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Photos of cool jackets owned by others (non-brand specific)

Gamma68

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Benny Holiday

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There's some sort of glitch in my computer. Every time I visit this page it keeps going back to the picture of the (Japanese?) ton-up girl in her leathers. Over and over again.
 

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This photo was posted earlier. I noticed the guy on the left looks like he has dread locks. That's one cool looking rider and jacket for sure. Anyone know the date this photo was taken?
 

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Anthony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon) on the cover of Paris Match in 1960.

Interesting to see a button-down shirt, tie and sweater with a leather jacket.

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This photo was posted earlier. I noticed the guy on the left looks like he has dread locks. That's one cool looking rider and jacket for sure. Anyone know the date this photo was taken?


They're both wearing 'Ace Cafe London' patches (the ones with the 'Club' (as in suit of cards) symbol in the middle); the Ace only started merchandising itself some time after reopening in 1997, so it can' be any earlier than that date.

FWIW, if *everyone* in a photo is wearing a highly, highly decorated jacket, that's a sure sign it's a modern picture, as fewer of the original rockers took it that far. (c/f painted A2s....). Also, if it's a photo of clearly Brit-style rockers that s from outside England, that's usually a sign too.
 

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I've always really liked the civilian versions of military flight jackets. They often make the solid functional designs of the originals even more so with the addition of extra pockets and the like. Here's an image from a short lived American television show from 1977. That looks to be a very solid, versatile, and durable jacket.
 
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Edward

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I've long said that the likes of this sort of design would be far more accurate to wear if you're looking for a civilian look 1945-1959ish than the likes of a 'real' A2. The one in your picture reminds me of an Eastman Air Comfort (with the addition of a chest pocket), though I'm sure bakc when it was much more affordable than the EAC is now (GBP999 - ouch!).
 

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