A leather jacket as an investment in practice

A leather jacket for 4,000 CZK looks like a big expense. But if it lasts 20 years, and good leather lasts, it works out to 200 CZK per year. A cheap leatherette jacket for 800 CZK, which falls apart in two seasons, costs you 400 CZK a year. And yet he looks the way he looks.

What makes the jacket valuable The material, full grain or top grain leather holds its shape, patina and repairable. Leatherette

cracks, cannot be repaired, cannot be collected. Processing, seams, zippers, lining. A bad zipper can be replaced, a bad seam means the whole workmanship is poor quality. Cut, timeless cut (biker, bomber, fitted blazer) will not look outdated in five years. Too fashionable details will quickly become outdated.

Why a vintage jacket is a better investment than a new one For 4,000 CZK today you can buy a new average leather jacket with plastic zippers and a lining that will last five years. For the same price at a curated vintage boutique, you can get a jacket from the 80s or 90s in leather that has survived 30 years and has another 30 to go. Patina is a bonus, leather with history looks better than leather without.

How to keep a jacket as an investment Conditioner twice a year, hang on a shaped hanger, dry naturally. Detailed instructions in the article Care of a leather jacket. If you take care of the jacket, the value does not decrease, on the contrary, good pieces increase in price over time.

You can find our collection of leather jackets in category Leather jackets.