Men's Black Harrington Leather Jacket

Practical review. It weighs about three pounds, the lining is smooth so it goes on over a shirt without dragging, there are two chest pockets and two hand pockets plus one inside, and the zip opens from the bottom so I can sit down in it. Nothing about it is fancy in the slightest. Everything about it works properly, which is what I was actually paying for.

I am short and broad and off the peg jackets usually swamp me in the body or strangle me across the chest. This one is cut with enough room through the shoulders that the medium worked, and the sleeves only needed half an inch taken up. The band at the hem also means it sits properly rather than hanging past my hips.

My wife got this for my birthday after I moaned about my old one for two years. It fits across the shoulders, which is where I usually have trouble with jackets.

One small thing. The hem band is quite firm so when I sit down in the car it rides up a fraction. Not enough to bother me but worth mentioning to anyone else. Everything else about this jacket has been completely spot on.

Measurements for anyone deciding. I am 6 foot 1, 190 pounds, 42 chest, and the large fits over a shirt with a bit of room for a thin sweater. Sleeves reach the wrist with the cuff zips closed. The hem sits at the top of my hip. Delivery was five days, packed in a bag inside a box, no creasing that did not drop out.

I commute on a bike, not a motorbike, and this has been fine for that. The hem band stops it flapping about, the cuff zips keep the wind out of the sleeves, and it does not feel restrictive when I am leaning forward. It also looks like a normal jacket when I get off, which is the whole point for me.

Took a chance on this after two bad experiences buying leather online, one of which turned out to be coated fabric. This is not that. The grain is uneven the way real hide is, the edges are finished, and it smells like a leather shop. Fit matched the chart exactly and there was no break in period to speak of.