Chinese leather jackets

[Canuck Panda]

I just reinstalled Taobao app on my phone after seeing a Simons jacket on Youtube.

Any one here has bought one of these recent production jackets? Is the leather majorly improved like he claims or just marketing?

This is the first time I see them using Waldes repro zippers. Is the production the same or just photo using one sample?

 

[MickeyPunch]

The jacket I posted earlier in this thread was from Chrus on Retro and didn’t have any issue. YMMV.

 

[Gerald Parel]

If you want direct contact with one of the makers search razor_502 on Instagram.
I asked him if he is ok with posting it here and he is .

Ah great! Tailor Brando is one of the AE shops I want to order from.
That said Tailor Brando on AE sells different "brands". Is it just one manufacturer that labels its items depending on the tier?

 

[Gerald Parel]

I just reinstalled Taobao app on my phone after seeing a Simons jacket on Youtube.

Any one here has bought one of these recent production jackets? Is the leather majorly improved like he claims or just marketing?
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This is the first time I see them using Waldes repro zippers. Is the production the same or just photo using one sample?

I bought the Jiashi version on Aliexpress, from C&C Factory Store.
No foul odour, a slim fit (I was expecting something a bit roomier) but a good fit. Good leather as well, overall very well made, solid.
Terrible messaging with the seller when I requested an exchange for a size larger.
The seller does NOT want returns, play the blame game, and ended up saying that the returned items were destroyed automatically. Whether it's true or not, I don't know, but they should specify it on their ad one way or another.
In the end they gave me back 40% of the price for me to keep the jacket and extra significant reduction if I buy from them again.
We came to a good deal. Part of the rudeness from their end comes from the translation, I am sure, as I dealt with Chinese clients before for my job. So all in all, an OK experience.

The jacket has a SLIM FIT, that should be specified. In the end it still fits good as they expected but not as I expected. I will wait for spring to see if I really like the jacket or not.
XXL is a 40

(I attached a finny bit of the messages from the seller - to which I almost answered: "You must be very weak" but ultimately refrained from it knowing the translation makes them sound terribly rude)

 

[Gerald Parel]

Here's a bit of my short experience with Chinese online stores:
Crush On Retro:
+Good communication and customer service
-Just another middle man, priced higher than Aliexpress sellers, bad smell on the 3 items bought.

C&C Factory Store:
+Good Prices, accurate photo/product, offers significant reductions in disputes, no moldy smell
-Missing infos, awkward communication, do not accept returns.

YR Clothes Factory Store:
+Good Prices, accurate photo/product, offers significant reductions in disputes, no smell at all
-Not so keen on exchanges, but alright.

AnnualRing Store:
+Fast shipping, reliable, accurate, no smell

Bronson MFG:
I have no negative with this store. I buy from them since 2019 and I would buy exclusively from them if they had the items I am looking for.

 

[PilotJens]

Ah great! Tailor Brando is one of the AE shops I want to order from.
That said Tailor Brando on AE sells different "brands". Is it just one manufacturer that labels its items depending on the tier?

Tailor Brando is a new name of Cidu or the company behind many brands .Cidu is a local Chinese brand and Tailor Brando is supposed to be for the market outside of China .
They currently still sell stock they have in inventory with other brand names attached to it .
Once the new brand gets established more and more items will carry the name and packaging.

There seem to be a few sellers or brands that steal their pictures and send lower quality "reproductions" of their product line.
Some may be advertised with repro zips like talon or even niche zips like German riri zippers and then come with generic zips and embossed leathers .
Similarly to the beginning of 5* where a lot of Pakistani makers stole pictures of the real thing ("because apparently everyone does it") and you could buy 100 different badly made jackets in the same style