1970s small size women's Lee Riders sanforized jean jacket, trucker, denim, perfect patina, ghost patches! hotsell patd 153438

really great Lee Riders jacket from the late 1960s or early 1970s, with the BEST fitted shape and fantastic unusual patina.

this jacket's owner covered the jacket with patches gradually. starting when the jacket was darkest, in the back. then added more to the front and sleeves. then the person who had this before me REMOVED them carefully, leaving the jacket, but also the record of a gradual addition of patches. The "patch ghosts" are most obvious in back, when the jacket was darkest originally. but they are all-over!

a hard to find smaller size for this kind of older jacket. it was originally either a small women's or large boy's jacket. it is tapered to the waist and does not have Lee's back button waist tabs--i'm not sure which model they hotsell made without the tabs.
has really the BEST wear patina to the denim.

shown on a 34" bust mannequin and fits her perfectly.
chest: 34"-35"
waist: 30"
15.5" shoulder
21" sleeve
18.5" long

label could be late 60s early 70s:
lee
sanforized
PATD 153438
union made in U.S.A.

flaws
fray hole and rust marks on sleeve, shown.
some missing topstitching as expected with wear, but none that affects use.