Not exactly thrown away
More a case of I can't find the fucker. Whilst in Hong Kong I aquired a rather splendid mandarin style leather jacket, made from the softest leather imaginable. I think that they must have really pampered the cows and covered them in baby-cow oil or something before they went to the slaughterhouse, because this really was soft... It became my favourite of all my jackets, even though it was wafer thin and therefore as much use as tits on a bull in cold weather.

A rip acquired to one of the pockets was stitched and mended, and added a bit more character to the dead cow-wear. I didn't mind. However, a subsequent tear caused by the pocket snagging on a fence post during a one-too-many-sherberts stagger up the hill to my house required a rather more deft repair job. So I hung the jacket away and made a note to take it into the clothing repairs shop down the street.

The last time I saw the fucker was when I took it to said shop only to find that the proprietor was away on holiday and the shop closed. I put it back into its carrier bag, got back in the car and went back home.

Not long afterwards I moved house. Can I find my beloved jacket? Can I bollocks. Thankfully it's £300 of my ex-missus' money down the drain rather than mine, since she bought it for me as a birthday pressie. But still, it was rather splendid and short of another trip to Hong Kong I'll never find another one like it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Aug 2008, 13:03, 7 replies)

Shanghai Tang...
...do jackets that sound very like that. They have both a website and a shop in London.
(davywavy, Tue 19 Aug 2008, 13:05, closed)

Ooh...
*excites*

I'll look into that, cheers.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Aug 2008, 13:06, closed)

You seem to have a very sartorial dress code.
.
( girlinthehole, Tue 19 Aug 2008, 13:07, closed)

I'm a picture of snappy elegance
In my mind
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Aug 2008, 13:19, closed)

Shanghai Tang
I've just been on their website.

Fuck me, I thought mine was pricy at £300!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Aug 2008, 15:42, closed)

Yeah, they ain't cheap
But I guessed you bought your jacket a long time ago...
(davywavy, Tue 19 Aug 2008, 16:02, closed)

2001
to be precise.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Aug 2008, 16:34, closed)