Marco Jacket’s mens fur and shearling jackets bring genuine sheepskin shearling and a faux fur alternative together under one heading, spanning an aviator-cut flight jacket family, a mid-length shearling car coat, and a plush faux fur coat, with cutting starting only once an order comes in. Mens aviator jackets is the better stop if the flight jacket shape itself matters more than the shearling lining specifically, and the parallel womens fur and shearling jackets range covers genuine shearling aviator, B3 flight and shawl collar styles sized for women.
Fur and shearling get used almost interchangeably in casual conversation, but a product listing that names one or the other is pointing at two different materials built through two different processes, and this category happens to carry both at once. Add in the fact that one of the cuts here reaches to mid-thigh while the rest stop at the hip, and there is more worth sorting out before ordering than the word "shearling" alone tells you.
Genuine shearling is sheepskin tanned with the wool still attached, worn with the smooth leather side out and the fleece turned inward against the body, so it reads as an ordinary leather jacket until you feel the lining. A true fur garment is tanned the opposite way, prepared so the pelt itself sits on the outside as the visible surface rather than hidden inside. That single difference, hide facing out versus fur facing out, is the quickest way to tell the two apart on sight, and it is also why a shearling piece and a fur piece can share one category page without really competing for the same shopper.
Shearling is generally defined as a recently shorn sheep or lamb skin, tanned and dressed with the wool left on and worn with the leather side facing out. The leather trade calls this double-face construction: the hide and the wool come from one single piece of skin rather than a shell with a separate lining stitched in afterward, which is part of why a genuine piece runs heavier and holds its shape more than a plain leather jacket with an added liner ever could. On the pieces in this category confirmed genuine on their own listings, that shows up as language describing the interior as the actual wool side of the hide rather than a fur panel added as an afterthought, and the natural lanolin still present in the wool is part of what keeps it supple rather than brittle over time.
Faux fur is a knit pile fabric, most often built from acrylic or modacrylic fiber attached to a woven or knit backing, then sheared and brushed to approximate the density and feel of a real pelt without using one. Buyers land on it for a mix of reasons: a lower price than genuine fur, simpler care than a real hide asks for, or a straightforward preference against wearing animal fur at all, and none of those reasons make it a lesser garment for what it sets out to do. The Mens Striped Fur Coat here is built specifically as a faux fur statement piece rather than an attempt to pass as something it is not, and its own listing states the material outright.
Sheepskin flight jackets exist because early bomber crews flew for hours in unheated, unpressurized cabins where temperatures could drop far below freezing, conditions a wool coat or a plain leather shell was never built to handle. The US Army Air Corps formally adopted the sheepskin B-3 in 1934, and the fleece collar and buckle closure it established still define a shearling flight jacket today, including this category's own B3 RAF Flying Aviator Shearling Bomber Leather Jacket. Mens aviator jackets covers that silhouette and its history in more depth if the shape itself, rather than the material overlap with fur, is what brought you here.
A bomber jacket in the strict construction sense uses ribbed knit at the collar, cuffs and hem, a detail borrowed from mid-century flight gear but built into a fitted, everyday shape. The B3 RAF Flying Aviator Shearling Bomber Leather Jacket carries "bomber" in its name because bomber crews wore the original B-3, but its actual collar, cuffs and buckle closure are shearling rather than ribbed knit, which puts it with the aviator flight jacket family in construction terms rather than the bomber cut. Worth knowing if the name alone sent you looking for a ribbed trim you will not actually find on this piece.
Wool fiber holds a layer of still air against the body far more effectively than a flat leather lining ever could, which is the entire reason a shearling category exists instead of everyone simply layering a warmer coat over a plain jacket. That insulation comes with real weight attached; a genuine shearling piece will sit heavier on the shoulders than a leather jacket of the same size cut without one. Deciding between the two usually comes down to how much actual cold you are dressing for, not which one looks better on a hanger.
Not everything here stops at the hip. The Mens Shearling Black Leather Coat carries the same genuine, double-face shearling lining into a mid-length coat cut that covers more of the thigh, built for anyone who wants the warmth without a jacket-length hem. Leather coats carries further options built to that longer proportion if length matters more to you than the shearling lining specifically.
Because a genuine shearling lining adds real thickness at the seams and through the body, sizing it the way you would a thin, close fitting leather jacket usually backfires, either too tight to layer under or noticeably bulkier than expected once it arrives. Check the size chart on the specific product page against your own measurements first, and if your numbers fall outside it, email sales@marcojacket.com before ordering so the team can confirm what can be adjusted. A shearling piece where you pick the color and material outright, rather than adjust what's already on the page, is a different request the Custom Leather Jacket page covers on its own.
A genuine shearling piece should never go into a washing machine or a standard dry cleaner; either one can strip the wool's natural lanolin and ruin the leather side for good, so anything beyond light brushing of the fleece and a soft cloth on the exterior calls for a cleaner who specifically handles sheepskin. Faux fur is more forgiving on the whole, plenty of pieces tolerate a gentle hand wash or a delicate cold cycle, but the care label on that specific coat should get checked first since pile density and backing fabric vary between manufacturers. This guide to shearling leather jackets goes further into telling real shearling from a synthetic lookalike if that distinction matters beyond this category specifically.
No. Faux fur is a synthetic knit pile built for different priorities, lower cost, simpler care and no animal fur involved, while genuine shearling brings warmth and texture a synthetic pile does not fully match. Different, not lesser.
The name references the original B-3's bomber crew wearers, not a ribbed knit collar. Its actual collar, cuffs and closure are shearling, which places it with the aviator flight jacket family rather than the ribbed-trim bomber cut.
The wool fleece traps a layer of still air against the body, and that trapped air is what slows heat loss, not the wool fiber by itself. A plain leather lining has no equivalent layer, which is why even a heavy hide runs colder once the temperature drops seriously.
No. Both can strip the wool's natural lanolin and damage the leather side permanently. Routine care should stay limited to light brushing and a soft cloth, with anything more involved handled by a cleaner experienced specifically with sheepskin.
It means the leather exterior and the wool interior come from one single hide rather than a separate lining stitched in afterward, which is what gives a genuine shearling piece more structure and weight than a jacket with an added liner.
Yes. The Mens Shearling Black Leather Coat carries the same genuine shearling lining into a mid-length cut, and Leather Coats has further options built to that longer proportion.
Made after you order, throughout. Nothing here is pulled from finished stock; production begins once your order is placed, so plan for a build window rather than same-day shipping.
Check the returns and refund policy page; it lays out the timelines and the extra steps that apply to a made-to-order piece versus something pulled from regular stock.
Yes, orders go out internationally. The shipping and delivery policy page lists current timelines and the handful of countries currently excluded.
