What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[torfjord]

I had one of those about 25 years ago.
Mine I bought at that time as a motorcycle jacket at Hein Gericke. But was very valuable and well made. Dumb that I left it to a buddy at the time ;-)

I really understand that they’re not everyone’s taste with the super boxy fit and huge sleeves. It has this utilitarian and functional feel to it. I really like it, but I like to have a variation of different fits in my collection.
You should have kept yours

 

[ABCD]

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Wearing my new to me Swedish military dispatch riders jacket. This is not an original but a repro. I would guess goatskin based on the pebbly texture. Found this by chance in a vintage shop in Amsterdam two days ago.

Such a cool jacket!

Fun fact: Half an hour earlier @torfjord explained to me how he was perfectly content with his current line-up and that he really didn't feel the need to buy any more jackets.

 

[torfjord]

Such a cool jacket!

Fun fact: Half an hour earlier @torfjord explained to me how he was perfectly content with his current line-up and that he really didn't feel the need to buy any more jackets.

Haha, it's completely true! But sometimes a jacket finds you and you have to seize the opportunity

 

[Edward]

Lol Okay, I'm looking at the ungodly heat in the Isle of Wight and Edward, you sure that's the same Isle of Wight? I'm seeing 20-something degrees Celsius tops over there while I've been roasting at 32C in shadow for the past three days...

North of 26C most of the week and closed in on 30+ on our last full day there - hellish enough for me. I have no use for weather over about 18C, and given my druthers I'd never again experience anything over 12....

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Wearing my new to me Swedish military dispatch riders jacket. This is not an original but a repro. I would guess goatskin based on the pebbly texture. Found this by chance in a vintage shop in Amsterdam two days ago.

Nice. I like these a lot, both in the leather and the (more commonly seen over here, but still rare enough) green cotton / canvas / textile. Good score. Plenty of room for Winter layering, too.

7 deg celcius here, damn coldest day so far. But I was able to wear my Aero twice so all good,

I could do with that for six months already, alas the hell of London Summer is only just beginning. I'll feel dead until at least October.

 

[CombatWombat]

My Victorian police jacket made by Stagg leathers Melbourne.
And yes it's a lighter shade of navy blue (our state police tend to have roughly the same shade of blue except for NSW, which is black and WA which hadn't issued leather jackets since the climate is too hot for it)

 

[lopo]

Lost Worlds A-2 Collar S. brown
LVC "Old Rinse", RW 1905

 

[Edward]

Ahh most of my jackets are Australian brands......with designs unique to us..... probably of little interest to Americans.
The exception would be my Christie's A2......a reproduction of the Australian wartime contract for the USAAF (V505).... only downside is the synthetic knits rather than wool

I'm aware - but have little to no actual knowledge of - the Australian market having unique designs in motorcycle leathers particularly. First stumbled across this, actually, in the context of reading about Mad Max costumery, with the leathers used in that. Would be interesting to have a thread on Outerwear about Australian jackets as it's something we don't see much of at all this side of the equator.

 

[mendelboaz]

Four excellent jackets were worn last Saturday during yet another Lounge meet-up in Leiden, the Netherlands. The weather was not in favor of leather, but we couldn't resist. Thanks @torfjord @Harris HTM @Marc mndt for coming out, it was a blast!

 

[torfjord]

Four excellent jackets were worn last Saturday during yet another Lounge meet-up in Leiden, the Netherlands. The weather was not in favor of leather, but we couldn't resist. Thanks @torfjord @Harris HTM @Marc mndt for coming out, it was a blast!

Thanks for having us! It was a blast meeting all you fellow jacket maniacs

 

[Harris HTM]

Four excellent jackets were worn last Saturday during yet another Lounge meet-up in Leiden, the Netherlands. The weather was not in favor of leather, but we couldn't resist. Thanks @torfjord @Harris HTM @Marc mndt for coming out, it was a blast!

It was definitely nice! Hopefully next time will be even colder!

 

[Boyo]

Four excellent jackets were worn last Saturday during yet another Lounge meet-up in Leiden, the Netherlands. The weather was not in favor of leather, but we couldn't resist. Thanks @torfjord @Harris HTM @Marc mndt for coming out, it was a blast!

love seeing these meet-ups. All you guys are looking good!

 

[Edward]

Four excellent jackets were worn last Saturday during yet another Lounge meet-up in Leiden, the Netherlands. The weather was not in favor of leather, but we couldn't resist. Thanks @torfjord @Harris HTM @Marc mndt for coming out, it was a blast!

Leiden! Lovely place. Was there for a work event back in....2001, I think. Benefitted from the funders wanting to save money on apex fares, had a meeting on the Friday and then stayed on until Sunday evening. Late August, though - I'd have died in leather there then!

 

[navetsea]

Honestly this is the 1st time I wear jacket in June. Lately I am busy yet with a new hobby revisiting an old hobby playing tamiya mini4wd.

The pants was accidental after squatting to feed my cat not a fashion statement lol.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

BACK to leather weather.

 

[mendelboaz]

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Now that's a LL you can sink your teeth into!

 

[JMax]

Now that's a LL you can sink your teeth into!

One of my favorite LL on the forum.

 

[lopo]

Real McCoy's New Zealand A-2 Monarch

 

[Bushman]

All you gentlemen with such nice leather, and I'm over here with linen short shorts an A/C trying to beat triple digit heat indices.

 

[lopo]

LVC Trucker II 507xx Valencia Street

 

[King B]

Replay calf skin leather