First, the positive aspect of this jacket--the denim is very light and very soft. It feels quite comfortable on the skin. Another complaint that I saw in the reviews is the flared-out duck rear-end appearance that pops out when you are wearing it right-side-up. This is simply a design flaw, but unlike other comments on here, it appears to be true to the original design by Gary on Making the Cut. If you rewatch that episode, you'll notice that the model, when wearing it right-side-up, does not have the jacket buttoned up (an orientation that would have created the duck butt in the back) but rather spread wide across the shoulders with the ends criss-crossing. If you button only the button three holes down and spread the upper part of the jacket wide across the shoulders (like in the runway appearance), you'll notice that the duck butt effect largely goes away and matches that seen on the model in Making the Cut. But if you wear it straight or button it up, the flaring-out on the backside reappears. So I think this was always part of the original design, and that's why Gary's model in the show is wearing it crisscrossed as opposed to buttoned up. I was really looking forward to this jacket after watching Making the Cut, but I decided to return the item. The other reviews are accurate in that the sleeves are very narrow but also they are very short, so there's really no room to move the arms. Forget about ever reaching for anything while wearing this jacket in either right-side-up or upside-down. I had read the other reviews about this and thought, well I'm not particularly muscular or wide-armed, so I'm sure I'll be fine, and if not then I'm pretty good at stretching denim to make the sleeves wider if I need to. But now I see the problem is not so much the narrowness of the arms but also the length--the sleeves are about as long as t-shirt sleeves, so the upper half of your arm has to fit comfortably in the chest cavity of the jacket. I found this was ok for the upside-down orientation, but for the right-side-up orientation, it was too tight. At the same time, if you button up the jacket in the right-side-up-orientation, you find yourself in the awkward position of having virtually no room for the upper arms and chest but way too much billowing at the stomach and waist area. It was very uncomfortable, virtually impossible to wear buttoned-up in the right-side-up orientation. This was a deal-breaker for me personally. So in summary, if you do want to buy this, I recommend doing it exclusively for the upside-down look, and understand that it will probably be reasonably comfortable (despite the short, tight sleeves) but also very very oversize, even for us plus-sized shoppers. I've attached some photos to show how to wear it to vastly reduce the duck butt for anyone inclined to wear it right-side-up. Wearing it upside-down feels a bit more natural. The back side has none of the duck butt effect and looks clean and nice. But the sleeve length and width is still an issue. Unless you plan to be posing with your hands in your pockets, this jacket looks more like an oversized poncho. Another person here gave it a review that it would look perfect on a 400-pound person with spindly arms. I second that, but I would say that it would look perfect on a 400 pound person with short and spindly arms. Originally I was thinking that this would be fine. I'm 5'8" and 250 lbs, so I'm a plus-sized person myself and perfectly happy with my body if I can find things that are flattering. A little bit oversize can be a good thing in my case. But in the end it just made me look like I had gained another 100 pounds or so and was wider than I am. Again, the effect goes away a bit if you put your hands in the pockets or cross the arms so it looks more appealing like on the runway, bringing out some elegant folds in the denim. But it's not very practical to have your hands in your pockets posing like that all day. I think with a few design changes this could be a really nice jacket. Definitely needs a wider and probably also a longer sleeve, and in the right-side-up mode there needs to be more room at the chest and probably less at the waist when buttoned up fully. Otherwise, you do have to wear it right-side-up like on the runway, with overlapping ends and draping the collar over the shoulders to get rid of the duck butt effect and have a more natural look. But this too gives off a poncho vibe.
