Women's Leather Jackets for Your Range

Women's leather jackets are their own collection at Velocity Wear, not men's jackets in smaller sizes. Twelve house designs cover cropped riders, a moto, a biker, five racers and two bombers, and a women's aviator can be quoted as a custom design. Every one is made to order for brands and boutiques in the real leather and colour you specify, from £150 a jacket.

This guide walks through the women's collection by style, explains how to add an aviator or a longer piece that is not a house design, and covers the colours women's ranges order most, from a womens black leather jacket to tan, brown and green.

What is in the women's leather jacket collection?

Each design is shown front, back, three-quarter and in detail in the women's collection, and each is a starting point: the leather, colour, lining, hardware and branding are set to your brief.

Women's leather bomber jackets

The bomber is the most relaxed shape in the women's collection and the easiest to wear over knitwear. The Cloud Volume Bomber has a full, rounded body for a fashion look. The Utility Flight Bomber is a flight-style bomber with a stand collar, a zip under a snap placket, flapped pockets and a zipped sleeve pocket. A ladies leather bomber jacket in brown suits a heritage range; a black leather bomber jacket for women suits almost any.

If you are a UK label planning a women's bomber jacket, the bomber is also the simplest shape to brand: a small embossed mark on the chest, a woven label inside. Our custom leather bomber jackets guide covers placements, and a womens brown leather bomber jacket in a distressed finish is one of the most requested combinations.

Women's aviator jackets

A womens aviator jacket is one of the most searched leather styles, and it is the one women's shape our collection does not yet carry as a house design. There are two ways to add one to a range. The first is the Utility Flight Bomber, which already has the flight jacket's collar, pockets and sleeve pocket. The second is a women's aviator quoted as a custom design, drawn from the aviator cuts in the men's collection and re-cut for a women's fit.

A real leather aviator jacket for women is usually ordered in brown, the colour flight jackets were made in; a brown aviator jacket for women in a distressed finish looks the most authentic. Black is the modern alternative. For a leather flying jacket with a collar that turns up, send a reference or a drawing with your enquiry, and the quote confirms the pattern, leather, collar and lining before anything is cut. Our aviator leather jacket guide explains the style's features.

Women's biker and rider jackets

Riders and bikers are the backbone of most women's leather ranges. The Cropped Classic Rider has the off-centre zip, snap lapels, zipped pockets and a buckled belt at the hem; the Double-Belt Crop Rider adds a second belt, and the Beltless Clean Crop drops the belt for a cleaner line. The Contour Crop Moto uses shaped seams, and the Balloon Sleeve Biker puts the volume in the sleeves. The custom biker leather jackets guide covers branding and fit.

Women's racer jackets

Five racers make this the largest style in the women's collection: the Princess Seam, Quilted Curve, Corset Panel, Raglan Slim and Wrap-Neck Racers. All share the centre zip and stand collar, and each shapes the body differently through the waist. A racer is the cut most often ordered as a ladies black leather jacket, because the clean front shows a single embossed mark well. See custom cafe racer jackets for the style's history.

Colours for a women's leather range

Black leather jackets for women are the core of nearly every range: a black leather ladies jacket in a rider or racer cut sells across ages. A ladies black real leather jacket in lambskin gives a softer drape than cowhide. A womens brown leather jacket in a bomber or aviator cut is the natural second colour, and a tan leather jacket for women is the lighter, more vintage option, with a ladies tan leather jacket usually ordered as a racer or rider. A womens green leather jacket is a fashion colour that works best in a bomber.

Suede suits women's ranges too: a ladies black suede jacket in a rider cut and a grey suede jacket for women in a racer cut are both common briefs. Our guides to leather jacket colours and suede and shearling jackets cover both in detail.

Longer pieces, hoods and custom women's designs

The women's collection has no coat or hooded design yet. A ladies black leather coat or a women's hooded leather jacket, for a range that wants a leather piece to sit beside its hoodies, can be quoted as a custom design. A tech pack is the clearest brief; without one, a reference garment, photos or a sketch are enough to start, and the quote confirms how the design will be made before anything is cut.

Ordering women's leather jackets

• Minimum: 20 jackets per design as standard, and 10 per design for a limited time. Sizes can be mixed freely inside that quantity.
• Men's and women's: a brand can order both in the same leather and colour. Each is its own design with its own minimum.
• Price: from £150 a jacket, quoted on the style, leather, lining, hardware and branding, with shipping as a separate line.
• Samples: we do not make single-piece samples of leather jackets. The design is confirmed on a digital proof.
• Production: 10 to 15 working days after you approve the proof.

To get a price, send the style, the quantity and size split, the leather and colour you want and your logo through the custom leather jackets page. For the men's side of a range, read men's leather jackets by cut.