Few vital features to look out for while buying genuine leather jackets

Motorcycle jackets have been a quintessential item for any functional closet for ages together. Even to this day and time the trend seems even more vibrant and powerful. While investing in this range of appealing and stylish clothing items one considers three things in the mind – versatility or stylishness, durability and cost. In the following sections of the blog post let us explore few more crucial aspects that you cannot afford to ignore while buying the range of stylish dressing items.

First of all you have to consider the fitting option. This range of jackets comes under two broad categories – more closely tailored or aggressive fit design and standard or roomy fit. The former is obviously more preferred by biking community. Pick your choice based on your preference and the kind of riding you do.

1. Rough outer material – the outer surface or shell of these jackets is exposed to all kinds of challenges thrown by weather, wind and particles on the road. In other words this outer shell is worst exposed to abrasions. Leather is naturally resistant to abrasions. Good quality leather not only resists abrasions easily but also proves to be very lightweight. Moreover, the natural fabric also facilitates breathing so that water vapor formed inside the garment gets easily evaporated. So you feel comfortable wearing the jacket for hours at a stretch.
2. Ventilation – tough riding jackets pose a typical problem. The same dressing item that is unbelievably warm, insulated, overall protective, both water and windproof during early mornings and late nights can be too warm during afternoons. Thus jackets made of perforated leather have been introduced to the market. The item range made from perforated leather comes in two varieties – with zippered out liner and zippered vents made of genuine leather.

3. Quality of zippers and fasteners – a jacket made of genuine leather invariably comes with quality zippers. In other words, the quality of zippers is a crucial factor that you cannot overlook while buying this version of jackets. Spurious variety zippers often fail and that happens even when you are out on a ride. Whether you choose a brown leather jacket or black (other shades are easily available although these two are the most preferred ones) avoid those with tiny, non metallic zippers.

1. Pockets matter – a chic leather jacket is bound to have multiple pockets. Having pockets in abundance is always a blessing in this range of clothing. It is pretty certain that all the pockets won’t get used regularly neither routinely. But yet, the numbers matter. To put it in other words, if even the most stylish and appealing jacket made of leather has poor pocket design (read insufficient number of overall pockets) the product line on the whole is faulty.
2. Impact protectors – Removable impact protectors approved by the CE (Certification Europe) at the elbows, shoulders and the back upgrade a jacket made of leather from a mere stylish clothing item to a personal protective gear. However, even if a jacket is thoroughly equipped with impact protectors, there is no guarantee that there will be no injury in a given circumstance. But at least that would reduce the impact of an accident, which in turn reduces the chances of injury to a certain extent.

6. Storm flaps (internal or external) – a well-designed jacket has a good storm flap over the main zipper. This item plays a vital role in preventing cold air getting into the garment. According to designers working on leather overcoats for men point out some of the most effective storm flaps are known to close over the zipper hook, snap, loop stays or magnets sewn into the shell material. Most dependable variety of these jackets comes with an internal storm flap along with a quality zipper and breathable and waterproof outer shell.

Jackets made of quality leather are undeniably costly. Thus it is important that you take care of the aspects discussed above before investing in this range of stylish, expensive winter clothing items.

Ravjit Soin is a fashion expert with years of practical knowledge. Here he is just sharing his experience about the real fur outerwear.