WIW: Coral leather moto jacket with gray & python

Yesterday was another Saturday of running errands followed by a late lunch out with my BF. Was warm enough to wear a leather moto without requiring a sweater under it (got away with just a tee) but still required a scarf and hat thanks to those blustery Santa Ana winds.

Decided to let the scarf colors be the uniting element in the outfit. Wasn't too sure about the combo of gold and subtle silver accents (there's a gold color in the scarf and the Chanel bag while the hardware on the jacket is silver, as is my jewelry and the slight accents on the gray and white python leather ankle boots.

Is anyone else a bit OCD or anal retentive about their handbag or other hardware not being a different colored metal than their jewelry? I find this to be an area I struggle with combining without finding it irksome (so of course I had to challenge myself to give it a try).

I own this coral pink cropped leather moto in burnt orange as well. I love the cut of it and the lambskin leather is buttery soft.

Not one of my best formula outfits, imho, but I did like the gray with the coral and the last minute addition of the gray/white/silver python print ankle boots (was originally going to go with a pair of gray converse low top sneakers). So as experiments go I think this one went pretty okay.

Gray cabbie hat: Goorin Bros. (via Zappos)
Gray v-neck t-shirt: Aeropostale
Coral cropped leather moto: SkinHub (via ebay)
Scarf: thrifted
Gray distressed slouchy skinny jeans: Levi's (via Marshalls)
Matte gold messenger bag: Chanel (via designer consignment)
Gray/white/silver python leather ankle boots: Vince Camuto (via Zappos)
Coiled snake earrings: c.1920's antique sterling (converted to pierced). I think I got these years ago at a flea market. Truth is, I've owned them so long I can't actually remember!
Ring: Vintage 1960's modernist sterling and tiger eye (via estate buyout)

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12 years ago

Gracie

Veteran

Terrific colors and fit. I have major jacket envy now. Your jewelry is so beautiful and unique - you look fab!

Joyce B

Wow, what a fabulous outfit and the colors look wonderful on you!

Golden

Great outfit!

Nicole D

Jacket is stunning! I think the outfit works well and I adore that purse. Totally make the effort to not always match the metals. Once you have done it a few times you'll be fine.

MuseumGal

What a beautiful jacket! I love the top half of warm vibrant tones. I love the bottom half of cool muted tones. I'm not 100% sure I totally love the two together, if you know what I mean?

ETA: I'm clearly in the minority on the color issue, don't mind me!

dustt

love - love - love the coral with the grey and the python!!! -

TraceyLiz65

(website)

Love this color combo and the python print... I may like some elements of "matchy-match" but let go of metals needing to match a long time ago, such a freeing thing!

Disha

Active Member

I love this combo! To my eye - both the colors are cooler tones and go well together. Love how the scarf ties it all together, too.

catgirl

Hey, tell me about Skinhub - I've eyed their stuff on Ebay but wondered about the quality...

You look great in coral, a color for which I usually have a poison eye (at least the salmon end of coral)!

Neel

You have the most amazing collection of jackets! Beautiful color on you! And cool boots!

Asingh

What a fun and chic outfit!

leopardluxe

alaskagirl, I've done well with the SkinHub jackets but I think their quality control may be spotty. I own three of their leather jackets. This one, the burnt orange one in the same style and a black moto peplum waist/belted one that looks a lot like one Burberry put out a few years ago.

The leather on this one and the black one is very, very soft (like buttery lambskin) while the orange one is slightly thicker and stiffer in feel. Also, the coral and black ones had no tannery odor whatsoever (don't know if you've ever smelled leather from some of the Moroccan and Indian tanneries. The odor can be very, very strong and is pretty offensive to my highly sensitive nose. When you visit a Moroccan tannery they actually give you fresh mint to hold under your nose as you tour the place because the odor is so nasty). Sometimes airing them out for a couple of weeks does the trick and other times the tannery odor can be almost impossible to get out, especially if you have a hyper-sensitive sense of smell like I do.

So those two had no tannery odor but the orange one did when I received it. It had also been packed folded poorly so the leather had creased awkwardly in a few spots (again, this wasn't the case with the coral and black ones). I let the orange one air for about two weeks and it still had that awful smell. So I used one of my best tricks -- I put the jacket in the dryer for about 45 minutes on med/high heat with 3 fabric softener sheets (I checked it after 20 minutes but it needed longer). Then I took it out hot and used my hand to smooth out the wrinkles (this is actually how leather cleaners get wrinkles out of leather, they use a heat gun or hairdryer type of device).

The fabric softener sheets did the trick on removing the tannery odor once and for all (thank goodness!)

So the quality overall is good for the price point. It's nowhere near as good as a nice designer leather, like D-Squared, AllSaints or Acne, but it's comparable to many of the mid-range leather jackets out there in the $200-$500 range. Also, the sellers who sell the skin hub jackets often times put them on substantial sale. So I'd wait till they put them on major sale and then buy one if you're interested. I only paid $95 each, including free shipping, for both the coral and orange cropped jackets and only $104, including free shipping, for the black one.

Also, while there may be different sellers offering them, most are actually the same seller using different names. I ordered the coral and the black jackets from two "different" sellers on ebay and they arrived shipped together in one package via DHL. It also takes anywhere from 2-4 weeks to receive them and DHL is pretty spotty with their tracking (it showed it wasn't a valid tracking number for close to two weeks then a day before the jackets arrived it showed it was and gave the shipping status, which was due for delivery the next day).

One other thing to note --check their size charts very carefully. These definitely all run really small. I normally wear an XS in almost everything and after looking at their charts I went with the size small in all of the SkinHub jackets. I'm glad I did. While I may be somewhat broad in the back and chest area for someone my size I'm overall still pretty small and these jackets fit me about perfect in the size small. So don't be surprised if you end up needing a size or two bigger than you might initially think or wear in any other type of jacket.

Hope this info helps!

viva

That jacket is great on you -- not a color I could wear, but it's so vibrant and fresh on you.
I have no problem mixing metals, and in fact I wear both gold and silver rings every day, so it's taken care of. Very freeing.

Thank you so much for all the detail! I saw they are Mumbai-based and I I've had mixed experiences shopping for leather in India (even with my family there to help), so it's good to know what you've experienced. I will proceed with caution - I have seen their stuff on ebay and wondered about it so often.

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