Leather equals motorcyclists and that episode of Spongebob where Spongebob freaks out about that band of motorcyclists that he thinks are called The Wild Ones but are in fact called The Mild Ones. I've been watching a lot of Spongebob Youtube videos in the past hour, so please forgive the excessive amount of references I will make throughout this post. I digressed. Majorly. So many hyperlinks today! More importantly, leather. Once again, it is slightly controversial because vegetarians and aminal-luvahs are sometimes anti-fuzzy-friend-skin-on-human-bodies-for-sartorial-purposes. Luckily for us I can't include myself as a "trendy" person, it's not even a thing, but because words are becoming difficult for me to use properly let's just pretend. It'll be like that episode of Spongebob where us innocent trend-followers have fake leather, also known as pleather, to fall back on. (Pun. Pre-fall, fall...heh, heh.)
Since most of what I have written thus far was entirely off-topic, let's revert back to my original statement: leather equals motorcyclists. Therefore, leather equals mutha uckin badass. If you look back at the history of the world of forever, people that wore leather are always complete BAMFs and/or horseback riders. Now the texture has become ridiculously controversial to the point where everyone can and will wear it if they are so inclined. You don't even have to be that crazy freak to where a leather jacket anymore! Another bonus? It comes in many colors. See: below. In a minute.
How does one wear leather? That one fits under the category of questions that don't have an answer. If you have a leather skirt, you treat it as a skirt. It just adds a certain je ne sais quoi--actually I know exactly quoi so that's a lie--meaning a devil-may-care twist to the outfit that includes said garment. If you're the Man Repeller, you can wear a leather jacket and a leather vest to your wedding, so there really are no boundaries when it comes to this fabric. Also the Man Repeller is the definition of a freakin' boss.
Photos via style.com.
Leathery (second) skin:
Diane von Furstenberg Acne
Alexander Wang Helmut Lang
Calvin Klein Collection Narciso Rodriguez
Alexander Wang J. Mendel
Michael Kors T by Alexander Wang
A party from the waist down:
DKNY Balenciaga
Alexander Wang Band of Outsiders
Balenciaga Emporio Armani
T by Alexander Wang Balenciaga
3.1 Phillip Lim
Leather is absotively posilutely poifect for autumn and winter. It provides just the right amount of warmth so that you're not sweltering indoors and you're not shaking in your snazzy boots outdoors. Public advisory message: don't wear leather in the summer. You will die.
August is slowly quickly but surely slipping away from us, and if you're as mondo-bummed about the prospect of returning to school as I am, maybe this somewhat encouraging video from John Green will inspire you to...enjoy school? Like that's ever happening.
Also, perhaps you would be interested in reading my sister and her mental-twin best friend's Twitter? It's truthfully very hilarious; this is not just forced advertising. She actually has no idea that I'm doing this. Shhh! @CharlienRachel. Yeah. Hint: the further back you go the funnier they are.
Happy almost humpty-dumpty day.
Beautiful work. These have such a nostalgic feel to them :)
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