Male Celebrities and Leather Clothing

Leather is becoming increasing popular in the Men’s fashion industry and this may simply be

due to the fact that we see it everywhere. In movies, tv shows and models we see idyllic men

wearing fashionable leather clothing.

Lets begin with jackets and leather, leather jackets for men have become a must have item not

to forget that every movie you watch has the lead actor in a leather jacket. It all started with the

classic movies such as Easy Rider or The Terminator; these styled jackets are now worn by the

majority of bikers. We would normally associate leather with bikers and why not, bikers go for

the entire leather outfit such as trousers, leather vests and jackets. The most famous mens

leather jacket to date in biker wear has to be the brando jacket worn by Marlon Brando and

worn in the movie The Wild One. (Image by Charles Dusty )

Mens coats are also becoming increasingly popular, in recent movies we see Keanu Reeves

wearing a leather trench coat in The Matrix Trilogy. As well Dean Winchester in the tv show

Supernatural wear he sports a fashion ¾ length leather coat. The more we see mens apparel to

more fashionable it seems to get.

Mens designer jackets come at price, especially when you see something worn by a famous

actor in a blockbuster movie then it going to be a well known brand and expensive. There are

also a number of high street labels which offer fashionable leather jackets at affordable prices.

There are so many different styles available for men that it becomes difficult but there is

different genres which a jacket can fit into such as Rock/ punk style, these are short length

jackets which are normally in black leather and often seen worn by top artists. This style usually

comes with metal studs and silver hardware to stand out.

Then there is the sophisticated styled leather blazers which can be worn casually for formally.

These fall under the category for mens coats and can be short length or ¾ length, we always

seem to see Tom Cruise sporting long and short length leather blazers in his blockbuster

movies such as Minority Report, Mission Impossible and Jack Reacher.

The hit tv show show sons of anarchy has started the craze for leather vests, the cut off style

has become popular not for just bikers but for male fashion wear. In the recent blockbuster

Jurassic park you see actor Chris Pratt wearing a multi pocket leather vest which seem to look

great on him! (Image by motor jacketsusa )

 Lets not forget the massive hit movie Fight Club where Brad pitt wore the iconic red leather

blazer and the famous red fight clubjacket with white stripes. This is now worn by men

everywhere in fashion and biker wear. During this movie you can see how one guy can pull off

two different styles of jackets.

Leather bomber jackets are also now being shown on the big screen such as Daniel Craig in the

James Bond movie, the bomber style is short in length and usually comes with tight cuffs and

waist.

Aviator styled jackets have also become increasingly popular looking back at Tom Cruise's

appearance in top gun which shows a military styled aviator jacket as well as Leonardo

Dicaprio’s aviator jacket in the hit movie The Aviator.

I think it is safe to say that leather is now everywhere, in the movie industry, fashion industry,

biker industry and TV shows. This makes it increasingly more appealing for men to buy and

mens designer jackets have just increased in popularity and will remain to do so. We have

seen the styles changed over the decades but the classics remain the classics and the new

eventually become the classics. It’s amazing how it always seems to stay in fashion in mens

wear.

Worked in the leather industry for many years and has knowledge on the history of leather and

the way that has evolved in the fashion industry today. Kelly Richards.