Belstaff manufacturer

[cgreen]

Hi Everyone,

Happy Fourth of July, and Happy Canada Day to those in North America. This might be a long shot but does anyone know who would have produced leather jackets for Belstaff in the 1970s? My presumption is they were made in the U.K., but that could be wrong.

Your thoughts are appreciated, thank you.

Chris

 

[Dany McDonald]

AS far I as know, 70's UK, 80's some were made under license in Australia by Driza-Bone. I have both and the Aussies were out of this world with the quality of their cotton, thick and mega smooth. That doesn't mean that the English Belstaff were of lesser quality, just different. Actually, the very last Trialmaster jacket in grey, available in Canada in the late 80's, made in UK, were very close to the Driza-Bone ones.

D

 

[cgreen]

Thank you Dany, so Driza-Bone was the Australian manufacturer selling Belstaff in Australia, or did they send them back to U.K. to be sold there?

 

[Dany McDonald]

Driza were available in Canada, don't really know about UK. I would think the export was for outside UK.

 

[Micawber]

My old man only ever wore waxed cotton Belstaff jackets on his bike here in the Uk, never leather.