Wow, thanks Gaylene. Such a knowledgeable post.

Suz, of course, one of the advantages of only being able to wear it a couple of months a year is that it would take decades to get sick of it. ;o) Which still leaves you with the issue of stand-alone tops, admittedly. Although a turtleneck with a scarf or pendant seems pretty stand-alone to me. Or... okay, I'll stop.

A little encouragement for you, Suz! It's really not a big deal to wear a leather moto under a coat - I find it no problem under my puffer in particular. And then indoors, I can keep the moto on or slip it off. My motos aren't particularly thin, but given that in Chicago, we have about 3 glorious days a year when leather jackets can be worn as outerwear (temps in the 50s-60s, no precipitation -- the holy grail of weather in my book!), I forced myself to learn to wear jackets as inside wear, and have never looked back. I wouldn't worry about it!

Hahaha! There are no more potential purchases on the horizon, as I hope I've crashed down here at the bottom of the slide and am waiting for you to join me. But I am always browsing and I have you in mind!

This post got me thinking about my jacket wardrobe and dominant season(s).

Depending on what I wear under it, I am comfortable in a leather jacket at temperatures between 40 and 60 F (5 to 15 C). In southern Wisconsin that would possibly work for March to May, and Sept to November, or 6 months. When it is not raining, as Una and Laura mentioned ;-).