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Man, the fit is more than perfect. Do yourself a favour and don't throw this jacket away!
In this hobby, you will find yourself in situations where you'll feel like a dork here and there (or all the time). But the payoff is worth it!
If you do decide to move it, I doubt you'll have any problem.Here are some better pics showing fit, I tucked the shirt in so the belt line is visible, pardon the mini gut, it's winter, this will be gone by late spring if I can stay healthy enough to run consistently. We also just moved into this old victorian in August so other than paint I haven't gotten to our bedroom yet, that's why it's so spartan.
My only question on fit was the length of the jacket, I think for this style it's right on the money. I think I gotta stick it out!
My only question on fit was the length of the jacket, I think for this style it's right on the money. I think I gotta stick it out!
Fit is 11.5/10. Do you know how tough it is to get a HWM to fit this good? It's downright impossible. Many... Most tried and failed, never to be heard from again.
What you need to consider is that the Highwayman is still and always has been Aero's best seller so obviously when it comes to ebay the Highwayman is going to feature heavily.Yep. Take a look at eBay right now. I bet more than 50% of the Aeros for sale are Highwayman...and its always like that. They just don't work for many people. But you sir...it doesn't get any better than that fit for that style of jacket.
We do understand that our classic Highwayman fit isn't to everyone's taste hence why we recently released our Premier Highwayman as another option. It is a much trimmer fitting jacket with slimmer sleeves, raised arm holes, narrower shoulders etc ......^ True. Good point. But I still think that the Highwayman is a tough style for most of us to pull off well. I've tried, and certainly had zero success.
Goat is like that. Hard to get it to do much of anything, except stay new looking.about breaking in a jacket in the rain...
2 weeks ago I was at a tire repair shop to buy new tires and then their card reader broke, so I walked to nearby atm, on the way back suddenly it was raining hard, I was wearing my goat jacket.
after that I still had to sit in an air conditioned room for 1 and half hour because the stabilizer bar on one of the wheel need to be replaced.
result:
-no visible result on the jacket
-was down with cold & throat inflammation for a week
I feel the HWM is not for slender people, who will always look better in a slim fitted jacket that favors their narrow waist and shoulder waist drop. However it's a great style for more regular built and stout people who aim for a "sturdy" appearance because it accentuates broad shoulders and big upper arms and hides a bit of belly under its wide body.
Example: I am 5'9", 185 pounds and if I wear a cafe racer in my chest size, i'll look like a sausage if i zip it up. So I go for broad shouldered wider styles. On the opposite, Sloan looks great in his Aero Cafe Racer but I do not see him pulling off a HWM with same success.
So I'll never be long and lean (or short and lean), so I've written off cafe racers, and I'm on the face with a 1930's halfbelt and may opt for the 1950's cut (I like the cuffs better on the 1950's HB anyway).