making my own French Cycliste Jacket

[Oliver]

Hello all,
iam a new member and today i will swowing my bespoke cycliste jacket, made exatly in my own design and with nos materials (zippers pressbuttons).
i hafe two original lw jackets to comparing. iam very tall 1.96cm an the jacket it made a bit longer as the originial (2-3cm) . Leather is fine calf leather ca 1,1-1,2mm.
but, here the pictures.
this was my first projekt.

 

[Oliver]

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bukle is handmade in my own style.

 

[leper-colony]

Wow, looks like a great start!

 

[Oliver]

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the liner is woll.
here you can see my both original harmann jackets.

 

[Oliver]

making process...

 

[Oliver]

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inside poket with handprint nametag an old 30er brown brass pressbuttons, also use on the original jackets!

 

[Oliver]

....brass zipper made by "zipp" germany

 

[Oliver]

....first fit

 

[Oliver]

.....last works

 

[Bremspropeller]

...and a nice Hanhart on the wrist

Looks great, can't wait to see the end result!

 

[Oliver]

details and comparing with the original jacket. please note! this is not a 1:1 copie !!!

 

[Oliver]

finish and iam very very happy... iam not the taillor from this jacket!! but in some case i was a "helper" press the buttons in usw...

 

[jerome35]

Impressive work! Well done!

 

[Oliver]

here the fit

watch is a hanhard pioneer mk2

 

[Oliver]

the jacket is now 1 jear old..the last picture made today.


thanks for watching

 

[B-Man2]

Oliver
Welcome to VLJ !
What a great post .... outstanding tailoring work. It looks great on you !

 

[flyincowboy]

Nice work and this jacket suits you!

 

[Smithy]

Great jacket and looks great on you.

Welcome aboard as well!

 

[Silver Surfer]

holy moly, first time making a jacket? you some kinda genius or something? very convincing.

 

[Bremspropeller]

Was this a one-time project, or is there a chance for, giving somebody a call?