By Bumpkinboy from South central PA - in the hills! on 09/01/2009
Pros:
Attractive Design, Comfortable, Good Cut, Warm
Describe Yourself:
Casual Dresser
Sizing:
Feels true to size
Sleeve Length:
Feels true to length
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
I own (and have owned) many leather jackets. It's a 'thing.' If I had to line up all 12-15 leather jackets I've owned in just the past 3 or 4 years -- I would ... hands down ... pick this one as my favorite. I have half a dozen black jackets of varying styles - and black just isn't my color, sorry to say. I wanted a brown of any sort, and so I'm very happy with this color.This is my first purchase of clothing via the Internet. Only problem - the pictures of the color of the jacket aren't true. My monitor shows it as a darkish caramel. It isn't - it's a true brown. Not the black-brown 'dark brown' that Marc sells - but a nice shade of true brown. Of the 2 photos shown on [...], the second (smaller, detail photo) is truer to the color - but it's not quite as dark. Again, these are known monitor issues, but you should be aware of them.This jacket is, I'm quite sure, made of lamb. And trust me - nobody does lamb like Andrew Marc. I was anticipating a fairly lightweight lamb jacket, but this thing is surprisingly hefty. The shipping weight was 6 lbs - the jacket prob. weighs 5 of that. Nowhere near as heavy as a motorcycle jacket, of course, but it's not a light spring leather jacket. Extreme attention to detail, as expected. The pix on [...] don't do it justice (using a plastic modeling form, I'm not surprised). It doesn't hang like a dead weight - it looks fantastic on. There are more gorgeous details that simply aren't shown in the cheesy 2 photos they show. Starting at one cuff, running straight up the arm, across the back, and down the other arm -- 6 rows of parallel stitching, rows about 1/4" apart. Simple but it looks great. The zipper is a real heavy duty job too - not wimpy in the least. The standup collar looks very sharp. And in winter I'd much prefer a nice fleece against my neck than a cold leather piece. It's removable to wash, or to simply change the look.[...].In short - you will not be disappointed in this jacket. It's fantastic looking, fits like a glove, and I can't think of a single thing about it that I would change.