Ever since a leather-jacketed Marlon Brando slouched across the screen inThe Wild One, the jacket''s mixture of animal magnetism, brooding menace, and sexual provocation has made it a must-have for hipsters, rebels, andfashionistas
This entertaining book chronicles the leather jacket from its roots among World War I flying aces to its present incarnation in high fashion. Along the way, it shows how every generation and subculture - including the Hell''s Angels, beats, punks, movie stars, counterculturists, and fetishists - has made the leather jacket its own.
