Part of the equation of the emergence of oddball colors-Aero, Thedi, and others, have new colored leathers. Those, to my knowledge, weren’t around in 2012.
As far as the so-called loss of morality or civility is concerned, much has to do with the fact that there is more content, and users here, than ever. There were times past when it’d be over an hour or two between outerwear posts. Now, with more users, this place is more alive.
Is Meacham Lake really thinned skinned? I know this, Meacham Lake hasn't posted since. Perhaps he's suffering from victim complex hysteria.
Is that an AlpineStar jacket, or is the resemblance to their logo coincidence?
That blue is a shade that wasn't entirely uncommon in British motorcycle leathers from 1978ish, into the eighties decline of that industry. I've even seen a few Lewis Lightnings in that colour.