the leather jacket quest
My beloved leather jacket and I have had a good relationship. This year marks our 5th year together, not bad innings I�d say. But the time has come, sadly, to say goodbye. Although it is still �wearable�, just, it�s not looking good, and the rather unsightly tear along the elbow makes it a little rougher around the edges than I�d like it to be. (Read: I always feel a little inappropriate wearing it in any vaguely formal situations)
So the dreaded search has began. I bought my current one in a moment of feeling sorry for myself, after having a pretty grim wisdom tooth extraction and docs orders to be signed off work for two weeks, I needed some retail therapy. I�d spotted the jacket in Topshop and lusted after it for weeks, but couldn�t justify the price tag, in hindsight, it wasn�t actually that bad for a real leather jacket, but I�d been unemployed for a while so it wasn�t exactly a priority. However, when you�re laid up in bed for two weeks it�s amazing what you can find on the internet (keep it clean!) and I found the same jacket on ebay for half the price.
Now, yes, perhaps the fact it quite clearly had it�s �Topshop� label snipped out, and it was brand new, possibly meant it had fallen off the back of a van, I wasn't complaining, I was in love.
I fear things are not going to run so smoothly this time around. I�ve already spent several weeks (edger closer to months) on the search, and have yet to find �The One�. Oasis have some beauties, but I seem to be completely in between, and everyone knows All Saints and Whistles are the place to hit up when looking for a classic leather piece, but the small loan I�d have to take out to buy one of those isn�t going to happen.
So I�m turning to you lovely lot, in the hope that someone out there knows what I�m looking for, simple, stylish and seriously affordable (the seriously was unnecessary there, but you know, I wanted to keep with the alliteration) so if you have seen one, please can you let me know?
