Prof. Jessica Penner | D304 | Spring 2022

Waleed Qureshi, Meet My Jacket

I have been seeing leather jacket for my whole life. My uncle has one to this day, my father had one and at some point even my brother had one.I never had a leather jacket till I was an adult and ever since I was a teen, those jackets looked extremely cool. Those years of watching other people own those jackets, made me want them more and more.

A few years earlier, my friends bought me one on my birthday. My friends bought it for me so I didn’t know that it was an aviators jacket. After 2 years, the jacket did start to look dull, but it is still in my cupboard right now. I did buy another leather jacket last year. This one is different as it is custom made but I didn’t get any stickers or text on it because I feared it might compromise the material.

Someday I believe I will give a jacket like mine to my cousin who is 9 years old right now. He really likes most of my shirts and jackets, so I believe that he is going to like the gift of the jacket someday as well.

3 Comments

  1. Tomas Biterski

    I like your memoir. I think it’s interesting your fascination for leather jackets and how you family likes wearing them. I feel like you should organize your first paragraph better. I would also like to know why you chose to get a aviator jacket.

  2. Dree-Nica Isemar

    I always wanted a leather jacket but never really got a chance to get one myself. What was the design on your jacket? I think decorating leather jackets are cool.

  3. Aide

    I enjoy the story very adorable and simple straight to the point. I also enjoy how much you love leather jackets and how every male figure you have has one. To me I see its a tradition going on and I think it’s beautiful to have traditions. I think if you were able to add a bit more of when did you stared to love jackets and explain more details of what makes them so valuable to you will be great story.

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