I just love the fact that it is perfectly acceptable to wear white after Labor Day. According to tradition, you would create a fashion emergency if you dared wear white in the Fall or Winter unless it was your wedding day! I also love the fact that this Nappa Leather jacket is double breasted and has a notched collar. And the buttons are a beautiful faux horn. There is much being said this season about replacing boring buttons with interesting ones as a way to update a look. These are just a few clever ways to modernize the otherwise very classic look of this beautiful leather jacket.
The difference between a truly amazing leather jacket and something that looks run of the mill are details. But be careful where the details are placed. If you do not want to call attention to your chest or midline, avoid details that pull the eye to that area. On this leather jacket, the full length sleeves have a sleeve tab and silver buckle detail. Notice the shoulders with the button down shoulder flap, which gives an appearance of strong shoulders.
Something to be careful of with a double breasted jacket, especially a leather jacket, is that it does not look too boxy. To avoid this and make this leather jacket more fitted, Doncaster has designed in a back shoulder yoke to balance the double breasted front, and added front and back princess seams so that the jacket does not hang loosely at the bottom. To keep the leather jacket neat and fitted, there are vertical besom pockets with a zipper closure. Patch pockets on a leather jacket like this would look very boxy.
