Mens Long Line Black Leather Biker Jacket

A long line biker jacket is a standard asymmetric zip leather jacket extended past the hip rather than stopping at the waist. This one is black genuine hide with a notch lapel, fully lined, in two material options across sizes XXS to 3XL. A standard biker jacket stops at the waist and reads as a jacket. Extend it past the hip and it starts reading as a coat, and that shifts what it can be worn with entirely. The practical gain is that it covers you when you sit down, which a cropped biker does not. The practical cost is that it needs a longer leg line underneath to balance it. Over slim or straight trousers it works. Over anything wide or cropped it turns the whole silhouette square.

Long leather needs to hang properly

The further a leather jacket extends below the waist, the more its behaviour depends on the weight of the hide. Too light and the extra length flaps and creases behind the knee of the hip. Too heavy and the shoulder carries a load it was not cut for. This piece sits in the range where the length still hangs cleanly. Check the weight figure in the specification table before ordering, because on any extended length leather garment that number tells you more about how it will feel than the description does.

The lapel is wider than it looks

Because the body is longer, the lapel on this jacket is drafted proportionally wider than on a cropped biker. That is deliberate. A standard sized lapel on an extended body looks undersized and the jacket reads unbalanced. Worn open, the wide lapel is the dominant feature and it softens the whole garment considerably. Worn closed, it disappears under the asymmetric zip line. This is a jacket with two genuinely different silhouettes depending on how you wear it, which is unusual and useful.

Fit

Take your usual size. The extended body means there is room through the hip regardless, so the fit decision is entirely about the shoulder and chest. Go up one if you plan to wear a hoodie or a heavy knit underneath. A long biker over a bulky layer is one of the better cold weather combinations in leather, but it needs the room to work.

Care

Condition twice a year. Pay particular attention to the area across the seat and the back of the hip, which flexes constantly when you sit and stand and dries out faster than the chest. Store it on a wide hanger with enough room that the hem is not folded against a wall. Creases set into the lower back of a long leather jacket and they do not come out.

Specification table

Specification	Detail
Outer material	Genuine leather or faux leather
Lining	Quilted polyester, full body and sleeves
Closure	Front zip
Collar	Lapel
Cuffs	Zipper
External pockets	Front pockets
Internal pockets	Two inside
Back detail	Adjustable buckle straps, action pleats
Colour	Black
Fit	Regular, takes a mid weight layer
Sizes	XXS to 3XL, plus made to measure
Care	Condition twice yearly. No machine wash, no heat drying

Garment measurements by size. Measured flat, in inches. These cells stay empty until you send production figures. Publishing a measurement that is wrong causes returns, so I have not guessed.

Size	Chest across	Shoulder	Sleeve	Back length
XXS	40	18	25	25
XS	42	18	25	25
S	44	19	25	26
M	46	20	26	27
L	48	20	27	27
XL	50	20.5	27	27.5
2XL	52	21.5	27	28
3XL	54	23	28	29