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  1. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I think this might qualify as over-smashed up. I am actually surprised that high-stress areas of stitching didn't break and that the hide still seems (although faded) to be undamaged. At one point it was accruing some serious, almost construction-site dusting and I think some of it got...
  2. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    This is a Café Racer I've had since 2019. It was given to a colleague, but he reckons that it's too heavy for him to need here and left it over the back of an office chair for three months. I've told him that I'm reconditioning it and storing it for him, but my hope is that he'll forget all...
  3. zebedee

    Did the Price of Aero Jackets go Down?

    Been out of the UK for about 21 years. The context helps me understand price rises. I often miss the architecture and the autumn/winter. It would make sense to live somewhere with a climate that matches the Aero collection/Pike Bros. gear, but I have little common sense. I can wear them for...
  4. zebedee

    Did the Price of Aero Jackets go Down?

    Ah, that'd put paid to that idea! :)
  5. zebedee

    Did the Price of Aero Jackets go Down?

    I think that they make outstanding jackets and I regularly get complimented on the Aeros I own. Weirdly, I also wouldn't want to pay much less than 700 GBP for a jacket or about 180 GBP for boots, but I have a sort of 'cap' on what I'll pay, too, and it's not much north of those numbers (for...
  7. zebedee

    weird/uncommon leather jacket styles?

    I liked the Wolverine huge-lapel and side-zip jacket in whichever X-Men movie it was. Lapels are often really cool if wider - I like the Moonshiner for this reason.
  8. zebedee

    Did the Price of Aero Jackets go Down?

    Yes, I am a long-term customer, but my options would price a jacket at 1000 GBP-plus. I was happy with Loakes at 210 GBP but stopped buying them when they priced up to 250-270 GBP and switched over to William Lennon and a bloke in Tsim Sha Tsui who can make you a pair of pretty-much-as-good...
  9. zebedee

    Aero 1920s Work Coat Collar...

    Russet Vicenza is an alternative - similar drape and weight.
  10. zebedee

    Aero 1920s Work Coat Collar...

    No worries. Measure twice, cut once. Everyone changes shape a bit. It's the pizza/kettlebell spectrum :) I've never really used the side adjusters on jackets, but they'd cinch it in by an inch or so on each side. The button side adjusters are a nice touch. A dressier option would be a...
  11. zebedee

    Aero 1920s Work Coat Collar...

    I'd stick with one size up. Two sizes up might make it a quite loose fit. I find one size up allows easy button closure and enough room for a reasonably thick layer. Again, a size 40 would have been far too snug for me.
  13. zebedee

    Aero 1920s Work Coat Collar...

    Yes, it's hard to demonstrate, but the lining will be a similar thickness. The back of the collar is lined with corduroy, btw.
  14. zebedee

    Aero 1920s Work Coat Collar...

    I got this in a size 42 - for 20s and 30s patterns I size up. It fits like a Maxwell; my 'true' size (a 40) would have been too small.
  15. zebedee

    Aero 1920s Work Coat Collar...

    A couple of pics. I chose Troy blanket lining, so that it doesn't look like the Canuck I covet but won't spend on out of an almost primal fear of accelerated addiction :)
  16. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    That is an amazing jacket. The colour is really striking.
  17. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Size 44 Café Racer. This was an experiment, as my actual size (a 40) was just too tight. A size 42 was better, but I wanted one I could wear in a relaxed fit. The shoulder is bunching mainly because it's new and also because it's breaking in and a bit big, but also because I'm typing this...
  19. zebedee

    Black Vicenza Veg. Tanned water resistance and care routine

    I've worn Vicenza in very heavy rain and I don't think it's noticeably less water-repelling than other HH leathers, goat, steer, etc. Not sure whether water stains would apply to dark seal (which is what I have); I've had no water stains on it, but have had them on any paler leather at some...
  20. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Continuing with wearing in jackets, I lowered the air-conditioning to 'bracing' and am giving the Work Coat in russet Badalassi some air and the grain is starting to come through. I also bought a Pike Bros deck jacket - I sized down, as over a Hanes Beefy T-shirt, it sorts out cold weather...
  21. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    That is a stunning jacket. I really like the way the pocket-reinforcement bits are done; I'd like to get an Aeromarine done this way in battered tan.
  22. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I was wearing the new black Jerky Plainsman around the house to put a bit of use into it. I quite like the russet undertones beginning to peek through, although I need winter to hit before I can beat it to a pulp. I got brown stitching to complement the eventual russet/brown wear and tear.
  23. zebedee

    Aero Jacket Sizing Help

    I think the Premier Highwayman is a slimmer fit; my normal Highwayman is a size 40 and is a little big on me, but a size 40 cafe racer is far too tight.
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