Car coats - are they out of fashion now?!

[JackBroChill]

I’m finding that the look just doesn’t work well on me, so I’ll soon be putting two up for sale on the classifieds.

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Will definitely be keeping an eye out if you do post these! That Y’2 is gorgeous indeed, shame the brand never seems to fit me. Their indigo looks lovely.

 

[WolfofStateSt]

It's not my style, personally. If I wanted a long coat, I would reach for wool, not leather. Still, I regularly see people, including young adults, wearing them—so they can’t be that out of style. I see them more in the alternative and punk crowd than the mainstream.

 

[El Marro]

That Y’2 is gorgeous indeed, shame the brand never seems to fit me. Their indigo looks lovely.

But just think of how much money they are saving you!
I too seem to fall just outside the size range of most of their offerings. So far that has helped me avoid temptation because I am a big fan of their work..

 

[JackBroChill]

But just think of how much money they are saving you!
I too seem to fall just outside the size range of most of their offerings. So far that has helped me avoid temptation because I am a big fan of their work..

That's one way ot look at it!

I only have a limited experinece with their stuff but it seems like the 'right' size is just too tight in the chest/shoulders and going up to be able to actually move in it makes the length/sleeve get out of whack where it just doesn't look good anymore.

Which is a shame since they are among the best values of any major Japanese leathermakers, and put out a LOT of interesting and varied deisgins. Oh well, I shall focus on the money I'm saving....

 

[Edward]

For a long time I really wasn't interested in a leather this length. Trenchcoats, looong, yes. Short leathers, yes. But not these. Of course, as always happens, over time things I'd previously ruled out can grow on me. I took to the idea of one of these slightly longer leathers after watching one character wear one in a way I really like in Man in the High Castle - the alternative history drama on Prime. Set in the early Sixties, though an early 60s that is still very 50s in men's fashion terms. I did have my eye on one from Hercules to experiment with the length, though alas they didn't survive the pandemic. Wested do a nice version of their Doctor Who coat (they made the one Christopher Ecclestone wore in 2005, I believe), though since they closed the physical store it can be hard to tell from the website what they're like (as a rule of thumb, I find Wested very ,very good with the jackets they made the original for, and a bit hit and miss for jackets they copy). I might eventually just pull the trigger on an Aero. My cut off, though, like Aero's, remains really 1959 - not interested in a later style / cut for myself.