met maybe a handful of people in the world who would give a shit about Eddie Vedder's clothes.
I'm one of them. The majority of people do not care. This is okay. You don't need to care. Eddie Vedder did not invent any of these jackets. Eddie Vedder did not have any of these jackets specifically made for him. They are NOT exclusive to Eddie Vedder. Him wearing them is simply the source of why I want the jackets. Please do not get hung up on the fact that it's Eddie Vedder wearing the clothes. It's context clues at best to anyone besides me.

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Yeah - I'm pretty sure this is just trolling too.
I'm trying my best to be polite.
The negativity in this thread is really starting to make that hard.
I am completely serious in this thread. I'm not even sure how that could be of question.
 

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I'm trying my best to be polite.
The negativity in this thread is really starting to make that hard.
I am completely serious in this thread. I'm not even sure how that could be of question.

It's a question because it's hard to believe someone would seriously keep trying to shove a square peg in a round hole with such breathless self-absorption on a site dedicated to a specific interest for which your posts demonstrate a continued and cavalier disrespect.
 

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For the most authentic Eddie Vedder’s look I think you should just walk into a thrift store and buy the leftovers :) the guy seems to be literally putting zero thought and effort in the way he dresses. He obviously couldn’t care less about what’s he wearing (and it shows, he’s a mess:)) so being after his clothes seems a bit of a paradox to me.

I don’t understand the fascination but I don’t have and never had in my life any sort of idol either so perhaps this is what’s going on here. I wish you nonetheless luck in your search.
 

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It's a question because it's hard to believe someone would seriously keep trying to shove a square peg in a round hole with such breathless self-absorption on a site dedicated to a specific interest for which your posts demonstrate a continued and cavalier disrespect.

I specifically asked if this was allowed before posting this thread.
Here's a link to that thread.

The majority of these jackets would span from around the mid 50s up until about the 80s at the latest.
This is among the higher range of what this forum is most interested in, but still relatively close according to Edward in that thread:

"This space is for everyone interested in any aspect of outerwear in the style of or from the early to mid 20th Century. The core area of interest for TFL by design was 30s to 50s, though that has somewhat expanded into the 60s as well in recent years."

If it's not your cup of tea, and you are not interested in what I'm posting that's okay. You don't need to tell me, you are wasting your time. Move on.

I understand that my looking here is a bit of a stretch. However it's not two completely different worlds. If it were, I'd understand the opposition much easier(More easily?).

I will continue bumping this thread until a moderator tells me that I cannot, or I have found everything that I'm looking for.

Edit: Formatting.

Edit 2: Replying to Mich:

You're absolutely right. I'd imagine you're as spot on as possible with this statement. This would be the thing to do if I was just trying to get the look.
I'm moreso going for a functional collection. It's not exactly conventional, I understand.
I enjoy collecting things. I'm a perfectionist, and I want all the little details to add up. I also can't really justify spending my money on things I can't practically use. Jackets are a thing I, in general, really like. I really enjoy wearing jackets, and I like to have options. I want to collect jackets that Eddie wore. This is that. I do wear these jackets. It's not necessarily just to copy his look, though I do do that sometimes, when I feel a bit lazy(in some cases), or especially inspired in others. Depends on the day. It's just a collection. Just like anyone who collects Pokemon cards, or Figurines. I want to collect them all. I just happen to also want to use the things I collect. Not necessarily everyday, but here and there.
 
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Seb Lucas

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I don't think it is a question of what is 'allowed' and yes, that is up to the moderator. It's more a case of what amounts to good sense and fit. If more people thought and posted like you this site would effectively be eroded and given there is nowhere quite like this, that would be a shame. But you have certainly been polite and that in itself is admirable.
 

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I don't think it is a question of what is 'allowed' and yes, that is up to the moderator. It's more a case of what amounts to good sense and fit. If more people thought and posted like you this site would effectively be eroded and given there is nowhere quite like this, that would be a shame. But you have certainly been polite and that in itself is admirable.
I don't know that I agree about the site eroding? Seems to me like it'd just be a more diverse place.

Though I certainly agree with you that this site is unique. I would hate to see this site change for the worse. I've only been on here a month or two, but with the help of a forum member here, I was able to find a jacket that I was looking for just as long as these. It just happened to be another jacket Eddie wore, and leather at that. It was a 50s(I think?) Sears Fieldmaster. I had no idea what it was. Kept seeing jackets kinda similar, but never found anything quite right. Tmitchell59 was able to confirm it as a Fieldmaster. That has been a huge help in the search for that jacket. I currently still have a post in the classifieds section looking for one. Unfortunately there hasn't been much luck yet, but I don't think I'd ever really have a chance at finding that jacket without this forum. Very grateful for that.

I haven't found any other site like this for leather jackets. Especially that era.
 

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lay off this poster.

He contacted me a couple of months ago through my youtube channel and ask about a jacket. We determined it was a Sears Fieldmaster, like some I had owned.

Since he was interested in leather jackets I suggested he join this forum. I've done that many times. He joins, post and then called a Troll, sad.

Which of you owns this forum and dictates who can post and what, when and how often?

If you don't like this thread then don't read it. Pretty simple solution.
 
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