The Leather Jacket Thread

[chicote]

People might be disappointed to see you come and go on something other than a motorcycle…

 

edit: but to give you a serious answer I find diagonal zip jackets have quite a different shape when worn open, that would be the main difference imo and is overall a matter of taste and coherence with the rest of your wardrobe (although a leather jacket is about as versatile as it gets imo!)

Edited February 6 by chicote

[crownzip]

John Chapman from Good Wear makes a great D-1 mechanics jacket in addition to his other offerings. It's a surprisingly lightweight but very warm jacket.

[ATWM]

7 hours ago, chicote said:

People might be disappointed to see you come and go on something other than a motorcycle…

 

edit: but to give you a serious answer I find diagonal zip jackets have quite a different shape when worn open, that would be the main difference imo and is overall a matter of taste and coherence with the rest of your wardrobe (although a leather jacket is about as versatile as it gets imo!)

Sold my (motor) bike long ago but can’t bring myself to part with my Perfecto.
 

Only other downside I would say is that these jackets are in danger of wearing the person. As opposed to the person wearing the jacket. They’re a bit of a statement. Though I think that’s been lessened over the years with how ubiquitous they’ve become.

Much as I love mine I can’t pull it off every day, but some days hell yeah.

[JDelage]

6 hours ago, crownzip said:

John Chapman from Good Wear makes a great D-1 mechanics jacket in addition to his other offerings. It's a surprisingly lightweight but very warm jacket.

Very nice! I love the B-6 he made for me. The collar on yours is a nice flourish, but the zipped pockets would bug me.

On the subject of JC and GW, I visited him today. He's a very congenial guy and of course absolutely passionate about his craft. My slot is coming up and I placed an order for one of his civilian jackets.

I did try the cross zip Mojave I had tried on in 2021. It still fits. Too bad it has an owner...

 

Edited February 7 by JDelage

[JDelage]

Took delivery of my Good Wear jacket:

 

 

[julian-wolf]

Cross-posting from the M-series thread

[dylanbooth78]

Aero premier 30's half belt

[cheapmuthafukr]

On 6/16/2025 at 11:12 PM, julian-wolf said:

Cross-posting from the M-series thread

Need one of these. One of the coolest leather jackets ever is Kris Kristofferson on the cover of The Silver Tongued Devil and I. This is a repro of that.