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What’s your next jacket?
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tempusfugit
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I realised that winters are pretty long here and I get absolutely zero kicks out of wearing jackets that look like sleeping bags so I got a Fivestar D-1 just today and a Gizemo N-1 on the way.
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Skyranger
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Custom order or stock from official sizes at their site?Finally ordered a B-10 from Fivestar, to replace my ageing (and not so warm) Aero. Dang I hope I didn't mess up the dimensions!
Cocker
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Custom order, needed one inch in the body, and, more importantly, a couple in the sleeves, as usual.
Shanghai-Mayne
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A 370E from Gizemo.
Micawber
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Has anyone reviewed a 5* B-10? Been after a replacement for my increasingly ratty ELC B-10 but have held back ordering something that may take a couple of years to materialise. Of course if anyone knows of a size 46 ELC B-10 up for grabs...?Finally ordered a B-10 from Fivestar, to replace my ageing (and not so warm) Aero. Dang I hope I didn't mess up the dimensions!
Cocker
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Not sure if there is a full review in here, but there's a couple pictures. The ones in this thread plus what @ties70 , amongst others, told me about it, made my mind up to give it a go.
bfd70
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Five Star Leather Jackets
Does the Premium Goatskin shrink in the sleeves? I’m wanting to get a trucker and I’m trying to mostly match the measurements of one of the my Levi’s truckers. Those have 19” shoulders and 24” sleeves and I more or less like where the sleeves fall (maybe a half inch too long as it’s almost to...
433 pages worth
Readers digest version
The first 100 or so pages are pretty favorable and then a drastic turn towards unfavorable. Most common complaints are leather quality and patterning. However, it is suggested that their military patterns are what they do best. This is 99% in regards to leather offerings and not b-10 15 etc
Cocker
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Five Star Leather Jackets
Does the Premium Goatskin shrink in the sleeves? I’m wanting to get a trucker and I’m trying to mostly match the measurements of one of the my Levi’s truckers. Those have 19” shoulders and 24” sleeves and I more or less like where the sleeves fall (maybe a half inch too long as it’s almost to...www.thefedoralounge.com
433 pages worth
Readers digest version
The first 100 or so pages are pretty favorable and then a drastic turn towards unfavorable. Most common complaints are leather quality and patterning. However, it is suggested that their military patterns are what they do best. This is 99% in regards to leather offerings and not b-10 15 etc
Yeah, that's the general consensus, military patterns, generally speaking, are good because they copied them from originals. The rest is kinda hit or miss, with too large armholes being one of the main critique for the vintage civilian jackets.
To my understanding, one of the biggest issue also is that Shawn is saying yes to pretty much anything, so people are asking him to do pretty much anything, lots of custom jackets, lots of intricate designs... I think each maker has its own strength and weakness, and seller should also be able to sort out through this and not expect miracles to be performed. Same regarding leather quality, you can't expect Aero or Eastman quality at 1/4th of the price.
That being said, I think Shawn's indeed pretty good at copying patterns. IIRC, @mulceber had one vintage woman's jacket sent to him for Natalie that he copied quite nicely.
