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The Journal
Craft, care, styling and the occasional argument about hardware. Written by the people who cut, stitch and repair the collection.
Scars, stretch and grain direction. What a cutter looks for in the ninety seconds before the knife goes down — and why about a fifth of every hide never becomes a jacket.
Read the ArticleSix weeks in a pit versus six hours in a drum, and what the difference does to a hide over ten years.
ReadWhat to expect, what to ignore, and the one thing you should never do to a new hide.
ReadNinety years of a silhouette that refused to be redesigned, and the four times it nearly was.
ReadFive thousand cycles on a bench rig. What fails, when it fails, and why we stopped buying two brands.
ReadThe easiest leather to live in, and the one most often worn a size too big.
ReadOne skin, two materials. How the pile is graded, why it cannot be matched by machine, and what you are paying for.
ReadA lining, two cuffs and a zip, photographed step by step on the repair bench.
ReadSuede handles weather far better than its reputation. What ruins it is what you do afterwards.
ReadMost fit complaints are not about size at all. A short guide to telling the two apart before you order.
ReadA flight jacket specified by committee in 1931, and why every revision since has made it worse.
ReadWide hanger, cotton bag, somewhere dark with air. Never plastic, and never conditioned before it goes away.
ReadThe colour question, answered by what is already in your wardrobe rather than by what is in season.
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