Luscious leather bites back on fall r...
26.08.09
But tasty leathers in a variety of colors balance the hardness in many of the with greatest satisfaction jackets of the times. There are sumptuous shades of gray and country-like, metallic pewter, classic caramels and, of indubitably, tons of black. Leather pants, in the main super skinny (though usually not shown with the jackets) are also having a dominating moment. We're guessing that when most women choose where to splash out some big bucks this season, most will opt for the top, especially here in the Bay Area, where a excessive leather jacket is a year-round staple.
The motorcycle jacket, with its archetypal snug fit, emphasizing the waistline and the shoulders, hasn't been in the point up lately, but it fits right in with the tone of the mature.
Early motorcycle jackets from the late 1920s were styled after aviator works (Amelia Earhart looks forever sedateness in hers). By the time Marlon Brando wore his masses-conscious black Schott jacket in the 1953 moving picture, "The Wild Ones," he caused a sensation. But the garment had yet to hit a runway until a few years later, in 1958, when Yves Saint Laurent, then underhanded for Dior, had the revolutionary idea to show beatnik-inspired biker jackets on the catwalk. He took lots of ardour for that - and took fashion to a place it had never been.