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Thanks!

They even had them one size larger, but I didn't require that

But it's not always that I can expect this. Size 41 is not always available, e.g. a pair of HOGAN boots I wanted to buy were only available till size 40 (US 10), which is a size too small for me.

So... saks.com doesn't ship to Germany, so I had to use the freight forwarding service myus.com to get them shipped to Germany. MyUS.com offers to take photos of the package contents before they forward it, so here are the boots... in Sarasota, Florida (at myus.com), a few minutes before being repacked to be shipped to Germany...

Watching the box make its way over to Germany is nearly as exciting as actually wearing the boots. Well, nearly that is

I would really, really like to open up to her, but I know that this is something she will (definitely) chit-chat around the office once she knows it. Unfortunately she is the type that when you tell her "please keep that to yourself", you can definitely be sure that she will share it, and if you don't say anything, she will also share it. She is also good at keeping certain things to herself, but it seems that she decides what to keep and what to share.

I am currently in a position where my previous boss has left the company, and I am currently taking her position in the interim (without more pay, but much more work). It's a position just below board level. I have been working throughout the last weekends (if I am not typing in hhplace :-) ) for weeks now, as one of the board members told me that if I am doing a good job, I will be promoted. This has been the situation since May, and they will probably make a decision till end of year. I've heard so much about that promotions are not solely based on what you do (which I am getting quite positive feedback about), but also about personal preference of the board members, that I am very cautious at the moment. As my P.A. is very close to the P.A. of the board member I talked to, I am not sure whether I want to place that information with her now.

Again... these are all thoughts that I already had before I wrote that I am still torn. They won't fire me if anyone finds out I am wearing boots outside the office, but I might not get the promotion. Do I want that promotion? It would be nice, but I've never worked so much in my life before. I am doing 80 hour weeks since a few months now, and I am feeling that I have lost the balance between "work/life". I need to take a day off from work to be able to leave for a fashion event at 5 p.m. on a Friday. In that regard, part of me might even want her to chit-chat around. In any case, I have shared with her lots about my hobby (sewing), and shared with her fashion magazines from Vogue and L'Officiel, showing the latest womenswear stuff for the fall/winter seasons, which I sometimes take as an inspiration to sew something unusual for myself, which is still menswear, but with a twist. Not sure whether she might think I am gay or something, especially as I have no girlfriend - but I also don't care that much whether she thinks that. 

Main "problem" that I have at the moment: She owns a lot of Prada boots (her favorite brand), and I have found a boot from Prada that I would REALLY like to order online from the US, but which I am not able to return because of customs reasons. The one person on this planet who could tell me whether Prada runs slightly smaller, true to size or bigger than the Chloe boots that she and I bought is HER. A question like "by the way, do you run smaller, TTS or larger in your Prada boots compared to Chloe?" would be highly unusual... but the answer could save me around 1,000 USD in wrongly invested money if they would run too small... luxury problems, I know

Update: I just was on the Saks.com website to check whether my favorite boots were still available. By trying to put in multiple items of the same shoe size in the shopping basket, I could evaluate how many pairs are left. Yesterday, there were still 2 pairs left (which could have been shipped). This morning, entering the same number would lead to "we are unable to fulfill your request, please change the number of items in your shopping basket"... so within 24 hours, one pair was sold, with only ONE pair left in stock. It's probably even one of those collections that they don't have in the Prada stores, as Saks.com sometimes gets items they don't have in the stores.

Sooooo.... I decided to buy them right now, without asking my P.A. about any sizing. As Saks.com doesn't ship these boots to Germany, I am letting them ship these to a freight-forwarding service in Florida, which then forwards them to Germany. Totally complicated and doesn't allow me to return them... but I looked at several forums where many people said that Prada and Chloe would be similar. So hopefully they are. This is what I ordered:

And this is how the stock inventory now looks like after I have placed my order it was really the last one ... :

To wearing my boots to work: With me being in a central glass cube office at the end of the whole department now, walking into the office with my favorite boots would be like walking a fashion show - everyone would at least get the chance to see them. So far, I have been drawing a line between office and personal stuff, and this is how I will keep it.

If someone would meet me OUTSIDE the office during my leisure time, I would count this towards "so what", as I won't change how I dress when off work. I even met one of our female developers by coincidence. I was dressed in a petrol colored skirt , matching shirt and matching sneakers maybe 3 months ago when it was very hot. We talked for 15 minutes about the weather, that she prefers trousers instead of skirts during summer (which I still don't get), about her moving to London, etc. -- it was a non-event, which was never mentioned again. If that is already around in the company, I haven't noticed it.

If I had met my P.A. during the fashion event, things would be easier, because then she would have seen it "live" instead of getting told something like "I like to wear womens boots during my spare time", which sounds a bit strange to the average person unless you are member of hhplace. It's taking things out of context, and giving the whole thing a negative vibe, which I want to avoid.

Hi Puffer,

sorry about this... yup, I meant US size 11, which translates to a EU 41 for me. I have got several boots that I ordered from the US (in a size 11), which then also had on the box printed "EU 41", so EU 43 would be a bit too large. My cobbler measured my foot size once and said that I have a 41.5, so it really depends on how the boot is cut whether it will fit or not. Best shoe buy (size-wise) I had where Belstaff boots that were so large (in the ankle boot version) that I took the risk to order the knee-high version from the US (non-exchangeable, reduced by 50%) in a size 40... which fit! Snug, but they fit.

Masculine vs. feminine... LOL... tell this to my P.A.!   I guess she wouldn't like it if someone told her that she bought masculine boots.

I am still torn whether I should give her a hint, something like "thanks for pointing me to the store... I couldn't resist as well..." or something.

Hi,

and welcome to the forum!

Do you want to wear ballet FLATS outside or do you want to wear HEELS outside? -- Not sure why you would want to wear ballet flats, but I personally don't know any male shoe style that would be very similar. Just wear them! If you are asking on how to start wearing heels outside... well... either you just put them on (maybe with some jeans covering most of the shoe), or you buy a dedicated male heel, so you can always say that "this is a guy's boot". Yves Saint Laurent has some in stock this season:

Retailing at a bargain price of 1.595 USD, you may also just spend a hundred bucks on similar shoes from the women's side of the aisle and save somewhere around > 1000 USD or so. To be honest, there won't be much happening. Yesterday, compared to your current status, I dressed outragiously with 4.7 inch platform heels, leather leggings and white blouse (similar style to what is currently sold at Gucci for MEN this season). Spent close to 5 hours in the city, walking around, going in and out of shops, trying on shoes, shirts, etc. and talking to sales reps. I did not get one bad comment from ANYONE. It's all about HOW you wearing stuff. Be bold, be confident - you will soon see that in today's society, most people don't even care about you anyway. Sad, but true...

Part 2 of the story: ... walking back along the main shopping street, I noticed that the boots I was wearing (my favorite Ermanno Scervino boots) were failing - the right heel showed a gap at the back, and the heel itself could be moved quite a bit. It would only be a matter of time till it would break.

So although I had just bought my favorite pair, I still wanted to try on the other pair I had seen. So I went into the store, asked the sales assistant whether they would be available in size 11... and they were...

While waiting for her to return from the stock room, yet another pair caught my eye...

I liked both of them very much. Take the first pair? Take the second pair? Both? Wouldn't it be insane to buy three pairs in one day? Yes, it probably would be.

I am now officially insane. I bought both pairs, put on pair #2 and stored away my (nearly) broken Ermanno Scervino heels in the now empty shoebox of pair #2. Suddenly, walking in heels was easy again. It really makes a difference when a heel becomes just a tad loose.

Both boots from Phillip Hardy.

I don't know where she get's the money from (we are not paying that well), but my personal assistant at work returned from her lunch break on Wednesday with two big shoe boxes, one from Prada, the other from Chloé. She was smiling all over the face ... saying that she had just picked up her order at her favorite shoe store downtown.

Flashback one year ago: I am browsing the reduced shoe collections online and see a pair of Chelsea boots from Chloé which I immediately like VERY much. Due to them having hardly any platform, and quite a high heel, I already know that these are boots that look nice, but will be difficult to walk in. As I have too many "difficult to walk in" shoes at home, I decide not to buy that pair.

Back to today: My P.A.'s Chloé boots look very similar to my favorite boots that I didn't buy, but they have a LOWER heel. So these are ideal for walking even longer distances. Me and my P.A. are mostly business, so she doesn't know that I am wearing heels when not at work. But she knows that I am heavily into fashion, so asking questions about this topic is not too far off.

So I complimented her on her boots and asked her where to get such designer boots in town. She gave me the name and address of the shop, which also carries men's shoes.

Later that day, I called the shop, which has two stores: One in the city where I am living, and a shop just about 30 minutes from here. Lucky me... they had my size available in the second shop. I called the 2nd shop and let them put a hold on these boots till today, as I knew I would be driving to the city due to Vogue's fashion night.

When I got to the store, the guy opened the box, asked "are these the right ones?" and wanted to put the lid onto the box again, before I stopped him and told him that I would like to try them on. He was VERY surprised (which was an even bigger surprise for me, given my outfit), and remarked that even though they were a size 11 (which is my size), they won't fit me.

So... opening up the left boot, foot in... fits like a glove. The guy in the store goes like this and says "I would never have thought that you fit in there". After that, it was just chit-chat about boots, fashion night, the type of people buying in his store, etc.

Without my P.A. knowing, I now basically got "her" boots, which - in a certain sense - I already had on my mind for over a year now. Just with a different heel height.

Here they are:

I really like the white stitching and the round toe cap. The heel height really is ideal for walking long distances. Leather is buttery soft. Really a dream come true!

10 minutes before leaving to today's Vogue's fashion night out, I changed my outfit to this:

Outfit: Boots by Phillip Hardy, Balenciaga leather leggings, Esprit crepe blouse, black bow made by myself, Commes des Garcons jacket, Borsalino Fedora, Belstaff bag.

To be honest, the boots that I was wearing originally were my favorite Ermanno Scervino boots, but while walking, I noticed that I felt somewhat unstable on the right foot. Upon inspection, the right heel looked as if it would come off with just a few steps more.

So when I saw the boots that you see in the picture above in one of the shops, I went in, bought these, and bagged the original boots I was wearing, which are now in need for my cobbler to take a look at.

Note for this outfit: Fedora hats are WARM. I had never expected to get sweaty under a simple Fedora hat, but with a sunny day today (72° F), it quickly became a bit too warm. So if you wanna wear something like this, it definitely has to be colder outside.

The outfit itself got me QUITE a few looks, but with many fashion minded people there, most of them approving. Two girls serving sparkling wine at one of the bigger department stores even complimented me on the boots first, and then the whole outfit. They said that they really like the whole outfit, and think that it is quite bold to wear this as a guy, but that they definitely like it very much. Too bad that I am no longer their age range, they were probably in their early 20s. But it's cool that the younger generation is so open minded.

All in all, I bought 3 new pairs of shoes ... a story I will post in the new boots section...

Hi everyone,

this Friday, there is the Vogue Fashion Night happening at a location nearby where I live. Fashion minded people will dress up and visit designer stores along one of the most prestigious shopping streets in that city - mostly around the evening (starting at around 7 p.m.). Temperatures are expected to be at around 19-13 degrees Celsius (67 - 55 °F).

Some of the time will be spent within shops, some waiting before shops to be let in, and later that evening probably in a club or a fancy bar.

I wanted to dress up similar to the current Gucci fall/winter collection:

As I don't want to spend that much cash on a silk Gucci shirt/blouse (well... the menwear this fall is basically a bigger size cut womenswear blouse), I placed an order for a silk blouse for half the price at Tory Burch today (I also like the bordeaux color much more than Gucci's signal red), which should be delivered tomorrow. I already have (even nicer) wide legged trousers with a slight satin finish from Paco Rabanne and boots that would match as well:

But I am not so sure about what to wear on top (blazer, jacket, etc.) - most of my blazers are not cut that narrow, and also aren't matching very well to the satin-like finish of the trousers, so they look quite odd. The only one that I am not sure about is the velvet blazer that I have from Savile Row, which would be in contrast to the satin trousers. Do you think that this would work?

What type of jacket or coat would you wear? -- most of the jackets I own are either too thick (winter-coats/jackets) or too casual. Mind you: This is a shopping event, so I can go there without a jacket and buy one that matches, but I am currently lacking ideas of what type of jacket would really fit such an already "posh" type of outfit which would not be too warm or too cold at 55° F later that evening. Any ideas?

Shell: Yes, it will definitely repel water quite well. It's made of 100% Nylon/Polyamide, filled with 90% Goose Down and 10% feathers. The fur is made from fox, which was dyed to a different color. The whole coat feels very well made, however the designers did use a button / loop fastening for the hood - with one of the buttons already coming off when I pulled a bit too hard on the hood when putting it on (that's when I realized that they didn't use a zipper, but buttons...), and one of the other buttons being close to giving up. Nothing I couldn't solve with a few stitches and some yarn, but I would have expected a better solution to attach the hood. Other than that, I am extremely happy with the coat.

Picture: Skirt part in left part of picture, middle is the rubber band thingy in the midsection of the coat, right side of the picture is the upper half of the coat:

Here is another closeup of the skirt part fabric.

Suboptimal solution to attach hood, will be fixed by me sewing it right once and for all.

Amazing fur:

... drove 250 miles on Friday to try it on & take it home...

Sorry for the bad picture quality, I took the pictures outside during a very cloudy day (between two rainshowers) and had to dial up the brightness quite a bit.

There are virtually no bust darts, so it's pretty ok from the side as well.

If you want to get your own, Neiman Marcus has them in stock, however the price is 47% higher than in Europe.

@mtnsofheels: The "right guy" could wear this... what do you think makes up the "right" guy? -- I fell in love with it the first time I saw it, so even though it may look awkward, I still like it very much. By the way, the skirt-part is also filled with downs, so even below the waistband, the coat is quite warm.

Let me try to translate the post of kneehighs: Although it surely wasn't a post that shows men in everyday situations wearing heels, it is an article that is quite positive about men in heels in general. If you, e.g. as a business, wanted to place a posting on buzzfeed being positive about heels in order to make men wear heels, it would probably cost between 20-25K for that article to appear in buzzfeed. So... simply put: it is a "free victory" for men in heels, as this article appeared on buzzfeed without anyone paying for it.

So much for the translation. Personally, I think that if someone spent 25K to make that post with these type of pictures in order to increase his men's heels sales, it would have been a waste of money. If you want to make men wear heels, show regular, straight men in an everyday situation, who are serious about what they do and are not captured in a sort of "joking" situation. Out of 100 pictures I see on the net with men wearing heels, most of them are lack these attributes unfortunately.

Then again... hardly anyone here is probably a model, so it's sort of an adverse self-selection on which pictures appear on the net...

 

If I was 20 years younger....dang...I would be all on to those!

Well... I am 40 now, 4 years older than you minus 20 years

My hair is already pretty gray, and I am keeping it short, so I am not the typical youngster-looking type. Even at my age, my first instinct was to say "geez, if I was 20 years younger...."

... continuing the sentence, I immediately told myself: If I was 20 years younger, I would be 20. I wouldn't have the money to buy this stuff and I wouldn't have the courage to do so. I would still have the attitude to care too much about what other people say, or just what they potentially *could* think about me.

Now, at age 40, I finally have the courage to wear something like this and also the money to buy it. Well - not the Loewe stuff (yup, that's really pricey), but I went out this weekend and got myself the "Marlene trousers" from a different (German) designer. Also not cheap, but probably half of the Loewe price.

So... HOW did I buy these?

I put on one of my highest pair of high heel boots, put on my favorite pair of flared jeans (black boots, white jeans, white short-sleeved shirt) and went to that premium designer store at a city nearby, similar to Saks or Neiman Marcus in New York.

I walked into the women's department, browsed a few things till a sales-lady hit me "can I help you sir?".

I showed her a copy of the article (the one I posted here) and said that I was looking for the Marlene trousers in a black color, with a more wool type finish, so already from the winter collection (I got Marlene trousers, but these are made of a satin-like material, which is something you can wear if you are going to a club, not for everyday wear).

So... I wasn't sure whether the sales clerk actually understood that these were for ME. She was very helpful in showing me several models until we hit the one that I posted above. I asked her whether she still had (US size) 12 available (on the rack there were only sizes 6 and 8, so she looked it up and told me she would have to go to the stock room. Soon after she returned, holding the pants on a hanger. She took them off, and started to fold them... which was the moment when I went "just a moment... I would like to try them on, you know?"

She was a bit surprised, probably because she was also new and didn't know how to deal with the situation... , but said "oh...oh yes, sure. Come with me." So she took me to the cabins, where she started talking that she really liked these wide trousers and that she had sewn herself a pair of culottes just the other day. As I also like to sew as a hobby, we started talking about sewing and stuff. It actually became quite a nice conversation.

As the trousers were just a tad too long, she got the tailor of the store to shorten them. I can pick them up in about two weeks (when I am going to be there again anyway). Shopping for this was a total "non event".

Now I only have to find a matching top / blazer / whatever to wear with them... 

Oh well... *sigh* it's the time of year where they are getting in the fall/winter boots for 2015. I just couldn't resist. I already own two pairs of Italian producer "Giampaolo Viozzi", which are higher priced than the usual stuff, but lower than the high-end designers, and they make top-notch quality shoes, comparable to Prada and the like. Especially the leather with the two pairs I already own is buttery soft.

So... when I found the over-the-knee pair, I searched what this year's collection looked like and ordered the other ankle-boot pair from a small boutique (Tamagnini) in Riccioni, Italy. It's totally funny that they have a website selling globally, as it is really just a small brick-and-mortar store (I looked at it in Google Streetview), but then again... it's nice to be able to go shopping this way nowadays.

Here they are:

With the OTK boots, I hope that I will be bold enough to wear them together with a (mid length) skirt. As they are over the knee, you probably won't be able to see where the boot ends, so that should look totally cool...

Hi,

I stumbled upon the following page in the current fall/winter edition of the German style magazine "Best Fashion", which I scanned in and translated into English language for you.

What do you think of the outfits presented? Wearable or rather not? (Click on the picture to enlarge)

Personally, I would go for some of that stuff, but - simply because it cannot be worn everywhere - the prices are simply way too high for something I won't wear out that often. I really like the LOEWE outfit (if you go over the top, why not all the way). If you buy some of that stuff in the women's department from non-designer brands (and sometimes even from designer brands), the same outfits / looks can be achieved at 1/15th to 1/20th of the price.

On the other hand... you can probably get most of that stuff in January 2016 at 50% off...

Hi,

while browsing the upcoming fall/winter collections, I found the following coat by Moncler, which I fell in love with the first time I saw it. It's quite unusual as it is a combincation of a cropped puffer jacket and a (down filled) skirt. Do you think a guy could wear this?

I ordered it to the nearest Moncler store yesterday, and it will probably arrive in 1-2 weeks - unfortunately it only goes up to a size 4, which is comparable to a women's US size 10, and I am more of a size 12... besides the sizing issue, I hope that the two zippers at the bust area do not also act as a "dart", which is used to make room for the bust area. With Moncler, some of their women's jackets can be easily worn by a guy without any alteration needed, with some others, I first had to take them to the tailor to get them altered.

In motion...

@Rob:

Very nice look. Even though I don't like these type of boots with a pointed tip, I actually think that they look great on you.

Now if you ditch the Apple watch and get something more classic, and you will have an outstanding look

Hi,

first of all, as I am from Germany, let me clear one thing up:

opinion (EN) = Meinung (DE)

meaning (EN) = Bedeutung (DE)

You probably mixed up those two.

Regarding the wedges: If you are younger, go for something edgy. Campbell is always edgy, and if you are in your teens or early 20s, go for them. At age 30 or 40 you won't wear them anymore.

Personally, I think the platform is a bit too high. Less platform would look more refined.

Second, the experience I have made is that the lacing (Schnürung) can hurt near the toes of the feet, as there must be a leather flap covering the lacing below it - the double layer of leather often causes blisters for me. Maybe that's just with my feet.

The wedges I liked and bought are the ones from Jil Sander. Less platform, but still looks kinda cool I think.

But as others said - if you like them, buy them!

Just ordered these ones:

I originally wanted to get them in a taupe-color, but unfortunately the taupe-colored ones are only produced up to size 10, and if I am not mistaken, Hogan often runs kind of small. As I need a size 11, I went for the grey colored ones, which hopefully will arrive next week. This is already the new fall/winter 2015 collection.

@Lvemadomina:

If you look at how women normally dress up when wearing leggings, they often wear long-shirts that flare out at the bottom and might be a bit longer (hard to see on your pic).

It's also important that if it's really a leggings without any closing/fly in the front, the shirt should be long enough to cover the crotch area - even in women's clothing, this is an unwritten rule.

Example:

So... you definitely got the figure to pull off the outfit, but I would choose a shirt that is tapered in the middle, but flares out a bit more at the bottom. Yes - that's VERY hard to find if you don't want to take a female shirt, as male "narrow" or "modern" cut shirts don't flare out at the bottom, but stay narrow throughout the whole shirt.

When I have finished a couple of other sewing projects, this shirt still is on my list, as I've got the same problem during summer with my leather leggings. Therefore I took an old men's shirt (narrow cut), took it apart and reconstructed its pattern. I've all things lying around here, but first need to finish a tote that I am currently working on

All in all a nice outfit !

And: I suppose that you are still younger than I am (I am 40). I did have a US size 6 when I was around 25, which was really thin. Nowadays, I often think that I should have been more bold back then (I was bold, but still too cautious), when I still could basically wear EVERYTHING. Your photo looks like that you still are thin enough to pull off pretty much everything that you wear, so do yourself a favor and don't only wear it at home. When you are older, you will regret it if you did not.

None of the designs in that article resonate with me - but there are designs which I have liked in the past and still could imagine to wear on the street. Heck, yes, I am wearing this kind of stuff some times, but mostly during winter, probably because you can layer much more during winter than during summer. Is all of it wearable? No, certainly not (in most cases). You take ONE piece of a designer like Yohji and combine it with another piece of a different designer...

Just an example:

That's Rick Owens 2011 fall/winter. I bought his coat - unfortunately only available in black in my size -, bought a longer turtleneck sweater from a Russian designer and winter shorts from the same designer and combine either knee-high wedge boots or regular boots (without much heel) with the outfit.

Here's the sweater / shorts combination of the Russian designer:

Personally, I like designs more that have a cinched waist (at least a little) instead of being totally "boxy" (rectangle/square).

Many designers nowadays that say they design "unisex" in fact just leave out any trace of form-fitting silhouette, which then certainly is unisex, but - in my opinion - takes away the miracle of clothes that actually flatter your figure.

But you are right, the places where you can wear ANY non-standard outfit certainly are limited.

As it is over 38° C / 100 °F here, I was doing my grocery shopping this Saturday in a mid-length skirt (petrol coloured) with matching T-Shirt and sneakers. By coincidence, I met a female project manager from work in the supermarket. She didn't make ANY comment on my clothing, except for the fact that she prefers shorts to skirts when it is so hot. Let's see whether I will be the gossip talk in the office from tomorrow onwards...

At all: Sorry for not posting for so long, I've had (and still have) lots and lots of work at my office. I "sort of" got promoted after my previous boss left; I can keep that promotion if I do a great job, so I've been working throughout the weekends non-stop for the last few weeks.

@hiheellover23:

Wow, you are bold. Personally, although I have some stilettos sitting here, I've yet to work up the courage to go out in them. Then again, you are so muscular that probably no one argues with you

@Newfie:

First: I am a great fan of you, so please don't take my comment on the open-toe heels personally.

I am not a big fan of open-toe shoes, so I wouldn't like first pair even if it was in a more subtle color. The candy color pushes the pair over the top for me - I wouldn't want to see those shoes on anybody. To me, they look a bit too cheap, too bright, too ... jeez... too everything!

BUT: I like the outfit you combined with them. Nice.

I really like the date night outfit of you. It looks very casual - makes heels look like something a guy could wear every day, which is exactly how it should be. And: You also look quite comfortable / relaxed in them.

@malinheels:

Thank you!

Now that it has become warmer I struggle a bit, as I am still lacking stuff that I can combine with the leather leggings on top (long-shirt, etc.). I am probably going to sew something on my own that I can combine with them or narrow cut trousers.

Check this out my friends, inexpensive CL's.

 

http://christianlouboutinshoesussale.com/

 

I'm close to a 41.

All fake. And if you order there, you are lucky if you receive anything at all - more likely money down the drain.

Hi - the second picture shows two jackets which are basically the same except for the zippers / metal, which is silver-colored in the right picture and black in the left. Unfortunately this jacket is really too short.

I am skipping over Luisaviaroma when it comes to jackets, as they seldomly have an Italian size 48 in stock :-(

Guys, you make me happy - I hadn't expected THAT much of a positive feedback

The one thing I am still (sadly) missing is a perfect moto leather jacket. I am looking for one that doesn't have the boxy men's cut, but rather the female type cinched waist and also isn't as long as the men's version. That alone is not soooo hard to find, but what is more difficult: To find one where the seams are placed in a way that allow my tailor to remove the bust dart, so that it doesn't look odd on me. Finally, I would like one with a great leather quality, and that's where it usually ends.

I had found the perfect moto jacket at Belstaff last season, but they only produced it up to a (male equivalent) size "S", which is about two numbers too small for me. I just searched again and found two jackets that would even be available in my size.

This is the one by Alexander McQueen, which has a more "relaxed" fit, so my tailor would probably have to take the waist in a bit:

This one has a very relaxed fit, not sure whether I like this.

The other one is by Balenciaga:

Depending on the picture, I like the jacket or I am not sure. The three left pictures really look okay to me.

The bust dart ("princess seam") is the first bummer, as it will be difficult to fix. Finally, the right picture shows that the jacket is very short (56 cm / 22 inches in my size, which is a french 44 or US 12), which might make it look strange if you have broader shoulders.

What do you think of these two jackets?

Would you guys buy any of these (money aside) ?

--- EDIT:

Oh well *sigh*... I searched more pictures on these two jackets and compared the length of the second one to the shortest cropped jacket I own. Jacket #2 is really too short. My shortest jacket is 1 1/2 inches longer, and already is quite short, so that would really be too short. From the pictures I found, jacket #1 is really a loose fit, meaning that it even doesn't look good on the anorexic models that normally make any jacket look good.

I probably have to search for the perfect moto a bit longer...