Custom Sheepskin Jackets

[Deleted member 16736]

This website was unknown to me until yesterday. Not your ordinary jacket featured on FL, but very stylish. Expensive, but we routinely shell out $1000 for horsehide or goatskin jackets, so why not sheepskin? Beautiful stuff and it'll keep you nice and toasty. Shortest version is 30", which is a good length for a utility winter jacket. Sheepskin jackets were popular in Sears and JC Penney Christmas catalogs in the 1960's (their version was faux).

http://customsheepskinjackets.com/shearling-product/mens-riding-sheepskin-jacket

 

[wdw]

Some nice stuff there, and the prices aren't bad for custom. I'd buy if it wasn't for import charges to the UK.

 

[marmalademan]

Question for those of you who own sheepskin jackets, a pleasure I am yet to experience myself

If factoring in 15mm thick sheepskin does that mean one should ordinarily look to size up? I'm a 40 inch chest and I'm wondering what sort of external pit to pit I should be looking at here.. not really sure how close these should fit tbh. Any advice will be well received. TIA

 

[Dav]

I have 2 Irvins,
Aero 42 at 24 p to p
Eastman 44 at 25 p to p
and two B-3s
Eastman 44 at 25 p to p
Eastman 46 at 26 p to p
I have a 42 chest, all fit well but differently. The Aero I can't layer much under, whereas the last Eastman I have plenty of room. I think I prefer the 46 fit the most if I'm honest. So to answer you question, yes going at least a size up is a good idea, at least that's what I've found.

 

[dubpynchon]

If you mean a military jacket the sizing includes the shearling so you don't need to size up. Most people however prefer the military sheepskins to fit them a bit bigger than normal, I'm a 43 inch chest and I wear a 44 in a B-3, D-1 and ANJ-4, and a 46 in an Irvin. If you're getting a normal leather jacket with shearling added then I'd size up, unless it's been factored in already, like in the Aero Thunderbay.

 

[marmalademan]

Thanks guys. I was looking at one with a 22 pit to pit that supposedly is a 42. But if Dav's aero with 6inches of wiggle room is a bit tight then I fear that four for me would be too small. Probably is. After all, 22" across is what I expect from a regular 40 with no shearling. I wouldn't mind wearing it with just a t shirt under but even then I'm sceptical.. but maybe, just maybe it would work, damn it

 

[Dav]

I wouldn't say it was tight, I can wear a heavy shirt underneath, but a thick jumper is too much.
22 does sound tight to me for a sheepskin 42, I think you'd feel like a sausage with it done up with anything much else on.