What Is Sizing Like at Nour Hammour Clothing?

Nour Hammour runs true to size — order your usual size and you'll land it. The Paris label works to French sizing (so their FR 36 maps to a UK 8), and rather than playing the usual luxury game of cryptic fit notes, the brand itself tells you to take your normal size. Even if you want that slightly relaxed, thrown-on-over-everything look, they advise against sizing down. After years of fitting leather on real bodies — and making a few eye-wateringly expensive mistakes of my own — I find that kind of honesty genuinely rare in this price bracket.

First, who are Nour Hammour?

If the name is new to you, Nour Hammour is a Parisian outerwear house founded in 2013 by Nour Hammour and Erin Webb, focused almost entirely on leather and shearling. Think buttery lambskin bombers, aviators and floor-sweeping coats — the sort of pieces that have become a quiet uniform for the street-style set and have been spotted on the likes of Hailey Bieber and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. These are investment buys, made in France, designed to be worn for decades rather than seasons. So getting the size right genuinely matters here.

So how does the fit actually run?

Here's the detail I'd give a client standing in my fitting room:

True to size. Take your normal size — the brand recommends it and the reviews back it up. A UK 8 will want the FR 36.
Sleek through the body. The fit is slightly fitted and contours gently when done up. On the bestselling Gotham coat, reviewers found it buttoned cleanly across the chest without gaping, even on a fuller bust.
Don't size up to layer. The sleeves comfortably fit a fine cashmere knit underneath, but not a chunky jumper — the silhouette is meant to sit close. Going up a size to layer over knits usually just drowns the cut.
Mind the sleeve length. A few wearers (myself included) find the sleeves run a fraction short. If you have long arms, factor that in.
Check the measurements per style. Every product page lists the jacket's own dimensions. I always tell clients to measure across their own bust and compare — one buyer found a coat tighter than the chart suggested, and with leather you can't simply wash-and-stretch your way out of it.

My honest styling advice

My biggest leather lesson came the hard way. Early in my career I bought a gorgeous biker a full size up, convinced "oversized = cool." It hung off my shoulders like a borrowed coat and I wore it precisely twice. The win came later: a fitted, true-to-size leather jacket that I've now had for nine years, that's moulded to me, and that I still reach for weekly. The moral — with quality leather, buy it to fit you, not the trend. It softens and relaxes with wear, so a snug-but-comfortable fit on day one is exactly right. For a Nour Hammour piece, style it the way the brand intends: over a fine roll-neck, straight-leg denim and a sleek boot, letting the leather be the whole outfit.

Where to shop if you love the look

A Nour Hammour coat is a serious commitment, so here's where I'd send clients across every budget for that elevated leather-outerwear feel.

High street

AllSaints — the high-street home of the biker jacket; their leather is properly substantial for the money.
Mango — consistently the fashion editors' pick for affordable real leather that punches well above its price.
COS — clean, minimalist leather with an architectural cut; the closest high-street cousin to Nour Hammour's pared-back aesthetic.
Reiss — polished, tailored leather outerwear that reads far more expensive than it is.
Massimo Dutti — buttery soft leather pieces with a quiet, accessible-luxury finish.
Whistles — modern, considered leather jackets in flattering, contemporary shapes.
Mint Velvet — softer, more feminine leather styling for an easy off-duty look.
River Island — the best of the budget biker jackets if you want the attitude without the outlay.

Premium

Sandro — Parisian to its core, with sharp leather jackets that share Nour Hammour's effortless French-girl cool.
Maje — known for studded, slightly rock-edged biker leathers with real personality.
Ba&sh — soft, refined leather with that understated Left Bank ease.

Luxury & designer

Toteme — Scandinavian minimalism at its finest; clean, sculptural leather that's a natural step-up alternative.
Max Mara — for investment outerwear with the same made-to-last pedigree, in coats you'll keep forever.

Two off-radar independents worth knowing

Muubaa — a brilliant British leather specialist doing beautifully cut jackets that fly criminally under the radar.
Deadwood Studios — a Stockholm label crafting striking leather pieces almost entirely from recycled hides, if you want the look with a lighter footprint.

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