THE GENTLEMEN AVIATORS’ COLLECTION

AERO LEATHER’S RAF BATTLE OF BRITAIN JACKET Scotland-based Aero Leather Clothing is one of the best makers of historically accurate military flight jackets. This particular model made specifically for The Rake’s collaboration with IWC is a Battle of Britain jacket. As leather became short of supply in 1940, the RAF redesigned their B-3 style jacket to use smaller panels. This jacket features russet sheepskin that has been tanned and graded then cut and constructed using precise period-correct panel work, finally being topped off with a honey fleece collar.

VALSTAR DEERSKIN A1 VALSTARINO BOMBER JACKET

The A-1 was the very first military flight jacket and dates back to 1926 when it was introduced as the summer flying jacket of the US Army Air Corps before being standardised for use in 1927. In 1935, Valstar took the A-1 into Gentlemen Aviators’ territory with its civilian version known as the Valstarino. is made from deerskin that is so decadently soft you feel as if you’ve regressed into the world’s best appointed and most comfortable womb.