Roland Sands Riot Women's Jacket

This jacket is breathtaking. The leather is buttery soft and it was made extremely well. I wish they offered bigger sizes though. In normal women's clothes, I wear a 12-14. I have a more boxy shape - broad shoulders, large chest and wide hips. The Riot jacket has a slim fit. There are several stretchy panels that give you room for riding, but it still fits snug. I was hoping it would have a looser/boxy fit. To accommodate my torso's size, the sleeves were super long and came down to my knuckles. And when I sat down, the whole jacket rose up and puffed up under my chin. Overall, I could have overlooked some of these issues, but I live in Texas and I promised myself I wouldn't keep the jacket if I didn't absolutely love it, given the price tag. Lastly, I ordered the RSD armor and it was very thick. Very protective, but I couldn't even get my arms through the sleeves with the armor inserted.

Before I begin, allow me to preface this by saying neither myself nor my wife are currently riding. Now that u know that, I can begin. This is a GREAT jacket, I bought my wife this jacket because of its quality and unique styling. I originally bought her the white ladies Ronin jacket because it was on sale at the time, and I was blown away with the quality, unfortunately as my wife isn't huge on leather jackets to begin with due to the typical weight and general stiffness of most jackets, I wasn't sure how she was gonna like the Ronin, but she tried it on n actually really liked it, the problem was, however, that while it fit like a glove everywhere else, it was just a bit too tight in the bust area. Now while my wife is a generally more petite woman I can very happily say that she is 5'2 n about 115 with the weight in all the right places (kudos to her n me huh?) but as u can imagine were not talking double Ds. So I was a little disappointed that the Ronin was too tight even with the stretch panels and ladies cut. So then we "upgraded" to the Riot, and just like the Ronin, the quality was obvious from the get. It looked, felt and even smelt great. My wife then tried it on and now it was right where it needs to be. The larger stretch panel gave her the little extra room she needed as well as greater range of motion in general. While the jacket is not thermally lined it did keep her Perfectly comfortable at an outdoor party with the temp in the 60's, she's also worn it in the sun with temps in the upper 70's, in both cases she's been just fine, which for her is quite an accomplishment since she gets hot super quick, normally takes of her jacket, then gets cold and puts it back on, over n over again, but with this jacket she puts it on and it normally just stays put no problem. The one and only minuscule gripe I might ever have with this jacket is the color, we ordered this in the Oxblood and when we got it, it seems to have more of a plum color than what I would prefer, I know these are all unique due to the dying process and over time it may still lose that plumness as it were, but for right now it's just a little off for my liking but they do tell u that up front so it wasn't a shock or a deal breaker by any means, it is still to this day one of if not the best jacket I've ever purchased by it for my wife or even for myself.

Ps. I don't know if it's a biker thing or a woman's jacket thing (since none of mine ever had this issue) or even an RSD thing, but the zippers for the hand warmers go down Which isn't a big deal but with the zipper pulls, they just kinda sit there sticking out of the pockets kinda like someone pulling their pockets out ever so slightly as if to show u that their broke. My wife hasn't said anything about it in all this time but my OSDness kills me every time I see it cuz it's this small little protutuion in an otherwise beautiful silhouette. Again not a big deal she hasn't ever noticed or said a thing about it but when I buy my jacket this year if it has the same issue I will be very tempted to have the zippers flipped. And again notice I just said I plan on buying myself the men's version of this jacket after buys my wife's, so doesn't that kinda tell u all u need to know right there?

Had been wanting this jacket for a while. I usually am a small or medium, I got a large in this so with armor I could still wear a hoodie underneath. It fits perfect and is breaking in well. I am 5'8 140. I trust Roland sands and has a previous jacket from them and got hit and it saved my upper body. U may want to order a size larger than normal bc it runs small. It is expensive but is good quality.

She wanted something similar to my RSD Clash jacket so I got her this. She originally wanted the Maven Jacket but found this one to be a little lighter, softer, and more comfortable. She's 5'5" and 135 lbs with the jacket fitting perfectly on her.

She doesn't have any armor in it yet but seems like there's plenty of room for it to fit.