Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

[barnabus]

 

[Doctor Damage]

These are great photos, everyone. Thanks so much for posting. I like the look of leather jackets, so I'm pleased to see that once upon a time they were worn with normal clothes and hats rather than the modern-day cliche of wearing leather jackets only with jeans and t-shirts.

 

[steve u]

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steve

 

[handymike]

Gotta hand it to them...That is a Magnificent collection of beautiful jackets.

 

[2jakes]

These are great photos, everyone. Thanks so much for posting. I like the look of leather jackets, so I'm pleased to see that once upon a time they were worn with normal clothes and hats rather than the modern-day cliche of wearing leather jackets only with jeans and t-shirts.

I wear my leathers with cord,kakki or
dress pants.
I wear jeans, but only the ones that I have
worn and are soft.

 

[tmitchell59]

Nice!

 

[barnabus]

Some of these could also apply to the Short Jacket Thread I suppose.

 

[Monitor]

The cross zip in the first pic is too cool! I hope the bird's okay, though.

 

[2jakes]

 

[tmitchell59]

Leather jackets have always been cool and worn with a bit of attitude

 

[jacketjunkie]

Jesus Christ, what a bear of a man. Only way to maintain my masculinity here is to tell myself he must have been no taller than 5'5!

 

[willyto]

Jesus Christ, what a bear of a man. Only way to maintain my masculinity here is to tell myself he must have been no taller than 5'5!

I'm sure we could work that out by doing some maths(I'm not good at them) with the post box.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Jesus Christ, what a bear of a man. Only way to maintain my masculinity here is to tell myself he must have been no taller than 5'5!

When I saw this I thought, what a chunky little fellow. Plenty of guys like him around my town.

 

[Gamma68]

 

[Gamma68]

 

[anyexcuse]

After a cursory viewing of these vintage photos of people wearing leather jackets, I'm left to believe that it's rarely combined with the wearing of a hat like a fedora, homburg, or derby. Just an observation.

 

[zebedee]

Agreed. And socks can be done without and are disgusting.

Socks stop blisters and prevent sweat soaking into footwear, no?

 

[Monitor]

Socks stop blisters and prevent sweat soaking into footwear, no?

Oh yeah, absolutely. They're still disgusting, tho.

 

[navetsea]

I use antiperspirant roll on deodorant on my feet before I put on socks when I plan to wear boots all day.

 

[tropicalbob]

After a cursory viewing of these vintage photos of people wearing leather jackets, I'm left to believe that it's rarely combined with the wearing of a hat like a fedora, homburg, or derby. Just an observation.

Some of those hair-dos took hours to sculpt. A hat was unthinkable.