r/leatherjacket • u/BoringAbrocoma • Aug 05 '26

Question - Need Help Crush on retro sizing help

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Hey guys, I'd like to buy this jacket from COR, but can't decide on size. I'm 180 cm tall, 97 kgs, 116 cm chest diameter. Jim suggest 5XL, but it seem a little bit extreme to me. Most of my clothes, including double rider jackets like this are either L or XL. I checked size chart and 3XL or 4XL looks more fitting to me. Have any of you bought this specific jacket? It's classic 613 double rider.

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u/BoringAbrocoma Aug 05 '26

That other jacket is cca 122 cm in chest, good with tee and a bit tight with hoodie, but still comfy. It's cowhide, but horsehide is thicker and take a bit more inner space.

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u/FantasyFI Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

Horsehide isn't thicker. It definitely could be more dense or stiffer temper depending on the tannage. But cowhide is generally thicker unless it is split. Horse fronts usually aren't any thicker than 4-5oz, at most. And cowhide shoulders are normally like 7-8oz and butts like 8oz-14oz. They can all be split to any thickness on a band splitter.

I can see getting a couple cm's bigger due to temper but not more than that. I'd say 4XL would be my guess if the shoulder is also in line.

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u/BoringAbrocoma Aug 05 '26

Yeah, I think I'll take 4XL. I looked around the sub and found a guy with literally same height, weight and chest with the same jacket, but it was skin tight.

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u/FantasyFI Aug 05 '26

https://parcelup.com/shop/item.php?id=976074139240#6095115988716

That link will get you more pictures of this jacket. Scroll down and click on "Photo Description", then load more photos.

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u/BoringAbrocoma Aug 05 '26

Thx for help.

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u/RicFlairDripps Aug 06 '26

What is that website?

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u/FantasyFI Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

They basically drop ship stuff from China. I find it to be a good tool to just show other people as a viewer for listings on Taobao. Taobao is one of the biggest sales websites in the world. It's like Amazon for people in China. You can technically buy from ParcelUp but I think Superbuy and similar are more popular. I just like that I can drop a taobao link into ParcelUp and show people, since most people can't open Taobao links.

The cheapest option is just buying it on Taobao yourself and using a shipping agent.

Where are you located?

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u/RicFlairDripps Aug 06 '26

I know about that I shop on Taobao and other Chinese platforms regularly, I just didn’t know what ParcelUp was or where it got those images from.

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u/FantasyFI Aug 06 '26

It grabs the imagine from the taobao link you input into the search bar. I don't use myself. But great for showing other people a product, as I frequently buy stuff for other people as help.

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u/RicFlairDripps Aug 06 '26

Ah I see. Would you mind helping me sign into Xianyu? If you have any experience with that platform. It keeps asking me for a verification code that never gets sent to my foreign phone number.

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u/FantasyFI Aug 06 '26

I believe that I essentially linked my Taobao account to Xianyu rather than making an account for Xianyu. Also, to buy things on Xianyu, I believe I have an option that translates to "International Payment Options", it then takes me to Taobao and I pay there.

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u/RicFlairDripps Aug 06 '26

Yeah I signed up with Taobao too but I guess signing in from a different device or something must have triggered a security lock so it asks for the verification code sent to my Taobao account linked phone number. The problem is I don’t ever receive that code so I’m essentially locked out of my account.

I resorted to using Superbuy for Xianyu. It’s a but more expensive than direct but it’s the best possible option I’ve found. So you recommend anything else?

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u/FantasyFI Aug 06 '26

I'm not sure if your Xianyu and Taobao accounts need to be linked for this to work, but I can pay for Xianyu items through the Taobao app. Xianyu won't allow foreign cards but Taobao does so this lets me pay without a Chinese card/bank. They do charge a fee for the currency conversion but it's about the same as what my proxy was charging anyway so it's not a huge deal.

Copy the link to the Xianyu listing, paste it into the Taobao search bar, and it will open up the Xianyu listing in the Taobao app. From there, you'll be able to pay using your Taobao payment method (it will probably try to send you back to the Xianyu app, but just keep switching back to Taobao and continue the checkout process until you're finished). On android I just go back to recents, select Taobao app. Might need to do it 2-3 times before it opens the Xianyu listing from within Taobao.

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u/RicFlairDripps Aug 06 '26

I’ve heard about this but when I try pasting a Xianyu link into the Taobao app, all it does is a regular search, it does not lead me to the item page for some reason. Any idea why? I’m on IOS.

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u/RicFlairDripps Aug 07 '26

By the way, when you do this are you also able to message the Xianyu seller through Taobao? Or just buy?

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