Today we have an article for those of you who crave Belstaff’s leather jackets and distressed leather jackets, inspired by classic bikers and aviators.
While buying a leather jacket on the other side of the world might sound crazy, the prices on leather jackets, and especially imitation leather from AliExpress (you can see them here) are quite attractive. In this post we will tell you how to find Chinese jackets that are inspired by the Belstaff concept and that are worth around 50% of what they cost in your country when imported through your local dealer.
Photo of Beckham in a $ 30 Belstaff jacket bought at Shanghai Fashion Trademall 🙂 🙂 🙂
Leather Jackets on AliExpress: much more than Belstaff Replicas
I’m looking for a faux leather jacket myself and I took the opportunity to write a guide to buying jackets on AliExpress. Aside from the usual Belstaff replicas, let’s talk about the ways AliExpress offers when it comes to buying leather jackets: are they cheap? Are they of good quality?
When I have doubts about whether a product is worth buying on AliExpress, I just search using the most general expression I can find, sort the results by number of sales, and see how many units the best-selling product sold.
For example, if the best-selling Segway sells three times, everything indicates that buying a Segway from AliExpress is not a good idea. As with men’s leather jackets (in this case, faux leather), if you see the best-selling product sold more than 2000 times, then you should be careful because the chances are you are … in front of a bargain!
How to find Cheap Leather Jackets for Men
I recommend that your first step is to consult this page. Here you can see all products in the leather jackets category and pre-ordered from more to less sales. The one I bought (when I get it I’ll update the item) isn’t the first in the photo above, it’s the second because I thought it was cooler and because it has the local return symbol. Before buying the jacket, I went to reviews and marked “With photo”.
This way we can see photos of users who bought the jacket, which is a wonderful option. I wish I could also see photos on Amazon of the clothes worn on bodies like mine that are more like Peter the Eel than Beckham’s.
Additionally, in the reviews, people comment on the size and you “tell” whether the product is small or large.
And how do I Buy women’s Leather Jackets
The Belstaff roll leather jackets for women have even more sales (2,300 most) and are much more varied than in the men’s catalog. The category in question is this which is not just the leather jackets category but suede as well. The bestseller is this faux leather jacket, which costs $ 26 and is available in red, black and yellow. Here are some photos that users uploaded very happy with their purchase.
Two tips (unisex) to get your AliExpress shopping right
Here are some general tips for purchasing your Belstaff leather jacket:
1 – Read the product description carefully to determine the size of your Belstaff jacket
Below the product photos, in the details area, there is an area where the seller uploads many photos that contain information about the product. In the case of a leather / imitation leather jacket, it is particularly important to determine the size correctly (more than with pajamas, I mean 🙂), but the sellers make it easy for us to provide a lot of information because they do not want to achieve intercontinental returns.
For the Belstaff-style jacket I bought myself, for example, in addition to the typical size equivalence table, the seller gives a guide to the size that fits you according to your body shape and height/Weight.
2 – IMPORTANT: how do I know if it is made of leather or synthetic leather?
Below the product photos you have a small tab in the detail area in which the seller specifies the characteristics of the jacket. In which I bought I get this. As you can see, the seller is honest and says “Faux Sheepskin“. In material it is called PU-imitation leather, which means polyurethane and is the typical material for imitation leather.
And there is no real leather?
If you are looking for a leather jacket you have to go to the filters in the leather jackets category on the left and check. This should be used to filter the results a bit, but unfortunately, sometimes more than a fair shotgun fails so it’s very important that you repeat the previous step for each product you find and check that the tab says something similar. Even if the price difference between original and synthetic leather jackets is so huge that you should differentiate between them using common sense. For more advice, see the Tutorials section of our blog for articles focused on making better purchases on AliExpress.
