Cheap and Chic - 'Leather Lover'

This season every fashionista will be wearing the leather jacket. Made famous in 1946by Marlon Brando in 'The Wild One', it was revived by the bad boys in the '60s and made cool again by Michael Jackson in the '80s - the famous 'Thriller' look inspiring matching leather jackets and trousers, not forgetting the one leather glove. Usually studded and undone to create a messy, unpolished look; the Jackson-inspired look is back, with the huge trend of studded attire and accessories being seen everywhere. Burberry Prorsum's patent leather jacket with shoulder detail and Thomas Wylde's biker jacket, complete with studded neckline and hemline, are great examples.
The 'aviator' look, made famous by 'Top Gun' in the '80s, inspired 'the bomber jacket'; a couple of decades later and we can see Belstaff's leather jacket, complete with fur trim, reviving the fashion, with Malene Birger offering a mousse-coloured, quilted bomber jacket in her collection.
With every designer doing different versions - cropped, quilted, studded or fur-trimmed, in classic black, brown or patent; key designers include Malene Birger, who's collection offers cropped, biker and bomber styles; and Belstaff, founded in the 1920's and now Britain's leading motorcycle clothing designer, offering a huge range of the stylish item.

Designer brands:

Burberry Prorsum's patent leather bomber jacket - £1,500


Malene Birger's cropped leather jacket - £250


Thomas Wylde's 'Easy Rider' leather jacket - £2,190


Mylene Birger's bomber jacket - £400


High-street Alternatives

M&S leather biker jacket - £149


Miss Selfridge diagonal-zip leather jacket - £90


Topshop studded leather jacket - £150


Topshop patent leather jacket - £70


ASOS quilted leather jacket - £85