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Hot take: stop treating your vintage letterman jacket like it's made of Teflon
Saw a guy at a bar last weekend in a sweet 70s wool jacket with a grease stain the size of a quarter on the sleeve. He said he just lets it ride because "patina." Nah man, that's just dirt. I get that you don't want to dry clean a wool jacket every month, but I've been collecting old Starter jackets and college sweaters for about 5 years now and a simple spot clean with a damp rag and mild soap works 90% of the time. Letting food oil sit in wool will actually eat through the fibers over time, not add character. I learned that the hard way after ruining a 60s high school jacket I paid $80 for at an antique mall in Columbus. Anyone else see people treating stains like they're "vintage value" when it's really just neglect?
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dakotab134mo ago
JFC $80 for a 60s high school jacket? That's brutal. I had a 70s Cincinnati Lebron James era jacket that I got for $20 at a flea market and even that one I treat like gold. Letting grease sit on wool is just asking for moths and rot down the line, not some cool weathered look. The patina crowd confuses actual damage with natural wear from age. A little fading or loose threads is one thing, but a stain that's literally eating the fabric is just gross. Hope you learned your lesson cheaper than I did with a 90s Bulls starter that I dry cleaned wrong and it fell apart.
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wade7804mo ago
Wait, @dakotab13, don't you think there's a difference between a grease stain on the wool and just letting it get wrecked from neglect though? Some stains from a bar fight or a good night out honestly tell a story and won't eat through the wool if you clean it right every now and then, not just let it sit forever.
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