Oddity with my G&B jacket

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Oddity with my G&B jacket

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I have struggled with an odd problem with my G&B lambskin jacket. After a few minutes of wear the jacket rides up my right arm and down my left. Not much, couple of inches, but enough to be quite noticeable. I brought this oddity to the attention of my tailor. After a quick examination she suggested that the slick nylon liner combined with my being right handed resulted in this problem, she suggested the addition of a more abrasive material be added to the inside of the jacket at the shoulders. I did exactly that but still the jacket becomes askew. Anyone else have this problem? :(
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Nope. I have a 42R and a 44T, and neither one does that. I am also right handed. :-k

It sounds like your jacket shoulder width may be just a bit wider than your actual shoulder width, allowing the jacket to slide over on your body.

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:shock: THAT'S IT! I normally wear a 44L, this jacket is a 46!

Great ... Now I have to buy another jacket! :x

Anybody got a 44L they want to trade for a 46? [-o<

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Maybe you can work a deal with bobjones. ;)

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The size thing is probably it. I noticed that my latest US Wings is bigger than my previous one, and I have experienced a slide on one side of the jacket, as well. Interesting.
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Mike, are you sure you don't have a hump?

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What hump?
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alphared6 wrote::shock: THAT'S IT! I normally wear a 44L, this jacket is a 46!

Great ... Now I have to buy another jacket! :x

Anybody got a 44L they want to trade for a 46? [-o<

Mike

Mike, I have a 44L, that I would be willing to trade. It is goat hide, though?
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binkmeisterRick wrote:Mike, are you sure you don't have a hump?

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alphared6 wrote:I have struggled with an odd problem with my G&B lambskin jacket. After a few minutes of wear the jacket rides up my right arm and down my left. Not much, couple of inches, but enough to be quite noticeable. I brought this oddity to the attention of my tailor. After a quick examination she suggested that the slick nylon liner combined with my being right handed resulted in this problem, she suggested the addition of a more abrasive material be added to the inside of the jacket at the shoulders. I did exactly that but still the jacket becomes askew. Anyone else have this problem? :(

That is possibly the strangest post I've read here on COW. I'm sorry for your experience, but, man that's odd. I have the same jacket. It's fine. Is it possibly an issue with your posture...? I say this only because my friend is an oesteopath and he says that one of the signs of a spinal problem is when the sleeves of you suit appear to be uneven. :Plymouth:
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I was a soldier most of my life. My Doctor tells me my posture is flawless! :-k
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I know a bunch of soldiers and their postures are terrible - I understand that's often the case for those folks, given the work and lifestyle. I'm glad yours is flawless. That jacket of yours must be cursed then. :lol:
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No, CM, if you caught what he just discovered, it's one size too big. He needs a size 44. His is actually a 46.

ANY 'too large' jacket will do what his is doing on him.

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...ok, ok. Alph is really the hunchback of notre dame. I thought everone knew? :anxious:
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