Notable Leather

Notable Leather

Leather is a rugged, natural fabric and can be made into a multitude of garments.  Leather jackets are an icon of the tough guy image of James Dean, Steven Segal, Michael Pare, Bradd Pitt, and Keanu Reeves.  Leather fashions come in just about every color imaginable.  Red leather, White Leather, and even Blue Leather are made in to leather jackets, skirts, blouses, vests, pants, coats, and chaps.  The most popular  in the leather fashion world is by far the black leather jacket.  Brown is also used, particularly in aviation or 'bomber jackets'.

Some of the sterotypes for leather wearers include Bikers, Pilots, Cowboys, Rock Idols, and even Police Officers.  Leather has become very popular amongst everyday folks, as well.  Leather has become iconic in the film world by Marlon Brando's character Johnny Strabler as seen in "The Wild One".  The Fonz's jacket as seen in the popular series "Happy Days" is proudly displayed in the Smithsonian Institute. Henry Winkler is still an icon of the classic black motorclycle leather jacket.  Harrison Ford in the "Indiana Jones" movies sported his leather.  Tom Cruise depicted an aviator in the 1980's film "Top Gun" and proudly wore a dark brown bomber jacket.  Many bomber or pilot jackets are trimmed with sheep collars.  They are often made from horse hides which have a tighter pore pattern.  They are extremely durable and very warm.  Military applications use leather flight jackets as government issue.  There are fewer authentic WW II  jackets around with each year that passes.  Spotlessleather.com has successfully restored several naval World War II jackets as recently as June 2009.  In each case, we removed mildew that had pitted into the surface.  We replaced oxidized zippers and replaced the knit cuffs and bands, too.  They are now ready to be passed on to another generation.