B3 jacket in vogue

[foster]

My wife recognized something on a magazine in a waiting lobby yesterday and, being thoughtful, she told me about it. I was proud of her for recognizing it, and she was proud of me for only noticing the jacket.

Ralph Lauren made a new copy of the B3 and it appears on the cover of the August 2014 magazine.

 

[ausreenactor]

Your wife you say? Rightio.... B-3 by Ralph Lauren, probably a bargain.

But seriously, is the Redheads article any good?

Couchy

 

[foster]

But seriously, is the Redheads article any good?

No idea, all I saw was the cover photo!

 

[Peter Graham]

Unless Ralph Lauren have started making amazing combat clone B-3's then that's an original. Notice the wear around the cuffs and the cracking around the collar straps. Of course I could be wrong. I normally am.

 

[foster]

I thought the same, Peter, but according to the caption my wife read in the magazine, it said it was "Polo Ralph Lauren shearling aviator jacket" bit it does look very original!

 

[Peter Graham]

I thought the same, Peter, but according to the caption my wife read in the magazine, it said it was "Polo Ralph Lauren shearling aviator jacket" bit it does look very original!

Hmmm, I'd like to see a few more photos.

 

[John Lever]

They do a Bexley Aviator that is a distressed b3. I would buy one (at the right price) the finish looks convincing,burnished rather than the usual crude sanding.

 

[Silver Surfer]

google bexley aviator jacket, and get a load of the price. yikes! oh, and check out the label. made in china. gurk.

 

[CBI]

Wow, retail is only $5,000!!!!!!!!! what a deal!!!!!!

 

[Roughwear]

The B-3 in the picture is almost certainly an original. No repro can achieve the 70+ years of patina on this jacket. The thickness of the leather straps shout original to me!

 

[ausreenactor]

The B-3 in the picture is almost certainly an original. No repro can achieve the 70+ years of patina on this jacket. The thickness of the leather straps shout original to me!

http://www.5thvillage.com/detail/Ralph- ... 440989986/

http://www.styleforum.net/t/375731/huge ... et-xl-bnwt

If JC can replicate the 70 year look for $1500 I think that $5000 would nail it...

 

[John Lever]

I agree. I have seen used examples for £250 on eBay.
Simple sanding on seams and tapes does not replicate wear very well. Old leather has a burnished look that might be achieved using solvents.

 

[Silver Surfer]

good ole ralphy & co. are pretty good at getting the "look". i vote rl blexley, not original. then again, we have to keep in mind that the pix are supposed to be convincing, and are shot by high end pros. did i forget touch up and photo shop? rl used to have a store on mulberry st in nyc that had just about any kinda vintage gear mixed in with their repros, and man, it was really hard to tell what was original, and what was repro. i spent a coupla hours in there one day, and was just blow away by the effort used to make the repros look original. the kicker was, as i was about to leave, ralph walked in with a coupla young things, and he was wearing an original wwll a-2. probably a size 36, as ralph is about the size of a beer bottle.

 

[John Lever]

Vic if they convinced you then 'nuff said.

 

[ausreenactor]

And Blake Lively would not be caught dead in anything less than Ralph Lauren.... :roll:

 

[Silver Surfer]

blake lively? whodat?

 

[ausreenactor]

blake lively? whodat?

The 'thing' in the B-3 jacket!

 

[Monsoon]

But seriously, is the Redheads article any good?

Beware of redheads. Don't you know, every freckle on her face is a soul she's stolen!

 

[ausreenactor]

But seriously, is the Redheads article any good?

Beware of redheads. Don't you know, every freckle on her face is a soul she's stolen!

I loved a redhead once. Well more than once actually... They do live an imprint deep within your... I think we were 'mates.....where the hell did my soul go?

Damn it!

 

[Anonymous]

I think someone should make some RL repro labels
stick them on original B-3s and sell them at RL prices

just joking