![]() ![]() I've never seen a 2011 Roadmaster in this color in person so don't know if this is normal or not.ĥ) The zipper is not branded YKK. "Antique Beige" Tourist Trophy and Brooklands jackets from 2011 definitely have lighter stitching. I know the summer Roadmaster has loops like this but was there ever a Malenotti winter version like this?Ĥ) Does not have contrast stitching. My previous jacket had normal belt loops attached at 2 points. I realize counterfeits have a fake "Made in Italy" tag but shouldn't a genuine jacket have it?ģ) The belt loops have one attachment point (last pic). ![]() I definitely remember my genuine jacket had this inside. Is it realistic that this either sat in someone's closet for 4 years or was somehow purchased as new old stock?Ģ) There is no "Made in Italy" tag anywhere on the jacket. While I take some comfort in this being an uncommon color and size (all the fakes I've seen are either black or dark brown), there are some details that concern me:ġ) This is a NWT unworn jacket that has not been sold since 2011. However, counterfeit Belstaffs are rampant on eBay and I've seen quasi-believable fakes that now have the Belstaff brand printed on the back of poppers, fake tags with bar codes, etc. This jacket has the same heft, smell, fit and feel of the original I remember. Have to say the quality appears to be there. I previously owned (but lost several years ago) a dark brown version of this same 2011 winter-version, purchased from the Belstaff store in New York. This appears to be a Malenotti era jacket from 2010/2011. After trolling the 'Bay for 4 months looking for size M in "Antique Beige," I finally pulled the trigger on a size S. (It was inspired, by the way, by a late ’40s Adventurer’s Edition catalog, but also referred to Belstaff’s 1924 birth year.) Lehnhardt-Moore said: “It is not just the fit or the function, but also the finish of things that is really important to me.Would appreciate your thoughts on this Belstaff Roadmaster I picked up from eBay. The presentation format of items on mannequins, plus the lack of much of a thesis beyond very finely observed heritage-led product for a broad demographic, meant this felt more like a super-privileged browse in which the logic behind a new logo and T-shirt graphic was laid out by the brain behind it rather than a sales assistant. By this point, however, I was basically just fantasy personal shopping-and not for womenswear. This included a sort of garagiste jumpsuit, skirts, and shirts with hand-drawn doodles illustrating the ephemera seen and acquired on the customer’s idealized journey, and lots of versions of the men’s jackets. This offered the lightness and versatility of the synthetic fabric with the potential to, in time, acquire a pleasing patina offered by the waxing process. Yet another revived jacket, named the XL 500, originally built for Belstaff’s motorsport of trial racing, was the inspiration for some pieces, which were delivered in waxed nylon. Freshly cooked and served on that mannequin, it looked like it has already enjoyed several eventful tours of duty-an impression also given by Lehnhardt-Moore’s super-attractive leather and waxed-cotton courier and overnight bags, respectively. Another four-pocket coat came in a thick olive canvas duck-piped in washed bridle leather. A jacket with roughened metal fastenings in a nylon British Army woodland camo looked very fine as well, as did the beautifully treated green T-shirt worn layered under a shirt. It also included arms to make a very fine jacket.Ī corduroy collared Trialmaster in weathered patches of variously shaded khaki and olive cotton looked manly on its mannequin. His revival of a 1950s-through-to-1990s Belstaff produced a fishing vest-chest-thumpingly named the Castmaster, in sidewalk-appropriate orange and riverbank-appropriate khaki-that had this punter hooked (I’ve since snagged a vintage example on eBay). At a presentation entitled “Travelogue” (British English for “travelog”) Sean Lehnhardt-Moore’s sophomore outing for Belstaff was, without question, full of fly-looking outerwear.
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