I wear leather mc jackets yet I don't ride (I don't think my moped counts). I wear trench coats without having served in the British army. I wear distressed denim but I'm not a coal miner. I guess I'm fake in several different ways
I think you are somewhat missing my point.
I assume your trench coat doesn't have fake bullet holes, blood stains and knife slashes on it... It isn't "army distressed"!
Same with denim, i don't think you have to work in a mine to wear denim, but i don't see the point in buying new denim that looks like it was used in a mine for years if you have never stepped foot in a mine... IMO that is posing as a miner/worker.
Same with a leather jacket, i don't think you have to ride a bike to wear a leather jacket, but if you wear the full ensemble like that:
And you have never sat on a bike, you are IMO posing/ dressing up as a biker...