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I currently own a pair of black Loakes boots. I also have a custom tailored black double-breasted wool coat, and both a Jack Wolfskin down-filled jacket as well as a Helly Hansen rain jacket that do the job.
"Yeh nickc,I was wondering about that.I thought the older gent was supposed to avoid the leather jacket look."
Its a classic leather jacket for motorcycle riding - and thats all its used for hence its been stuck in the wardrobe for decades
🙂
Nothing fancy at all as I have a habbit of getting oil on stuff. Cycling kit is mainly mid range too (Altura, Decathlon) but two pairs of MW7 boots are nice.
I have a rather nice Aquascrotum wool and silk dinner jacket.
Just realised the last person to wear it was Mike Hall :'(
I have this leather jacket - Richa Goodwood. I'm 52 - whether I should be wearing it or not, I have no idea 🤣 I like it though. I'll be wearing jeans forever
Picture of artist strutting his funky stuff is required.
and thats all its used for hence its been stuck in the wardrobe for decades
I'm impressed by the accuracy about the fact that it's actually in your wardrobe, this level of pedantry pleases me.
But still; leather jackets and jeans...they belong together, y'know? On the Waterfront, Giant...etc etc. It's like saying you like 3 piece suits, and wearing just the jacket and waistcoat
like 3 piece suits, and wearing just the jacket and waistcoat
Thats a troubling mental image
Lots of things that are quite nice, a North Face Nuptse jacket and gilet I bought with a work lottery win share, when they first came on the market, and my Jöttnar Fenrir that I bought early on in their end of season sale, for about half what they are now. Possibly the best item is my old leather bike jacket that I had Jamie Hewlett, Brett Ewinns and Philip Bond draw their respective comic book characters in - just the Tank Girl sketch makes it worth probably ten, twenty times what I paid for the jacket!
Tailor made suit jacket I got for my 21st (trousers long since dead)
A pair of Paul Smith moccasin style driving shoes I bought in 2001 … not perhaps realising they’re pointless even if they are beautiful.
A full length Ted Baker woolen jacket I bought for standing on cold station platforms… haven’t worn it for at least 16 years when I lived in a place almost cold enough to bother.
some old Howies jeans I’ve just had repaired after a couple of years out of circulation.
Actually wearing a pair of Howies cords that I bought in 2012 and waited about five years for my wife to repair because they are my favourite pair ever.
Cool thread.
Ralph Lauren tweed jacket - I know you wouldn't necessarily think of RL for tweed, but it's beautiful and a real pleasure to wear.
Howies lined cord trousers in a rust brown colour - perfect for winter.
Some Clarks Chelsea boots in a cool greeny-brown colour which look and feel perfect for me.
Items selected on the basis of the things I love the most, not what's most posh or expensive.
And no, I wouldn't wear them all together 😀
My silk wedding dress (stored in tissue in a cardboard box)
A Laura Ashley fully lined winter woollen coat, (saved up for and bought in 1993ish)
A few pairs of good quality leather shoes and boots (not too many and I couldn't choose which is a favourite pair).
My old dress number one's uniform (7 Para RHA), far too small now, but just a reminder that sits there to remind me i wasn't always a chubby middle-aged bloke.
Gieves and Hawkes suit, taken to a tailor to fit my rugby lad shape correctly, and still looks good after 12 years.
A pair of Rapha jeans, don't own any of their cycling gear, but these jeans have been ace, refuse to die and i have a feeling i bought them second hand in first place.
Excellent. An STW <s>Fashion </s>style thread.
You keep jeans in the wardrobe? Helps keep a nice crease I guess?
Ralph Lauren tweed jacket – I know you wouldn’t necessarily think of RL for tweed, but it’s beautiful and a real pleasure to wear.
I love my Ralph Lauren cord jacket which is also very un-RL. Its a lovely jacket but I love it more because my daughters, who are charity shop demons, found it and its cost the grand sum of 10 quid. A quick google showed that its a good few hundred quids worth and had clearly never been worn
^ Might be a bit to leftie for Keirs taste that jacket.