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1958 Sears D-Pocket motorcycle jacket
After the introduction of the steerhide version of the Sears D Pocket, the horsehide one was dropped. The sewn on patch d-pocket of the earlier models gave way to one which was defined by stitching....
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1960s Sears D-Pocket Motorcycle Jackets
Through the early to mid 1960s, Sears used the same advertising image of their D-Pocket motorcycle jacket year after year. These are probably the most common that you see today. These jackets were...
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Sears D-Pocket motorcycle jackets 1968
There must have been a variety of manufacturers producing these motorcycle jackets for Sears. For a given year of production and style of label, surviving examples show a wide variety of design...
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1969, 1970 Sears D Pocket motorcycle jackets
On the market for 20 years at this point, the basic lines of Sears's D-Pocket jacket changed very little. Sideburns, turtlenecks and hiphuggers are in, neckties and pleats are out.
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1971, 1972 Sears D-Pocket motorcycle Jackets
Moving into the "The Leather Shop" era, the jacket acquired the name "The Scrambler".
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Sears D-Pocket leather jacket
Here's one of these Sears D-pocket motorcycle jackets in the flesh. This is a later production one, late 1960s or early 1970s, with the early style "Leather Shop" label. Zips are all by serval, and the...
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Monarch Horsehide double breasted coat
Another piece of vintage leather from my collection to illustrate the post I wrote a few months back on the history of Monarch leather jackets. This one's a real beauty, with unusual construction....
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Buco J-82 Vest
Here's a J-82 of mine (for a little while longer) that was cut down into a vest by its original biker owner. It was made in the late 1950s by Buco, is made of steerhide, has talon zippers and a clean,...
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1929 Shawl Collar horsehide coat
Make us the finest horsehide coat ever made.Shawl collar, sheepskin lining, corduroy trim.
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1940s Hercules shawl collar horsehide coat
Although I can not find it in Sears catalogs post-war, this front quarter horsehide leather coat bears a c.1947 Hercules Outerwear label. The original bakelite buttons were replaced at some point with...
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1930s Lampelt double breasted horsehide coat
I'm finally back after a two month architecture design/build in Wilsall, Montana with the Artemis Institute. Keep an eye out for a slew of new posts in the following weeks. - Spencer...
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G-1 flight jacket with General zipper
This USN G-1 flight jacket has lost its label and wind-flap over the years. It has a General brand zipper.
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AOPA patched G-1 flight jacket
This G-1 appears to have seen flight time after its USN service, as it bears an AOPA patch on the chest. The label and original owner's name have been removed and crossed out.
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Californian suede Norfolk jacket
This Californian jacket dates from the 1960s or early 1970s, but has strong design influences from norfolk jackets of the 1920s. Somewhat surprisingly, the breast pockets are both false. It sports a...
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Californian leather norfolk jacket
Here's the seal colored goatskin version of the same model of Californian jacket we looked at yesterday. I love finding duplicates of the same model.
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Crown zip mouton collared bomber jacket
This jacket was made post war- late 1940s into the early 1950s. It has a mouton collar, handwarmer pockets, knit collar and cuffs, a Talon breast pocket zipper and a spring loaded Crown main zip....
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1920s Leather LINED coat
Sometimes, it's what's on the inside that counts. This '20s coat, wool on the outside with a sheepskin collar, has a leather lined body and sleeves for wind resistance.
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1970s Trumpeter D- Pocket
This 1970s jacket owes a lot to Aviator jackets of the 1930s. Pointed D-Pocket and small cargo pockets like you find on early Cossack jackets. Nothing is ever new.
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1950s Hercules motorcycle jacket
This jacket was made in the mid-late 1950s, and was sold by Sears under the Hercules label. It has an enormous zipped map pocket on the front, a secondary hidden pocket with the zipper in the bi-swing...
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