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Hey y'all,
first Leather Jacket, first Thread on here - so please bear with fit check anxiety no. XXX.
I quite recently got into the heritage inspired side of menswear and decided to go for an Aero as my first "good" leather jacket.
As we have a retail partner in Southern Germany, I could try out some stock jackets and soon settled on a classic Highwayman for general versatility and layering options.
As I'm 6'7 with a general lean build, so the Premiere looked better standing still and with just a shirt underneath, but felt too restrictive in motion and I wanted sth that can easily be worn with layers under in the colder months.
We settled on a standard HWMN in 44 as the Base with 2inch+ on the sleeves, 1inch+ in the body and 2inch-on the waist with a slight V shape from the arms down.
Six months later (yesterday ) i finally could pick up the jacket and I'm generally happy with it - I think. So I'd like to get some feedback on the fit.
I like the length and overall shape, but I have to say the shoulders are actually a bit wider than on the stock 44 I tried for reference and I'm afraid they'll start looking droop-ish as soon as the leather softens up. Also, the back is wider in general than I thought and I didn't expect it to bunch up around the arms/shoulders as much as it does.
I'd say it's a "decent-ish" fit at least, but a small yet persistent voice in my head is still not sure if I should have used a size 42 as the base or gone straight to the premiere anyway.
Here are some pics as reference.
(I realize the sleeves look shortish here but I must confess I hate having pictures of me taken and held my arms back super stiff against the natural curve of the sleeves. They actually hit around the thumb knuckle when standing like a normal person)
Thanks for taking the time to respond!
first Leather Jacket, first Thread on here - so please bear with fit check anxiety no. XXX.
I quite recently got into the heritage inspired side of menswear and decided to go for an Aero as my first "good" leather jacket.
As we have a retail partner in Southern Germany, I could try out some stock jackets and soon settled on a classic Highwayman for general versatility and layering options.
As I'm 6'7 with a general lean build, so the Premiere looked better standing still and with just a shirt underneath, but felt too restrictive in motion and I wanted sth that can easily be worn with layers under in the colder months.
We settled on a standard HWMN in 44 as the Base with 2inch+ on the sleeves, 1inch+ in the body and 2inch-on the waist with a slight V shape from the arms down.
Six months later (yesterday ) i finally could pick up the jacket and I'm generally happy with it - I think. So I'd like to get some feedback on the fit.
I like the length and overall shape, but I have to say the shoulders are actually a bit wider than on the stock 44 I tried for reference and I'm afraid they'll start looking droop-ish as soon as the leather softens up. Also, the back is wider in general than I thought and I didn't expect it to bunch up around the arms/shoulders as much as it does.
I'd say it's a "decent-ish" fit at least, but a small yet persistent voice in my head is still not sure if I should have used a size 42 as the base or gone straight to the premiere anyway.
Here are some pics as reference.
(I realize the sleeves look shortish here but I must confess I hate having pictures of me taken and held my arms back super stiff against the natural curve of the sleeves. They actually hit around the thumb knuckle when standing like a normal person)
Thanks for taking the time to respond!
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