The Art of Vintage Leather Jackets

This vintage jacket was made in Kansas City, Missouri, as a civilian version of the US army B-2 Flight jacket, issued in the early 1930s, and replaced by the B-3 in 1934.  The army version was ...

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This vintage jacket was made in England in the 1970s by Ibex of England – “Elegance in Leather”. It is made of what feels like lightweight deer, in a six pocket pattern made famous by E...

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Continuing with the theme, here's another double breasted German leather jacket with a diagonal zipper on the chest.  This vintage leather jacket was made in Germany the late 1940s - early 195...

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This vintage jacket was made in Germany in the late 1950s-early 1960s.  It is a classically German double breasted cut, with a wide collar and concentric stitching on the shoulders and elbow...

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This vintage leather jacket was made in the 1960s for Montgomery Ward under their Brent label.  It is a classic half-belt cossack leather jacket style, popular from the 1930s-1960s. While it...

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This leather jacket was made in the 1980s or so in the style of a 1940s fully belted leather surcoat. The belt buttons on and off like the originals (though most of them have lost their fron...

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This vintage mackinaw coat was made in the 1920s by the TW Stevenson Mfg. Co of Minneapolis. Stevenson was a producer of mackinaw coats and leather jackets from the late 1800s through the 1930s...

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This vintage A-2 leather flight jacket was made in the 1940s, either at the end of the war or during occupation. A-2s ceased to be produced in 1943, but remained popular with servicemen, lead...

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I find regional leather jacket styles very interesting. For example, the deerskin jackets made in Wisconsin have distinctive patterns which changed very little over the decades. Denver also had ...

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Before they became what they are today, Abercrombie and Fitch outfitted presidents and sold such high quality goods as this beautifully simple utility jacket, made in the early 1950s. ...

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Here's a step on the way to the motorcycle jacket.  1941, with zipped sleeves and a D pocket.  The epaulettes give it a bit of an A-2 vibe.

http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/2014/08/1941-aviation-style-jacket.html

These jackets must have been fun for the makers at the time. How many pocket and fiddly details can be tacked on? This one has handwarmers, a "chart pocket" and a small pocket, described on this...

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I love seeing jacket designs in unexpected materials.  Case in point- the Aviator style, complete with D pocket and cigarette pocket (though I would guess they weren't used for maps or cigarett...

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Boyville was Sears's children's and teen's line. Capeskin leather.

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Listed in with the hunting clothing section, these horsehide jackets and pants were oil tanned and advertised as, "wind-proof, pliable and soft as kid".

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I'm always on that quest to find the origins and the evolution of the styles we all know and love.  Here's a selection of leather garments from 1896. The leather on these is Sumac tanned, but i...

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The classic 1970s trucker jacket a-la-levis, rendered in heavy roughout suede. No-name wreath style snaps.

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Pritzker is better known for their government contracted flight jackets, but also made jackets for the civilian market.  The name, Air-O-Coat conjures images of aviation, reinforced by the spor...

http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/2014/08/1930s-pritzker-air-o-coat-cossack-jacket.html

This jacket was made in the mid 1930s from capeskin leather.  It was a short-lived trend to emboss leather wto look like ostrich, from about 1936-1937.  The jacket has a Talon grommet zipper a...

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Talon grommet zipper.  Double adjusters.  California Sportswear.

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Here's another Aviator style cossack jacket to continue the research I posted on this style several months ago.  There will be another barrage of vintage aviation jacket ads coming soon, so kee...

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