Zip-Front Faux Leather Jacket

About this piece

A short jacket built on a straight body with a stand collar — the kind of layer that works over a shirt in autumn and under a coat in winter. What makes it worth having is consistency — the same behaviour on the tenth use as on the first, with no break-in period and nothing to get used to. It comes in 2 colours.

Fabric and feel

The surface has a tight, uniform grain instead of the open texture of a woven cloth, which is what keeps it reading as deliberate rather than merely dark. A smooth coated surface with a low, even sheen. It is wiped rather than washed, and it keeps that finish far longer if it is not left folded under anything heavy.

Cut and fit

The seams are flat-felled or bound rather than overlocked and left raw, so there is nothing to catch and nothing to fray out of the wash. Hems are re-turned twice before stitching, and the shoulder seam carries a strip of tape so it does not stretch out of line on a hanger. It is graded S/M/L/XL, and the flat measurements for every size are in the chart below.

Why the collar decides the jacket

A hip-length jacket with a full-length front opening, cut roomy enough to take a layered shirt underneath without pulling across the back. Detailed where it needs to be and plain where it does not. The shape is kept quiet so it works with what you already own rather than only with the rest of one collection. A zip-front jacket cut to sit on the hip, with the collar standing on its own and the sleeves finishing at the wrist.

Wearing it in and keeping it

The care instructions are short on purpose. Wash it the way you would wash anything you intend to keep, dry it flat or on a line, and it will hold the shape it arrived in. Layering is where it earns its place: it sits under a jacket without bunching across the shoulders and over a base layer without pulling tight across the back. Worn in rotation rather than every single day, it holds its surface noticeably longer — and that applies to the cloth and the seams in equal measure.

Specifications

Style	Zip-Front Faux Leather Jacket
Sizes	S, M, L, XL — flat measurements in the size chart
Materials	Smooth coated surface, low even sheen
Colours	Black, Brown
What you get	1 x Zip-Front Faux Leather Jacket

Measurements by size

Measured flat, in centimetres, with the garment laid out and not stretched. Chest, waist and hip are half-circumference: double them to compare with a body measurement.

Allow 1-2 cm of tolerance, since the garments are cut and sewn by hand rather than stamped. If your measurement lands between two sizes, take the larger one - our fits are not vanity sized.

How we would wear it

1. Over a shirt, collar up

   The stand collar holds its shape, so it frames the neck without a scarf.

2. Under a heavy coat

   The hip-length cut means it layers without bunching at the waist.

3. Open, over a hoodie

   Cut roomy enough for the layer, and the front zip parks at the top.

4. With straight-leg trousers

   Keeps the silhouette straight from shoulder to hem.

In the box

• 1 x Zip-Front Faux Leather Jacket

Care

Keep it out of prolonged direct sun and wipe it down when it gets dusty. A coated surface ages slowly as long as it is not abraded — abrasion, not time, is what dulls it.

Questions we get asked