Captain Black: Leather jackets made to order in Kuta Bali

by Nick | September 13th, 2005

Jl. Singosari (Bakung Sari) is a straight road that connects Jl. Pantai Kuta with Jl. Raya Kuta. It is lined with tourist shops selling, paintings, clothing, and massages and has the occasional restaurant. In this area there is a prevalence of leather shops, small hole in the wall places that manufacture their own stuff onsite. I stopped into a place called Captain Black and spoke to the owner, a young guy from Central Java. His salesman Odji was busy on a sewing machine right next to the street getting a part of an order ready. The owner told me they sell short motorbike leather jackets for $70 and other short leather jackets for $60. Of course these jackets are quite thin, not the Harley Davidson quality, but hey, you can get a tailor made jacket fairly cheap here. Captain Black advertises themselves as 'Custom Tailor & Leather Fashions'.

I must admit the idea of a guy dressed in leather called Captain Black is pretty scary! They have made to order 24-hour service, so if you decide to pick up a pair of leather underwear, custom tight, on your last day in Bali they might be able to handle it.