Buzz x Beams black B3

[asiamiles]

Limited edition Buzz Rickson's B3 of only 50, exclusive to Japanese store Beams. Made in New Zealand, presumably by TRMNZ.

 

[CBI]

really awful but if others like it, to each his/her own :roll:

 

[Steve27752]

Yuk! That is awful.

 

[Peter Graham]

I don't generally like black leather jackets of any type and this is no exception but I imagine it would look pretty good with about three decades of wear on it. I'm sure the price is hilarious.

 

[Silver Surfer]

yikes, what were they thinking????i reckon, kid market, or some such. how is it that perfectly capable repro makers feel that they can improve on classic designs, materials, colors, hides, etc? there is, after all, a reason we, and so many others find 1920s-50s gear irresistable, its cause it was well designed, thought through, and in so many cases made well enough to be worn today, some 70-90 years later. well, maybe not b-3s, hahahaha

 

[mr_lits]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh.... thats really terrible. (shakes head).....

 

[MikeyB-17]

I want one.

 

[6148th T.C.Squadron]

Butt ugly.

 

[bseal]

It's not so bad...look good on bike.

 

[YoungMedic]

Pretty cool if black is your thing.

 

[watchmanjimg]

Pretty cool if black is your thing.

That's my impression as well. Nothing wrong with it, I just prefer the original colors.

 

[Tim P]

A bit William Gibson of course. I am a fan of "inspired by" jackets as an idea, some hybrid or tribute jackets fall square on their arses. This is a nice jacket but I would never pursue it at any price.

 

[Garylafortuna]

From the traditionalist's point of view, all wrong, but esthetically pretty darn beautiful. Only wish it was all dark seal brown instead of all black.

 

[FlyingYankee]

I thought this was the Jim Beam B-3 corroboration

 

[Monsoon]

I thought this was the Jim Beam B-3 corroboration

That's what I thought too. Maybe it has extra padding for when you get falling down drunk.

 

[asiamiles]

how is it that perfectly capable repro makers feel that they can improve on classic designs, materials, colors, hides, etc?

It's not a case of improving, it's simply that a clothing company needs to have new designs to stay in business, and making variants of 'classic designs' is one of Toyo's (and other makers) ways of doing it. I'm not 100% the B3 works in black - the B2 is probably better suited to the colour change - but for those that like the idea, I'm happy to see it exists.

 

[John Lever]

Very strange that it's made in NZ as RMNZ closed up shop last May.

 

[269sqnhudson]

ELC sent a Buzz catalogue with my recent Tanker jacket purchase...anyone seen the indigo dyed A2 (dyed AFTER manufacture!!!)? - an abomination!

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/pine ... 421indigo/

 

[John Lever]

The double coating sheepskins look interesting though. Seal over redskin.

 

[deand]

I've often wondered why The US opted for brown tones over black for their gear.






dean