What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[andyone]

Indeed! And certainly not before! Too many great but expensive jackets, shirts, boots. You need all your seven senses on high alert, or you leave the store broke.

or you protect yourself and go with your wife to VMC

 

[Tom71]

or you protect yourself and go with your wife to VMC

Ha! If I’d take my wife to Zurich I would be equally broke but without a new jacket (for myself, that is)…

No, seriously, VMC is a great place, and the people there are super sweet!

 

[LeatherHunter]

Forgot what it was like to wear leather. Schott 118

 

[Rich22]

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The Flat Head SJR-80.

This is one of the very first "serious" leather jackets I purchased - got it at a great price off of Y!Japan many years ago in near-new condition. My first impressions back then were that it was too tight and short, and I've come very close to selling it on multiple times over the years, but in the end I opted to just wear the hell out of it.

Fast-forward a few years and, while still snug (it wins the award for being the jacket that has given me the most arm bruises during the break-in process), I find it very wearable and now I think the length is perfect for me, for this style. Live and learn

Length looks perfect. I'd go as far as to say that's as good a jacket and fit as you'd find on this forum!

 

[Will Zach]

What Jacket I Wish I Was Wearing Today (but I can't because it is 90F out):

 

[navetsea]

I think 2023 is the year of fatigue pants around here. 3yrs old nat vegtan cow jacket

 

[dudewuttheheck]

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I think 2023 is the year of fatigue pants around here. 3yrs old nat vegtan cow jacket

That jacket has aged really nicely.

 

[navetsea]

That jacket has aged really nicely.

thank you Jake

 

[Al 916]

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I think 2023 is the year of fatigue pants around here. 3yrs old nat vegtan cow jacket

It's been said before....The RockStar look rather suits you!

 

[Al 916]

What Jacket I Wish I Was Wearing Today (but I can't because it is 90F out):

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me and it's younger relation (the jacket...(albeit my folk were from the same part of the world ish))

 

[Al 916]

Vanson “E“ from a fellow lounger. Flawless condition with two belts and a mouton collar.
This is a tank of a jacket, and it will need to get WAY colder for me to be able to wear it.

I have been looking for this model for some time now. Thanks to @ton312 for advising on the correct size. Vanson is notoriously inconsistent between their models, and while I can go down to a 40 in some jackets, this is a 44 and had to be!

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What extra did you put on your standard measures Tom? (looks great btw!) and/or @ton312? (you look great too Ton....just generally)

 

[LeatherHunter]

My brand new (1993) Schott 184sm I recently acquired. The leather still smells like it just came off the Schott factory floor. Now I want more brown naked cowhid.e.

 

[AeroFan_07]

mulholland

This really is one of my favorite styles of jacket, just don't know if I'll ever come across one for a price I can go for. Enjoy it in good health!

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Bodie

 

[jauregui]

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I think 2023 is the year of fatigue pants around here. 3yrs old nat vegtan cow jacket

Perfection. You hitting out of the park.

 

[navetsea]

It's been said before....The RockStar look rather suits you!

Perfection. You hitting out of the park.

thank you friends

 

[Salmosalar]

New arrival today! Aero Shackleton in blue vicenza, with leather back…perfect weather forit!

 

[Tom71]

What extra did you put on your standard measures Tom? (looks great btw!) and/or @ton312? (you look great too Ton....just generally)

My experience is that I can very much trust the numbers to see if and how a jacket fits me.

I usually want to see 23"-23,5" P2P but can go down into the lower 22s if I have an action back or other "room-generating" features (underwarm-gussets etc.).

I always thought that a size 42 model "E" should fit, due to the side-lacing and the action-back. Especially with the full-side lacing, I felt that I can pretty much adjust the width of the jacket at will. @ton312 warned me off that I needed a 44, and since he tested that notion with 11 or so E´s himself, I trusted his advice.

 

[Al 916]

My experience is that I can very much trust the numbers to see if and how a jacket fits me.

I usually want to see 23"-23,5" P2P but can go down into the lower 22s if I have an action back or other "room-generating" features (underwarm-gussets etc.).

I always thought that a size 42 model "E" should fit, due to the side-lacing and the action-back. Especially with the full-side lacing, I felt that I can pretty much adjust the width of the jacket at will. @ton312 warned me off that I needed a 44, and since he tested that notion with 11 or so E´s himself, I trusted his advice.

Thanks Tom, it was my thought that I should up to a 46 (if I go X Zip again)

 

[tmitchell59]

Ralphs-Pugh police jacket with cuffs removed, 1950s