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The tough, no-nonsense, beautiful SUBURBAN --
perennial LOST WORLDS bestseller.
The SUBURBAN recreates a widespread
jacket design of the 1940s, used by motorcyclists and as a work jacket. A
supervisor, a foreman, someone who drove during the day, who worked
outdoors -- its applications were myriad because it was good looking, functional
and durable.
Once these were plentiful in vintage stores, attesting to the basic
design's resilience and popularity. (When I was a kid in the late 60s, a hundred
years ago, I had one much like this, lined in fantastic sheepskin, bought new as
a dead stock oldie.) It confers an instant solid masculinity. 1940s noir
melodramas often display very similar, tough and cool jackets. Built to endure.
The older it gets, the better. Wear it religiously in the rain -- best thing for
LOST WORLDS Horsehide. (As for some others ... caution!) Rain softens and breaks
the hides in, articulating the peerless, beautiful grain. It did then, to
originals, it still does, to our neo-originals (there's no other way to describe
a LOST WORLDS jacket). Straightforward, trim but not as fitted as a fully
dedicated motorcycle jacket, being straight-cut down from armpit>waist (none of our jackets is oversized or blousy).
- Heavyweight
3.0 - 4+ oz. (Customer Preference)
Proprietary Lost Worlds Chrome-Tanned
American Horsehide.
- Pure Heavyweight 100% Nylon
Flight Satin Lining.
- N.O.S Brass Talon Zippers.
- Solid Brass Side
Adjustment Buckles.
- Genuine N.O.S. 1950s
Rayon 'Suburban' Label
(w/ Jaguar XK120 -like
artwork).
