New article now online: Chapal, Paris - Leather Jacket - Part 1
“This jacket is one of the commissions I've most looked forward to beginning, of all the things I've had made.
Leather, good leather, ages beautifully and is one of the few things you can have made which genuinely gets better with time. It softens up, develops its own unique patina and molds to your shape. With some occasional TLC, in 50 years it will look and feel even better than the day it was made.
Chapal have a range of styles (all classic) which can be tweaked and modified to suit individual preferences and the situation in which you want to wear it. An unlined suede A1 jacket is going to be better in warmer weather and more casual situations, whereas a RAF jacket, made from sheepskin and lined with shearling wool will only be wearable in very cold weather and to shoot down Germans......"