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Leather Jacket
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Image:Movielordsofflatbush.jpg thumb|Leather jackets
A '''leather jacket''' is a type of
clothing, a
jacket made of
leather. The jacket has usually a
brown, dark
grey or
black color. Leather jackets can be styled in variety ways and different versions have been associated with different subcultures in places and times. For instance, the leather jacket have often been associated with
bikers,
military aviators,
Punk punks, and
police, which have worn versions designed for protective purposes and often for their potentially intimidating appearance.
In the
20th century the leather jacket achieved iconic status.
Marlon Brando's
Johnny Strabler character in ''
The Wild One'' (1953),
James Dean as
Jim Stark in 1955's ''
Rebel Without a Cause'' as well as
Michael Pare in the ''
Eddie And The Cruisers'' film duo made leather jackets popular in
United States and
British youth from the "
Greasers greaser" subculture in the
1950s and early
1960s. A later depiction of this style of jacket and time was "
The Fonz" in the
television series "
Happy Days" which was produced in the
1970s but depicted life in the 1950s. The Fonz's leather jacket is now housed in the
Smithsonian Institution, and the ''
Grease (film) Grease'' movie duo has also since popularized leather jackets with their ''
T-Birds'' male clique.
The leather jackets worn by aviators and members of the military were brown in color and frequently called "Bomber jackets" as seen on numerous stars in the 1940s and 1950s such as
James Stewart (actor) Jimmy Stewart in the 1957 film, ''
Night Passage''. While the black leather jacket fad ended in the early 1960s, bomber jackets, often with
sheep sheepskin collars, have remained popular to this day. They can be seen in the 1986 film, ''
Top Gun (film) Top Gun''.
There are many more examples of iconic leather jackets worn in popular culture, such as the one worn by the
T-800 character of
The Terminator movies, in which became the main trademark of the Terminator
cyborg, former
WWE Wrestler
Bret Hart's trademark leather jacket, leather jackets worn by members of the
Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s,
punk rock groups such as the
Ramones, members of
Heavy metal music heavy metal subcultures, etc. It is notable that in most examples the jackets have been worn by people cultivating an intimidating and potentially violent or rebellious image.
There is a substantial difference between leather jackets made for fashionable purposes and for protective purposes (for activities like motorcycle riding). Leather jackets designed for protective use are safety equipment designed to protect the wearer from serious injury and are heavier, thicker, and often equipped with armor, thus becoming a very practical item of clothing regardless of the symbolism invested in them by popular culture. A leather jacket primarily designed for fashion purposes is not likely to be much use in a motorcycle accident.
{{See also|Motorcycle safety clothing}}
Category:Fashion
Category:Jackets
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