Men's Washed Blue Biker Style Leather Jacket With Black Stripes

Bought in a sale and it is better put together than a jacket I paid nearly double for three years back. The zips have weight, the lining runs right to the hem, and the leather is real with grain you can feel under a thumb.

Cafe racer cut so it sits close and short in the body. Nothing hangs past my belt. The hem band stops it riding up when I am leaning forward on the bike.

Practical rundown because that is what I hunt for. It weighs a little under three pounds. Two zip pockets at the chest, two at the hips, one inside. Band collar with a snap, zip cuffs, hem band, quilted shoulders, two black bands on each upper sleeve. The lining is smooth so it goes over a shirt without dragging anywhere at all.

What convinced me was the finishing rather than the colour. The zips are heavy with matching pulls, the quilting across the shoulders is stitched evenly on both sides, and the lining runs all the way to the hem instead of stopping short. Those are the three things that fail first on a cheap jacket and none of them look like they will here.

I ordered a large first because I assumed a biker cut would run small and it was too loose through the body, which on this shape looks wrong. Swapped for the medium and that was right. The exchange took eight days including both legs of shipping and nobody made it difficult, but this cut is meant to sit close so do not size up out of habit.

Measurements since that is the first thing I look for. I am 5 foot 11, 175 pounds, 40 chest, and the medium fits close over a tee with room to lift my arms. The sleeves end at my wrist bone with the cuff zips closed. The hem band sits at my belt. It arrived in four days, bagged inside a box with no creasing worth mentioning.

Took a chance after an order elsewhere turned up as coated fabric with a leather label sewn into it. This is clearly hide. The grain is uneven the way it should be, the edges are turned and finished, and it smells like a leather shop rather than a chemical one. The fit matched the chart exactly and there was no break in beyond the first few days.

Worth saying the finish is properly mottled rather than evenly dyed. Some panels are almost pale and others are close to navy, and the creases are darker again. That is exactly what I wanted, but anyone after a uniform blue should skip it.