I hope yall don’t mind me sharing a Joel inspired piece here and singing
Jameel Ur ‘s praises.
So some background, ever since watching Skyfall in theaters I was taken by the Levi’s menlo leather jacket in the movie.
It was beautiful in fit and design and the vintaged look always appeals to me but I own and wear a dark brown leather jacket a lot so I never got one original or replica.
Like probably most people in this thread I was also tempted by the flint and tinder jacket after seeing Pedro Pascal wearing it as Joel and hovered over the add to cart button several times. I always talked myself out of it though because at the end of the day it’s a tan denim jacket without v stitching and only one chest pocket. Since I have other denim jackets I enjoy wearing it was a similar situation where I couldn’t justify it with my existing wardrobe.
Then I stumbled on this image showing a worn in vs new flint tinder
(Side note why didn’t they weather the jacket on the show like this? Was a bit bummed out the season 2 jacket is paler and doesn’t look like this)
And fell in love with the patina, which caused an idea to form. I had been in contact with Jameel for a Henry backpack (which turned out wonderfully by the way) and proposed the idea to him. Essentially the Skyfall jacket in leather modeled after the patina on the flint and tinder with custom printed fleece lining and nickel hardware. After he agreed it could be done I drew up the pattern for the lining, had the fabric printed, sent it to Jameel’s workshop and then drew up this concept in photoshop.
Now less than two months since placing my order the jacket is done and it turned out better than I ever expected.
Very excited to wear this everywhere and recommend everyone go to Jameel if they ever have ideas for a custom jacket. When the time comes and more reference is available I’ll likely go to him for the season 2 parka.