Jin431
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Lol, nice jacket man! Yeah I was just there on Saturday with my bro to check out my jacket. My bro always wanted a repro of the Dean Winchester from Supernatural car coat, so I surprised him with it at JL. I doubt anyone here would be interested in it, just a thigh length, very loose fitting car coat, but man did JL did a great job, my bro was over the moon. I even had Damon play along with me, saying it was another customer's jacket, and my bro was doing math in his head like man I need this jacket, and then he realized that it was made for him, he flipped.
Alas, like all well concocted plans, tragedy struck and the button machine broke so we weren't able to pick them up that day. Damon and I talked earlier in the day and said to come by anyway, use this opportunity as a "final fitting". They made the jacket to spec, but I had them tapered my sleeves a little on mine after the original spec turned out to be too loose after all. And my Bros jacket they did blindly but they nailed the fit he wanted, super comfortable with tons of space to layer underneath. He's actually asking me everyday if he really need buttons, he wants to take it home now, lol.
I hope you got to take a peak at my lining, lol. I'm so so glad I skived the leather, it's very wearable right now, and with the more looser, comfort fit I speced, I should be able to happily wear it from day one. I see the work ahead of me to get it right, but so far it's looking very promising. It's a very simple jacket at the end of the day, but I have some subtle touches that no one will see that I chose.
Oh I saw your brown jacket as well, man oh man that leather is amazing in person, I can only pray mines comes out half as good as yours after it breaks in. It actually has a nice red tone to it, love it. It really, really made me think in the future a shell cordovan cxl cafe jacket may be necessary, lol.
Man that's so kind of you! I'm sure your brother will enjoy that dream coat of his even more since you surprised him with it. I'm sure he will need buttons so he will just wait a while until they fix the machine lol it will be worth it anyways. I'm getting my sister a deerskin trucker from 5* (she is only visiting for a few weeks and JL won't be able to accommodate a jacket within that time frame)
I did see your lining, it's so playful and vibrant. I liked it a lot and it holds meaning to you so that's very cool. I noticed how light and soft the coat is, it doesn't feel like the heavy cxl anymore which is a great thing especially with the longer length of a coat. Very smart call there my friend. That leather is awesome, it's grainy and rich looking. It's not dull or flat at all, if I knew the overdye can look that good I would have picked it over the brown cxl (maybe)
Thanks man, I got the luck of the draw. JL gave me a very handsome hide and it's really getting better looking with wear. I'm sure you're jacket will turn out great! I can't wait to see how the black overdye fade and show the brown underneath. Hope you get the jacket before the year ends