RRL by Ralph Lauren vintage-style leather car coat

Of course, it is out of your budget. But we can still appreciate this RRL by Ralph Lauren vintage-style leather car coat.

And we can hope that one day, this one drops into the sale. Because that’s the only way this leather coat will make it anywhere near my wardrobe – and yours, too, I would guess.

RRL Ralph Lauren has been around for almost 30 years, but perhaps because of its premium nature, it has gone under the radar a little. Whereas the main label has always hovered around the ‘preppy’ market, RRL is more of a heritage/workwear label for those with a healthy bank balance.

I’ve always liked the Ralph Lauren brand, and there’s nothing wrong with its quality—quite the contrary. But RRL pushes things up a notch. It offers high-quality garments designed to last and produced by artisan craftsmen. Buy well and buy once. But it will cost you to buy items that once—as this jacket shows.

This is what’s known as a car coat, but it’s really a multifunctional leather jacket with a design that could have come straight out of the 1960s.

Produced from premium full-grain cowhide leather (which is likely to age so well as you wear it), it has adjustable buttoned tabs on the back waist for a ‘personalised’ fit, as well as a buttoned throat latch, full button front, buttoned barrel cuffs, a left chest pocket, two front waist pockets and a full lining with what’s described as an olive-hued herringbone twill.

The downside is, of course, the £2,000 price tag. It’s a beauty, and I’m sure if you have that amount of ready cash, you might be tempted. Not many UK stockists, but Stuarts of London is one.

Find out more at the Stuarts of London website