Captain America The First Avenger Brown Leather Jacket

Captain America Brown Leather Jacket

The 1940s one. Brown leather, notch lapels, belted cuffs. Nothing about it looks like a costume until you know what it is. Of everything on this page it is the one most likely to still be in your wardrobe in five years.

This is our own jacket made to that look. It is not official merchandise and we hold no licence.

The build

Genuine leather with a viscose lining. A notch lapel collar folds back at the front rather than standing at the neck. Zip closure. The cuffs are belted so they close tight at the wrist. Two pockets, one on the upper chest and one lower flap pocket.

The period detail

Belted cuffs and a notch lapel are both 1940s details that modern jackets dropped. They are the reason this reads as wartime rather than a plain brown jacket. They are also why it works with a shirt underneath where a biker jacket does not.

Sizing

Measure round the fullest part of your chest over a shirt rather than a t shirt. This is a jacket you will wear over a collar. Use the table on this page instead of your usual size. Sizes run XS to 3XL.

Order by Tuesday 13 October

Every jacket is cut and stitched in your size after you order, so we need the time. Order by 12pm on Tuesday 13 October and it reaches you before the 31st. After that we cannot promise it for Halloween, and we would rather say so than take your money.

Looking after it

Wipe it with a damp cloth when it needs it. Use a leather conditioner once or twice a year. Keep it away from radiators, because heat dries leather out and cracks it. Hang it on a wide hanger, never a wire one. Wire cuts a dent into the shoulder over time. If it gets caught in rain, hang it somewhere airy. Let it dry on its own rather than speeding it up with heat.

The Steve Rogers jacket

This is the one Steve Rogers wears out of uniform in the First Avenger period. Most people searching for a Steve Rogers leather jacket mean this brown one rather than anything in blue. The Steve Rogers brown jacket look is really just good 1940s tailoring. That is why it has aged better than the costume pieces around it. We make our version to the same shape without any of the badges or markings.

More in our Halloween and costume jackets range and the wider men’s leather jackets.