My First A-2 Jacket - Aero Bronco in Seal Jerky HH and Rust Knits

[lipmann01]

Hello Everyone!

It's my first post on VLJ. I finally took the courage to post due to some cabin fever. I was looking through my iPhone album and found some photos worth posting.

Here is my first quality A-2 - An Aero Bronco in Seal Jerky HH and Rust Knits. It was a college graduation gift for myself. Being a silent reader for a couple of years, I must say I have learnt so much from this forum. I knew rust knits only (?) happened in the Aero contracts of A-2s but I always found the color combination interesting.
Being a slender guy I also preferred the trimmer / more complimentary fit of the Bronco. So there you have it! My own interpretation of an ideal A-2.

Here are some pictures taken at Central Park in the fall. I missed the days being outside...

T-Shirt: Taylor Stitch The Heavy Bag
Down Liner Jacket: Beams Japan
Jeans: Levis 511 Selvedge Eternal Day
Boots: Red Wing 9105
Bag: Porter Yoshida & Co Camera Bag

Thank you so much for looking

 

[Earloffunk]

Welcome to the mad place!

nice jacket. But what happened to your face? Some kind of virus?

 

[B-Man2]

Hey Lip!
Welcome aboard! Great first post...
Nice A2, one of my favorite contracts as well. The contrast between the seal color and the rust knits looks cool.
This is an easy place to hang out if you just happen to be stuck at home with nothing to do!

 

[lipmann01]

Welcome to the mad place!

nice jacket. But what happened to your face? Some kind of virus?

A "shy" virus indeed

 

[MikeyB-17]

Welcome. You really don’t need to do the face cover-up thing. You can’t be as ugly as some buggers on here!

 

[Silver Surfer]

naw, just smoking chuchill cigars. lotsa smoke from them, ya know. in fact, enough to hide a kisser.

 

[ausreenactor]

G'day and Welcome mate! Great jacket and pics..

Something wrong with low level cloud around head height?

All good Sir. Enjoy your next A-2...

 

[YoungMedic]

Welcome ! Looks good on ya!

 

[Kennyz]

Great jacket, lipmann01 - and welcome to the neighborhood!

Ken

 

[adfrost]

The more I see the dark seal + rust knit combination, the more I like it.

 

[Micawber]

A "shy" virus indeed

Poor, is it catching

Nice jacket!

 

[Flightengineer]

A good start !

 

[Nickb123]

stylin'

 

[Jake431]

Nice looking jacket! Did you make any alterations to their standard cut (added length etc)?

 

[MrBlue]

Great jacket and great photos!

 

[lipmann01]

Nice looking jacket! Did you make any alterations to their standard cut (added length etc)?

Thank you! No it is the standard cut. I wear a size 38 but I think the Bronco runs smaller than the other contracts Aero of Scotland offers. The sleeves are a tad short and I can only put a light sweater underneath it. Sweatshirts and warm up jackets are a stretch.

 

[MrBlue]

How accurate do you think the colour of the jacket is in the photos compared to real life?

 

[lipmann01]

How accurate do you think the colour of the jacket is in the photos compared to real life?

In real life it looks more brown than black as in the photos, like 80% dark chocolate? The knits are matte brick red instead of the sharp red in the photos.

 

[Nickb123]

In real life it looks more brown than black as in the photos, like 80% dark chocolate? The knits are matte brick red instead of the sharp red in the photos.

Agreed. It seems like dark seals and "redness" are much more pronounced in photos or heavy light for some reason. In person, the knits are rarely ever very red. More an actual rust color with red-browns rather than pure red being visible.

 

[lipmann01]

Agreed. It seems like dark seals and "redness" are much more pronounced in photos or heavy light for some reason. In person, the knits are rarely ever very red. More an actual rust color with red-browns rather than pure red being visible.

Hey Nick, reckoned you’re also a proud owner of an Aero A2 with their rust knits. Would you care to post some pictures of your jacket?