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

[Monitor]

to small and I think to short. very nice though. pretty bummed out expensive mistake

The jacket is at least one size too large on you. Length is good but the rest is too big. Not sure why you think it's too small but that's definitely not the case.

 

[Carlos840]

to small and I think to short. very nice though. pretty bummed out expensive mistake

Definitely not too small, if anything it's one size too big.
Maybe you are experiencing the "too small and too big at the same time Aero fit" that i usually experience.

 

[dudewuttheheck]

@Mister Rivets the length is actually not bad. Those jackets should fit short. It's just way too wide on you. You actually would have needed a 36 or probably just a different pattern altogether. I think even a 36 would be too wide in the waist for you

 

[Monitor]

Definitely not too small, if anything it's one size too big.
Maybe you are experiencing the "too small and too big at the same time Aero fit" that i usually experience.

Same as my Lee trucker right now... I don't know what to do with it but it looks so stupid on me. It's short yet wide. Aaah...

 

[torfjord]

Same as my Lee trucker right now... I don't know what to do with it but it looks so stupid on me. It's short yet wide. Aaah...

You need to get less exercise and eat a lot more junk food so it fits you again.

 

[Tom71]

I had no idea about the other brands avaialb



Thanks. I totally blew it.

Hm, I am going slightly against the mainstream, here. I think, you should give it some time to relax to your physique. It doesn´t look way off to my eye, and once the leather breaks in, nobody outside our bubble will see anything wrong with it.

The other thing is personal preferences. Aero´s Aquamarine isn´t an athletic cut at all without any taper from shoulder to hem. I quite like how it looks on you, but that´s for you to decide. As Marc pointed out, Thedi makes a very nice Shawl Collar Jacket, but certainly even more pricey than Aero.

 

[ABCD]

As Marc pointed out, Thedi makes a very nice Shawl Collar Jacket, but certainly even more pricey than Aero.

That's certainly the case for European buyers, but for Americans pricing is different.

You can buy a stock Thedi cossack from Thurston for $1250. A stock Aeromarine costs $1100.

I'd call that same price range. Yet I place Thedi above Aero in terms of construction quality and attention to detail.

 

[torfjord]

I'm starting to think I don't like buying leather jackets. I like having them, I like searching for them, I like looking at them. I don't know how you guys handle the stress of waiting for a package to be delivered, but I'm refreshing the package tracker 20 times a day currently. Even worse, it is being delivered in Europe by national post operators which means I can only see that it left Spain five days ago but has not arrived in Sweden yet. I have no idea where it currently is or if it is even close to being delivered.

 

[Tom71]

That's certainly the case for European buyers, but for Americans pricing is different.

You can buy a stock Thedi cossack from Thurston for $1250. A stock Aeromarine costs $1100.

I'd call that same price range. Yet I place Thedi above Aero in terms of construction quality and attention to detail.

Absolutely true. I was comparing pre-Brexit prices. Even for us, the world is a different place now. Thanks, Marc.

 

[TG3]

Love the collar on this jacket

Same here. I really like the jacket even though I typically don't prefer pre-destressed leather.

 

[Jin431]

Same here. I really like the jacket even though I typically don't prefer pre-destressed leather.

Same here, I tried one of those pre distressed leather once and I sold it right away. I do like properly repaired jackets though, adds a bit of character so long as the damage is not too bad

 

[Mister Rivets]

Definitely not too small, if anything it's one size too big.
Maybe you are experiencing the "too small and too big at the same time Aero fit" that i usually experience.

 

[torfjord]

It does actually look both too small and too big at the same time. I added blue lines to highlight the "too small" part. See how the leather folds and stretches from the button to the shoulders? To me that looks like a sign of the jacket being too tight.

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

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It does actually look both too small and too big at the same time. I added blue lines to highlight the "too small" part. See how the leather folds and stretches from the button to the shoulders? To me that looks like a sign of the jacket being too tight.

those blue lines, if I had a dollar for every Aero jacket I see like that... well

I think that's a design issue many of us have remarked about. Some of us have put comments in the other thread you started, but it's not just the measurements, it's also the style of jacket. Military stuff is going to be more droopy shoulder, straight line through the body, unless it's a reinterpretation like Thedi is doing. But Aero is more repro. For off the shelf, that is the best you can get and it's actually not bad. Size up, you fix the chest but everything else will be ridic big. Size down will be a bigger disaster for those neck lines.

edit: I also agree with Tom. While you can't expect dramatic changes to the leather, I think some wearing will help some of the problem areas settle in some, while leaving the more spot on measurements in place.

 

[handymike]

Straight out of the package:

It’s not a Kehoe, but the color is awesome, perfect British Racing Green.
I like it!

 

[torfjord]

those blue lines, if I had a dollar for every Aero jacket I see like that... well

I think that's a design issue many of us have remarked about. Some of us have put comments in the other thread you started, but it's not just the measurements, it's also the style of jacket. Military stuff is going to be more droopy shoulder, straight line through the body, unless it's a reinterpretation like Thedi is doing. But Aero is more repro. For off the shelf, that is the best you can get and it's actually not bad. Size up, you fix the chest but everything else will be ridic big. Size down will be a bigger disaster for those neck lines.

edit: I also agree with Tom. While you can't expect dramatic changes to the leather, I think some wearing will help some of the problem areas settle in some, while leaving the more spot on measurements in place.

I'm not sure that it is the infamous Aero neck hole creases. Don't those creases usually run in the opposite direction? From the neck and slightly outwards towards the armholes. I could be wrong but I also feel pretty sure that this is something else.

 

[Riu]

Just ordered this trainee CR from Aero, I'm curious how it will fit me.

 

[torfjord]

Straight out of the package:
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It’s not a Kehoe, but the color is awesome, perfect British Racing Green.
I like it!

That color is awesome! How is the fit? If you ever want to sell this one, send me a dm

 

[MrProper]

Just ordered this trainee CR from Aero, I'm curious how it will fit me.

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Very nice. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I had also looked at the jackets of the trainees. Unfortunately all too short. Both body and sleeves.

 

[Riu]

Very nice. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I had also looked at the jackets of the trainees. Unfortunately all too short. Both body and sleeves.

Thank you! I'm hoping it will fit nicely. I'm the opposite - initially I wanted to go with the Board Racer since I like the fit but again too tight on the chest and a bit long on the sleeves I thought I'd give this CR a try since it's a bit shorter and p2p seems great

Were you looking only at Cafe Racers?