I am currently in the process of ordering an Aero A2 38-1711-P in FQHH (thanks to Gancho and his beautyfull jacket for giving me this insane idea ;) ) and have a sizing problem.
I've exchanged serveral e-mails with Amanda so far and she recommended to order the jacket in size 46 with 1" added...
To find out your size and learn a great deal about dating a peacoat I would recomend the sticky in this forum.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?35824-PEACOAT-DATING
It helped me to find a good fitting peacoat.
Thanks for the compliments.
@Jan
The boots are Diesel Cassidy boots. The toes and lower build looks very equal to the 8111 Iron Rangers.
http://www1.bloomingdales.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=549150&CategoryID=21473
@Green Papaya
The chest measurement was never a problem. I...
OK, so I finaly hat the sleeves let out another inch and the button holes fixed. I'm pretty happy with the endresult and glad that I kept this Peacoat.
I brought it to the tailor after work and can pick it up on wednesday. He's leting the sleeves out 1,5". I'm looking forward to the result and hope he doesn't screw my peacoat up. :eeek:
Both sleeves are 25.6" after my measurement. The right one only looks smaller because the shirt sleeve on the left arm is hold up by the watch.
Honestly I didn't even think about geting the sleeves lengthened until now. Yes, there seems to be about 2" extra material at the cuff, so a tailor...
Well it is not like the effect only appears while doing the Zombie walk. When I bent down to reach something on a knee level high the arms get very short as well and since we've got a 14 month old daugther I will be reaching down quite a bit this winter I fear.
VT has another interesting...
OK I have some experience when it comes to alter leather jackets (washing machine, Alcohol etc.) but I am a total novice when it is up to wool garments.
How could I stretch the sleeves in a way that it is even and does not look, well, strange and uneven?
Yesterday I got the 1967 Kersey Wool Peacoat with curdory pockets that I ordered from vintagetrends.com. The peacoat is in perfect condition and the body fit is about perfect in my opinion (Size 42 and I have a chest measurement of 44,5").
Sadly the sleeves are at least an inch to short (if...
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