Guarantee

All front quarter chrome tanned horsehide jackets carry the following lifetime guarantee, the leather and stitching on your front quarter chrome tanned horsehide jacket is guaranteed for life by Aero.

All other Aero Leather jackets have a lifetime guarantee on stitching and should at any time repair work be required on a lining, zip, stitching or any part of your jacket, it should be returned to the factory to have this work correctly carried out by one of the tailors originally responsible for manufacture of the jacket.

This site is dedicated to the style and high quality tailoring so widely available in the early and mid-20th century. While enthusiasts are only too aware that many original pieces have become collectors items, with Museum quality pieces reaching prices that preclude every-day wear, what is not so well known is that many of these classic items are still available new today, some having been in almost continuous production, whilst others have been lovingly and painstakingly remanufactured using authentic materials. This site aims to display only the best of these rare gems. We are proud to offer Front Quarter Horsehide Leather Jackets, RAF, USN and USAAF Military Flying Jackets, Authentic Denim, Rayon Hawaiian Shirts, Vintage Sweatshirts, Leather Travel Bags and much more. The collector of genuine vintage clothing should visit our latest VINTAGE AND COLLECTORS' ITEMS section where a constant changing of rare "one-off" items are for sale.

Extensive research and many years of manufacturing experience have gone into every aspect of the design and quality control of our jackets, to ensure that any garment bearing the "Aero Leather" label will provide decades of wear in the most hostile of environments and elements encountered in aviation, motorcycling, open top motoring and outdoor pursuits.

To ensure comfort, strength and durability in the harshest of conditions, Aero Leather Jackets are constructed from only the highest quality Steerhide or Front Quarter Horsehide, chrome tanned especially for us in the States to the quality and standards of that produced in large quantities during the 30's and 40's but now, sadly, almost extinct.

Horsehide has many unique properties, it is immensely strong and durable even in the extreme conditions and, unlike other hides, horsehide is naturally waterproof.

The Front Quarter Chrome Tanned Horsehide used in the construction of Aero leather jackets was favoured by manufacturers during pre-war years after the introduction, in the 1950's, of a law prohibiting horses being slaughtered for leather, hides became a scarce commodity and therefore expensive, resulting in tanneries phasing out horsehide production in favour of the more readily available hides such as steer.

US Government restrictions dictate that the slaughter of equine for hides was not permitted and as such the sourcing of hides must be from animals that have died from natural causes. This makes horsehide very scarce and as a consequence rare, which makes for an expensive raw material.

After expensive research, Aero managed to source the only tannery based in the States still capable of producing this unique hide to the original specifications, although today quality hides suitable for this type of tanning are still very scarce and so availability is very limited due to the fact that all our chrome tanned leather is sourced from "natural death" horses with no slaughter involved.

Every aspect of Aero is of the highest standard, the very best leather, selected and quality inspected by our technicians before they hand cut each individual panel. Then the lining is, again, carefully hand cut either from Alpaca wool, tweed, tartan, wool or silk. The leather panels and lining are then passed on to one of our sewing specialists who, on a traditional walking foot maching begins the process of constructing the item using stitching that is 3.25 times stronger than required. Once the item is built the specialist then puts his/her name to it and hands it to our Quality Inspector for the 28 point inspection that every item must undergo before leaving the premises.

Every Aero garment is individual - a classic in its own right - each made by one highly skilled leatherworker taking a pride in his or her finished garment, not made on a time and cost saving production line.

Although rigid initially, an Aero jacket will, with wear, soften and mould to you own body shape, making it your very own unique and personal property. Also, through use your Aero leather jacket will acquire a patina of age, giving it character of its own which will distinguish it from any other jacket and look even better the more it is worn.

The same care and attention to detail that is applied to our Horsehide garments can also be found in our new 3oz Vegetable Tanned Steerhide range of jackets.

Aeroleather Clothing Ltd, based in Scotland, have been sole distributors for the world famous Aero leather jackets since 1983, although the basis of the company dates back to 1975, founded as a trading company specialising in original WWII flying jackets and vinatge US work wear leather jackets.

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