I heard about Langlitz from a dear friend and father figure named Don Folgueras who was a long-time motorcycle badass and guitarist/singer. By complete chance I ended up living in Portland and got the idea for a brown, collarless cafe racer-style jacket, so I walked in one day to meet the Langlitz team. They found a jacket in the style I wanted, did a few measurements, agreed on a few details like white thread, and said we’ll see you in a year!
It arrived this past March and immediately became my One Jacket. It’s nerve-wracking to buy something custom and not get to see how it looks/fits/feels before you own it; in this case, the match was perfection. I get compliments all the time and recently learned that I’m known as “the guy with the cool jacket.” I’m 43 and back in college getting a music degree, and to my great amusement was just told that I’ve become the “Zaddy” everyone’s talking about, and the conversation always revolves around the jacket.
There’s no questions that this jacket, however stylish it may be, is a die-hard motorcycle jacket. It has so much heft to it I could probably use it for self defense in a pinch. Every component is solid, hand-made, with no cheap corners cut. It really is a lifetime jacket and, more than that, one that has now become my signature garment. Super grateful to the team at Langlitz and proud to tell anyone who asks about you guys.