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I've got a beaten up Banana Republic bomber jacket from circa 1984 that I'm hoping to hand down to my kids when they're old enough. It's just a little too short in the arms for me these days, which is sort of odd, but, oh well, there you go.
I got myself a nice black, lambskin leather jacket about ten years ago that is my new favorite.
Oh! And I bought one a couple years prior to that one which looks (to my mind) a lot like Timothy Dalton's in Living Daylights, which I'd long admired. Sadly, it's just about a size too big (was the only one and got it anyway) so I don't wear it as much as I'd like.
Meanwhile, I would love to have this one:
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Sep 29, 2012 - 11:48 PM
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Tall Guy
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Don't know about you guys but there is something just great about having a leather jacket. Stylish, comfortable and warm, they just become like an old friend.
I don't get romantically involved with them, Mike  , but I've had three in the last 20 years or so and still wear them all on different occasions.
The first was a three-quarter length grey jacket with detachable sleeves (which I never detached) - with a touch of irony I bought it because the detachable sleeves were long enough for me (my arms are longer than a morning of daytime television). It's lost buttons, got tears in the lining and holes in the pocket - and I still wear it sometimes to football in cold weather, or to clear snow.
The second was a similarly-proportioned black jacket, which is now fading and crazed, and will shortly be as battered as the grey one.
The third is bomber-length, again grey, but this one is a beautifully supple pigskin. I do like them worn in, but I also like to have one "for best", and over the next year or two will need another. I tend to stumble across them rather than set out to buy them - and it's so rare that I find one to fit that I'll just buy it when I find one. It's as if they're made for me and wouldn't fit anyone else.
TG
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