Coolest ever leather – ever?

[Sloan1874]

Lou Reed: genius musician, amateur human being.

 

[Panadora]

... amateur human being.

 

[Sloan1874]

Not saying he didn't love Laurie, not denying he was a musical genius, but he was not that nice a guy. Wore a mean leather jacket, though, just to the thread back on track. How about David Lean for rocking a cool Irvin:

 

[ButteMT61]

RIP Glenn Frey...
In leather, of course.

 

[Sloan1874]

They're dropping like flies! Quick, somebody check on Iggy!

 

[tropicalbob]

You have to hand it to Reed, though, for sporting the black leather with attitude in the early '70's. I saw him do the "Rock 'N Roll Animal" concert with the whole get-up and he put on a great show. I've never understood why that album isn't mentioned more often. It was John Cale, however, who got me out searching through the vintage clothing shops in NY for a Perfecto, which he wore on the cover of an album.

 

[tropicalbob]

They're dropping like flies! Quick, somebody check on Iggy!

Don't even joke about that. He lives near here and I'll tell him, and, boy, you'll be sorry.

 

[ButteMT61]

Wow, Dale Griffin of Mott The Hoople too?

 

[ButteMT61]

Maybe I'm just adding the obvious here...but nothing like the original rock sta

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[Superfluous]

Sad days . . .

 

[nick123]

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Elvis?

 

[technovox]

I was trying to add a few pics to the body of the post rather than at the bottom... but gave up. Thought it was all deleted. My bad. Anyway...maybe I'm just adding to the obvious here...but nothing like the original rock stars in leather jackets...

 

[Edward]

Mn, though the Beatles short career as rocker died pretty much as soon as they were signed. The Stones, though.... I've always felt the two bands were pretty evenly matched as composers, but the Stones were always far superior as performers, imo.

Iggy I'm not so worried about - he's made of stern stuff. It's all the others hovering on the fringes of the 69 Club that convern me - Tim Curry among them. He's recovering well from that stroke last year, but it sounds like it was close enough at the time.

 

[Sloan1874]

TC's one of those people whose appearance nowadays catches me by surprise. In my head, he's forever wearing the full Rocky outfit.

 

[Edward]

TC's one of those people whose appearance nowadays catches me by surprise. In my head, he's forever wearing the full Rocky outfit.

Heh, yes... I'll never forget the Glaswegian Rocky fan who, on seeing him as King Arthur for the first time, muttered:

"Ah'd no wanna see that in a basque..."

As an old Frank'n'Furter impersonator, I like to claim my expanding girth in middle age is simply a bid for contemporary screen accuracy.... ;-)

 

[mendelboaz]

Schwarzenegger in the original Terminator.

William Sadler as Brayker in Tales from the Crypt presents: Demon Knight

www.imdb.com/media/rm2755431936/tt0114608/
www.imdb.com/media/rm2839318016/tt0114608/
www.imdb.com/media/rm1465489664/tt0114608/

The big winner: Mark Wahlberg as Dusty Mayron in Daddy's Home.

 

[Superfluous]

 

[Monitor]

The big winner: Mark Wahlberg as Dusty Mayron in Daddy's Home.

What is that jacket???

 

[ButteMT61]

^^ I's wager the Indian clothing lineup... i.e. some jacket made in China or the like...
MW has been a spokesperson for the new Bikes.

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/shop/apparel/mens-jackets

 

[mendelboaz]

I hardly think it's a modern, made in China crap jacket. Given the character in the film and the rest of his outfit (vintage engineer boots, awesome looking denim and classy western belt) I'd say it's a vintage cafe racer jacket.