Certain designers hit harder on the esoteric than the everyday. Others make an immediate impact on the streets. Saint Laurent falls in the latter category. Last year, the house’s extremely popular leather bomber jacket became near-ubiquitous among the fashion set. Across the fashion week map this season, chic showgoers made slouchy leather jackets the crux of their street style looks, while models nipping between casting calls threw their own bikers over basics on the run.
Vogue’s Favorite Leather Jackets:
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Celebrities, too have been deploying their softly sloping jackets to bring both nonchalance and grit to downtime looks. No one wants to swan around Paris looking “done,” or as though they’ve curated their fashion week wardrobe—even if they actually have. A textured leather jacket offers the swagger of that biker lifestyle, with all the luxury of a satin lining.
Since the introduction of Saint Laurent’s drop-shouldered, supple style, a number of iterations have cropped up on the fall catwalks from brands like Prada, Kallmeyer, Khaite, and Ralph Lauren–serving as protective outerwear to everything from louche suiting to evening wear.
