I foolishly purchased 2 of these so-called "leather" trench coats on eBay in December 2011; same manufacturer lable (i.e., Giovanni Navarre) except these were size 3XL. After paying about $90 in tailor's fees, when I picked up the coat, the tailor told me that this was not a leather coat, but rather a Chinese imitation of leather. What each purchaser will find out, is that after wearing these coats for 2-3 weeks, and perhaps folding the coat, that the black finish of the coat will start to crack, particularly in the areas of the coat that are bent the most while wearing it (e.g., the arm-shoulder area, the elbows), and will then break/peel off exposing a white, heavy woven-fabric substrate beneath. The slightly elastic, black "leather" coating applied to the woven-fabric substrate appears to be some sort of polymeric finish. After reading one of he earlier 3-star reviews, I asked my tailor why this coat had so much stitching on it so as to make it appear to be made from sewn-together pieces of leather. His response was that this specifically  was done to stabilize each sewn coated area from excess movement so as to keep the polymeric finish on the coat. Said he, "If you know leather like I do, you can tell just from the feel of this garment that it is NOT leather." I've been using a balck magic marker to stain the peeled-off coat areas black again and the coat looks horrible.