Leather jacket opinions please

Casualcontrol1

I badly need a new leather jacket. I have two narrowed down in river island but would love a second opinion! I am unsure whether to go plain or go for one with detachable fur. The one thing I am conscious of with the fur one is that the buttons would be visible..

What do you think a) https://www.riverisland.ie/p/black-faux-leather-biker-jacket-701440 or
b) https://www.riverisland.ie/p/black-faux-fur-collar-biker-jacket-705345

thanks

Kintarō Hattori

It's hard to beat the classic look as it's never gone out of fashion. I will say though that near €100 for a faux leather jacket seems steep. Have you trawled all the main stores to see what they have. Or can you wait a while and see if a real leather jacket pops up in a sale. Unless you're a vegan that's what I'd advise.

meeeeh

I prefer the one without fur. But I agree with previous poster. Leather biker jackets are in Mango from about 120 euro on and I think actual leather is much nicer.

ams

Yeah was going to suggest Mango in the sale - wrong time of year to get a good selection though.

Would prefer the second one of the two you showed.

Airyfairy12

What has the model got on her feet in the first link? theyre like granny slippers :O

Both jackets are nice but I really like the one without the fur.

Valentina

Agree with other posters on Mango. I got a leather jacket from them full price for around €100 nine years ago and it is still perfect.

It's something you can wear for years so it's worth investing in.

Mango have some leather jackets on their website now.

The Cool

I would say stick with the classic biker rather than the one with the fur, they really do stay in fashion forever, go with 90% of outfits you could put together and you can wear them in any weather.
I have a faux one from Topshop that I paid 90 quid for, a couple years ago, I wear it to death but a lot of the faux leather coating is peeling now so it's getting very shabby looking, not in a good way. Next time I'll spend the extra few quid on a real leather one and it'll last for years.

RhubarbCrumble

I like the first one too, but unless you want it in a hurry I'd say give it about another month and you'll probably have more choice because the autumn/winter stuff is just starting to come in now.

stop animal cruelty

I would go with no.1.

No 2 looks shiny, making it look cheap. Personally l found when l wore a jacket with a fur collar like that,l felt uncomfortable and 99% of the time l took it off. Felt it looked ott.

No.1,all the way.