Aero Leather Clothing
Aero leather jackets
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.
What sets them apart
- Own factoryHand-cut and sewn at its own Galashiels factory
- Made in BritainGalashiels, Scottish BordersHow we know
The clothing
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.
£600+
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£600+
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Where they're made
Galashiels, Scottish Borders
Aero's own jackets are cut and sewn by hand in its factory at Greenbank Mill, Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. The leather and zips come from elsewhere, including Horween in Chicago and Japan.
Made in Britain — how we know
In October 2026 we read Aero's homepage and Our Story page, which say every Aero jacket is made by hand in its own factory in Scotland, and its Our Process page, which describes the cutting and sewing at its Galashiels factory.
- Maker’s product page
Checked 26 October 2026Aero Highwayman Leather Jacket | Made to Order ↗ - Maker’s about page
Checked 25 October 2026Aero Leather Clothing (homepage) ↗ - Maker’s about page
Checked 25 October 2026Our Story ↗ - Maker’s about page
Checked 26 October 2026Our Process ↗ - Maker’s product page
Checked 26 October 2026Cafe Racer Leather Jacket ↗ - Maker’s product page
Checked 26 October 2026USAAF Type A-2: Aero Contract No. 42-18775-P ↗ - Maker’s product page
Checked 26 October 2026USAAF Type B-6 Lightweight Bomber Jacket | Aero Leathers ↗
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