Gene
Practically Family
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The only A2 I own, a repro from US Authentic. Painted and patched myself. A lot of bang for not a lot of buck.
We know a lot of people here love the skin tight, sorry, fitted jackets, we get that. As it happens, i think they look as ridiculous on slim people as they do on overweight people, but I recognise that here I'm in the minority. I can live with that.
I sort of agree that a slim jacket might be a bit too fashion forward. However, I've learned a lot from my wife about this lately, and that's that properly fitting clothes are best. I wear polo shirts for work, and I'm 6'1" 180 lbs. So, naturally, I think I'm a tall guy, and I should be wearing large. She always tells me how I'm "swimming in the polo shirts." One day we were at a store and she urged me to try on a small. A SMALL!?!?! Guess what? It fit, and I looked great. So much more put together. It was like the shirt was cut for me, and I felt good too. So, I think the Loungers who like their fitted jackets have the right idea. For a guy like me, I typically buy large clothing for the sleeve length, and the torso ends up way too wide, and I'm stuck with extra, baggy material. Why spend top dollar on a premium leather jacket that puts everybody into three size categories, "S, M, or L." Some manufacturers use chest size, but sleeve length gets longer as chest size get wider. Same sort of problem.
Transversely, wearing a skin tight jacket, just because it's "slim fit" doesn't make sense if it's too small. It's all about properly fitting clothes. Jan Solo and Gancho have it right, and their jackets look wonderful on them. They're not tight, but definitely cut for them, and fitting properly.
This conversation reminds me... I need to take some shirts to the tailor to have them taken in. Too much material around the torso
I sort of agree that a slim jacket might be a bit too fashion forward. However, I've learned a lot from my wife about this lately, and that's that properly fitting clothes are best. I wear polo shirts for work, and I'm 6'1" 180 lbs. So, naturally, I think I'm a tall guy, and I should be wearing large. She always tells me how I'm "swimming in the polo shirts." One day we were at a store and she urged me to try on a small. A SMALL!?!?! Guess what? It fit, and I looked great. So much more put together. It was like the shirt was cut for me, and I felt good too. So, I think the Loungers who like their fitted jackets have the right idea.
nice jacket and fit ! which leather is it ? thanks.
Corky, how is the leather aging? Can you post an "after" picture?