Frye's Thick Leather Racing Jacket Is Less Than $300 Right Now, and It's Selling Fast
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Why We Love This Deal
You may know Frye for its leather boots, as the brand is the U.S.’s longest-operating shoemaker, founded in 1863. But the brand’s leather products aren't limited to just footwear. Frye's leather jackets are also a big highlight, but they normally cost upward of $500. Nordstrom Rack, however, has recently dropped the price of a Frye racer jacket to under $300, and shoppers are swarming.
The Frye Cafe Leather Racer Jacket is currently 49% off in most of its color styles, including that classic shiny black that we all picture when we think of leather jackets. A classic leather jacket is a time-tested piece of outerwear that only gets cooler-looking the more you wear it. This one, made from soft lambskin leather, is primed to do just that.
Frye Cafe Leather Racer Jacket, $295 (was $579) at Nordstrom Rack
What Shoppers Should Know
- Sizes Available: From small to 2XL
- Color Options: Black, shiny black, dark brown, taupe
- Material: Lambskin leather
- Best Use Case: Date nights, nights out on the town, smart casual offices
The jacket features nappa lambskin leather and really lets that leather shine. There’s no chest pocket—you won't always find them on a cafe racer jacket—and even the side pockets’ zippers are hidden under the leather. It’s clear that Frye has secured quality leather, knows it, and is standing back to let that leather shine on its own merits. As shoppers say, “the leather is gorgeous and has that great genuine leather smell.”
Now, for a leather jacket, the collar pulls a lot of weight in the style. This jacket uses more of a Mandarin-style collar with a single lapel than the large collars and flowing lapels of more showy jackets. Think more Minority Report and Altered Carbon (and, sometimes, Jensen Huang) than Fight Clubor The Fonz. The effect creates a streamlined, aerodynamic shape that won’t flip and flop as you vroom down the freeway on your motorcycle or face strong winds, but also projects a quiet confidence in all other situations.
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The jacket is currently available with this deal in black, shiny black, and a taupe color that you might associate with Western fashion, as something you might see worn with a pair of Tecovasboots and the like. There’s also been a dark brown version with an extra discount, but supplies dwindled so fast that only single digits of a single size remain. In fact, the whole collection has been selling rapidly, and Men’s Journal expects it to sell out in just a few days.
So, if you want to get the Frye Cafe Leather Racer Jacket while it’s still under $300, you should act now. Based on what we've seen from shopping deals like this, sizes will almost certainly be gone the next time you come back.