MY NEW SANDRO BIKER JACKET

Hello everyone,

I have been on a hunt for a new leather jacket for quite some time but without much success.  I've tried heaps of them but because I have quite narrow shoulders, they all look bulky on me around this area. Then, one day while scrolling through the images on my computer screen, I came across a jacket that look so much different to everything I had seen so far that I immediately wanted to have it.

A quick visit to the link revealed that it was made by high fashion French label Sandro and costs a fortune.  However, the image of it has been on my mind ever since and every time I thought about this jacket, I wanted it even more.  

My only other purchase from this label was my blue and red stars jacket that I bought few years ago but still wear it a lot which draws complements every time I wear, so it was no wonder that I liked the leather one so much 😄.  One day I mentioned to my girlfriend how I had found the perfect jacket commenting about its high cost when she suggested that I should check Selfridges of London website.  

According to her, everything that she likes on Sandro or simiarly expensive brand, she compares it with Selfridges and it is always much cheaper and that's where she ends up buying her fancy clothes.  I don't normally shop and buy on-line, somehow it never looks as good in life as it looks on the screen, besides even if you don't have to pay for the postage on the point of sale, it's always the buyer who pays in case of a return that annoys me a lot.  However, I followed her advice and struck gold.  

Not only was it the change of seasons period and all the department stores were trying to get rid of the old stock in order to bring in clothes for a new season, but also being an overseas purchaser, I was exempted from VAT which in Britain equates to 20%.  Bottom line is - after I paid for the jacket and overseas delivery charges with the exchange rate which is not in the favour of $AU, I ended up paying half of what it would cost me had I chosen to buy it from Sandro.  The jacket arrived safely a week later all wrapped up and packed inside a big box and it looked as fabulous as I imagined.  

I tried to describe it for you but then I came across a description of it on the net which sound so poetic and says it all that I wanted to share it with you.  To be brutally honest, I couldn't have done it better even if I try.  

So here it is:  "Sandro uses this leather jacket to add a little rock’n’roll to its tailoring tropes. Structuring is a key element in the French label’s design and, like a tailor’s chalk, the raw, tarnished edging highlights these details – the coin pocket here, the thin, buttoned belt loops there, the buckle, the biker collar – taking your eye from point to point."

I can't explain how hugely popular the biker jackets are in Sydney at the moment especially among younger women.   Despite the fact that we are in the middle of summer season, they still wear it in the evening over the singlet or a t-shirt or even to the gym over their Lycra tops.

I also wore mine over a t-shirt but paired it with wide legged pants in a black and white houndstooth pattern and a pair of white sneakers that are also extremely trendy right now.

What do you think of it?