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Aero Leather Clothing

A craftsman in glasses cutting a jacket panel from a hide by hand at a workbench, with other hides piled behind him

Aero has been a family business in the Scottish Borders since 1981, and works from Greenbank Mill on Huddersfield Street in Galashiels, where its factory and showroom can be visited by appointment. It recreates jackets from the 1930s and 1940s, and some patterns are based on originals from the wartime Aero Leather Clothing of Beacon, New York. There's no production line: each panel and lining is cut by hand, one at a time, and a single machinist sews each jacket on a walking-foot machine, then signs the label. Every finished jacket goes through a 28-point inspection. Hides left over from the made-to-order work go into a lower-priced ready-to-wear line, sewn by the same machinists.

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Shown here are Aero's own made-to-order jackets: the Highwayman and Cafe Racer, pictured in black Chromexcel horsehide from Horween in Chicago, and reproductions of the USAAF A-2 in horsehide and the lightweight B-6 in sheepskin.

Only Aero's own jackets are shown here. The other brands' clothing the shop also sells isn't included.

Aero Highwayman jacket in black horsehide, front view, with a pointed collar, full-length brass zip and a zipped chest pocket
Highwayman

£600+

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Aero Cafe Racer jacket in black horsehide, front view, with a snap-tab band collar, centre zip and zipped chest and hand pockets
Cafe Racer

£600+

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Aero USAAF Type A-2 flight jacket in dark brown horsehide, front view, with flapped patch pockets and red knitted cuffs and waistband
USAAF Type A-2 Flight Jacket

£600+

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