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How to choose a leather jacket?
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How to choose a leather jacket?
A black men's leather jacket has something hard to describe. Undoubtedly, it's the manliest outerwear. Stylish, good- looking and liked by the elegants and rebels. Leather jackets are not only for bikers. It's also the minimalistic cafe racer models and iconic bomber jackets that have their origins in aviation. So, what to focus on when choosing a leather jacket? What to match it with?
The biker jackets are also known as doubleriders. The asymmetrical zip-fastening, which is a typical feature was designed to enable easy fastening during a ride. A biker jacket should be neither too long, nor too loose. The perfect one has got a waist-length and is as close-fitted as a second skin. It amazingly underlines the silhouette and additionally, makes the legs look longer. The rest is just the designers' imagination. The most impressive cuts have a quilted pattern, stitchings, studs and decorative zippers on the pockets or the arms.
The most popular black biker jackets are perfect for casual stylings. They go well with jeans and a soft V-neck or round neckline T-shirt. The things worth experimenting with are surely the prints. A biker jacket looks outstanding with heavy leather boots and comfortable sneakers. In a more rock'n'roll stylings, a leather jacket is likely to be matched with a checked flannel shirt.
The cafe racer jacket is much more versatile than a biker one – a very minimalistic one. The most common is the one with a stand-up collar (snap or buckle fastening) and handy pockets. A cafe racer jacket was also designed with having in mind bikers but it quickly became the men's fashion classic. Although most of them are black, their cut looks also splendid in brown, grey, beige and navy blue.
Cafe racer fits into casual stylings and more elegant chino trousers, a shirt and a thin jumper. By wearing them, you can easily create an amazing vintage styling.
On cold and chilly days, the best choice is a leather bomber jacket. It's larger than a biker or cafe racer jacket, with large pockets. You can freely wear it even with a thick jumper. The typical features of a leather jacket are ribbed trim and sleeves. It's sometimes equipped with a sheepskin coat, so it can be also the perfect outerwear for a mild winter.
While choosing the leather jacket it is necessary to think about the design and the fabric. In the Bolf collection, there are available leather jackets manufactured from high-quality eco leather that surely has lots to offer. It is firm, durable, flexible, waterproof and resembles the leather perfectly. Therefore, if you want to create trendy and manly stylings with the use of leather jackets, the Bolf offer will be a perfect choice.