Brown Leather

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One of Mother Nature’s best materials due to its ability to be used for so many different things, leather is a wonderful choice for jackets. Brown leather has an even greater versatility as demonstrated in this article. Knowing this, it only makes sense that a brown leather jacket is a necessary part of any complete wardrobe. Still not convinced? Well then, take a couple of minutes and ponder the logic of these ten reasons why you should be making the investment in one in the very near future.

1. Leather is one of the best protective materials available.

Aside from the rubber wetsuit made oh-so-famous by O.J. Simpson, leather is tops in the field for protective garment wear. Motorcycle riders won’t wear anything else, and they pay big bucks to cover themselves from neck to toe in leather. In states where helmets are not required by law, they sometimes wear leather bandannas on their heads too!

2. Leather is available in different thicknesses for different applications.

Motorcycle riders use leather that is at least 1mm thick for their protective wear, but different types of leather come in much thinner increments for spring jackets, blazers, vests, even shirts and pants.

3. Brown leather does not bleed.

The dye used to make black, red and other colored leather is known for bleeding. Unless you buy a really, really dark brown leather, or a reddish brown leather jacket, you will not have dye bleeding issues with brown leather jackets when the leather gets warm or slightly damp.

4. Leather is durable.

The fact is that leather outlasts any other fabric about four to one. So a coat that you might wear for five years until the fabric wears out could be worn for 20 years if it were made out of leather. With that kind of durability, it’s tempting to start wearing leather socks! Imagine no more holes in the heels and toes. Wouldn’t that be nice!

5. Leather is easy to care for.

Just the fact that you don’t have to wash it and dry it is your first indication that leather is easy to care for. Actually cleaning leather is as simple as wiping dirt and spills off it with a damp cloth. Swipe. Swipe. Done. Suede and Nubuck need to be brushed, and that’s about it. Every few years you might want to take it to a professional leather cleaner for some deep cleaning, but a lot of people don’t and their jackets are just fine.

6. Leather jackets are available in many different styles.

Blazers, trench coats, dusters, mid-length coats, bomber jackets…you name it and it has been made in leather. Multiplying the choices exponentially are all the different kinds of leather that the jackets can be made out of…and you have enough to choices to send anyone into a tizzy over what to wear.

7. Leather is naturally water-repellant .

To make leather, they take the hide of an animal which is already water repellent due to it being what it is — animal skin — and they work oils or other substances into it until it’s soft and pliable, thus making it water-repellent. If you need it to be more water-resistant than that, you can have a coating applied to it that resists water but still allows the leather to breathe. Leather can absorb water, with enough exposure, so leather swimming suits will probably not be the next trend in leather.

photo credit: Kamal H.

8. Leather can be worn year round.

Unlike your down winter coat, a coat made of good ventilated leather can be worn in the summer time. Since summer is the best time for riding motorcycles, this is a very good thing, so the riders have adequate protection from road rash in the event of a spill.

Warm in winter and warm enough in spring and fall, leather takes on your body heat and wraps it around you like a good friend. For extra warmth, you can have a fleece lining put in your brown leather jacket, but you really don’t need it unless you are actually flying bomber planes over the Pacific.

9. Leather is a great value.

Factoring in the durability of leather at the four to one ratio, this can be calculated and proven. If a decent cloth coat costs $200 (on sale) and lasts five years, over a 20 year period you will need to spend $1000 on cloth coats. But you can buy a really good bomber jacket for under $500, and 20 or 30 years later still be wearing it….that’s a savings of over $500. That is value!

10. Leather is timeless.

People have been wearing leather since we began eating meat. It must have just seemed like the right thing to do, to use every part of an animal in appreciation of Earth’s bounty. The protection and warmth of the skins probably felt good too, as fig leaves are not known for being warm or durable. When you think about all the things we still use today that were discovered by ancient ancestors, you kind-of get goose pimples. We still use wheels and fire today, not to mention slings as weapons and herbs as medicine. While we have given up the idea that the earth is flat, we do still wear leather.

And there you have it. A list of ten undeniable truths that equate to only one conclusion; you need to own at least one brown leather jacket and it should be a good one.