Five Star Rough Wear 27752

[Thomas Koehle]

If overthinking burned calories, you'd be a goddamn supermodel...



Bought this one last year and been wearing it a lot!

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Lookin' nice - whats the specs like color and hide (looks like goat???)

 

[Dany McDonald]

Fivestar copied it, then played with a distressed version. I like that they try.

Since you said it ... - yeah obviously there is a gost of the rank ...

interesting detail which i din't recon before

FiveStar were always motivated in a way most outfit can't replicate for logistic and budget reasons etc. They are like a lab in a certain way and it's interesting that it resulted in this RW.
I am still trying to imagine a A-2 new in 43 in that deep reddish brown or that original in the photo has been altered somewhere in its life.

 

[Blackboxr1200S]

Lookin' nice - whats the specs like color and hide (looks like goat???)

Hi Thomas,

The RW is Mid brown horse hide, olive stitching. seal brown knits.
size 44 , just added few cm on sleeves and back for my liking.

DUBOW I have is in goat

 

[ZuZu]

Fivestar did work from an original 27752 they borrowed, as seen in the thread you posted. The 1st copy looks to dimensionally the same to me. I've sewn things with the same pattern on different days and have had slight differences.

If you are looking at this, one jacket is closer than the other.


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The test model actually looks pretty good- it actually captures some of the nuances of the jacket he's copying! You can see an earnest attempt to replicate what the original looked like.

This is a mess as far as an earnest copy goes. The seam allowances are way too visible and are incorrect. The epaulet which looks pretty good on the test jacket looks generic and not very Rough Wear-like here.

As far as measurements- we can't use Eastamn as a gauge as their pattern has not much to do with reality. And as Burt and others have pointed out originals themselves vary a lot and drying and possible shrinkage come with 80+ years.


With 5 Star you get a sort of strange $450 repro. Leopard, spots, lipstick on a pig...