Mens Brown Leather Jacket with Shearling Trim Collar

This is a brown leather jacket with a shearling trimmed collar, which adds warmth at the neck without the weight of a full shearling lining. It is genuine hide with a full body lining and a button front, in sizes XXS to 3XL.

The middle ground between a leather jacket and a shearling

A full shearling jacket is extremely warm and extremely heavy. A plain leather jacket is neither. This sits between them, and for most people in most winters that is the more useful place to be. The reason it works is that the neck is where cold actually gets in. Adding shearling only at the collar closes that gap for a fraction of the weight of lining the whole garment. You get most of the practical benefit for a small part of the cost in mass.

Trimmed collar versus full shearling

Worth being precise about the difference, because the two get confused. A shearling trimmed collar is a strip of shearling applied to a leather collar. The rest of the jacket is lined conventionally. A full shearling jacket is made from hides with the wool attached throughout, so the entire inside surface is wool. It is far warmer, far heavier and considerably more expensive. If you need genuine extreme cold performance, buy the aviator. If you want a leather jacket that handles a normal winter, this is the right piece.

The collar can usually be worn two ways

Folded down it reads as a detail and the jacket looks like a leather jacket with a nice collar. Turned up it closes around the neck and the jacket becomes noticeably warmer. Check whether the collar on this piece has a fastening at the throat, because that is what determines whether turning it up actually works. A collar that turns up but will not stay closed just flaps. The specification table needs completing on this point.

Where shearling trim wears

The pile flattens where it rubs against your neck and against seat backs, and it is the part of the jacket that will look tired first. Brushing it with a soft brush lifts the pile back up and takes two minutes. Do it every few weeks through winter rather than waiting until the whole collar has gone flat, because once it has been compressed for a long period it recovers less well.

Fit

Regular with room for a knit underneath. Take your usual size. The shearling adds bulk at the neck, so if you wear scarves this jacket makes them unnecessary rather than fitting alongside them. That is worth knowing if you are a scarf wearer, since the two together are uncomfortable.

Care

Condition the leather twice a year, keeping conditioner off the shearling, because it will mat the wool and cannot be washed out. Brush the collar. For any full clean, use a specialist who handles combined leather and shearling rather than a standard dry cleaner.

Specification table

Specification	Detail
Outer material	Suede Leather
Lining	Quilted polyester, full body and sleeves
Closure	Button
Collar	Shearling
Cuffs	buttoned
External pockets	Two pockets at the waist
Internal pockets	Two inside
Back detail	Adjustable buckle straps, action pleats
Colour	Brown
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