Confession: I have an old, designer knock-off leather hoodie from Old Navy scored for about $50 on Ebay, probably 4 years ago. The leather isn’t supple, buttery or any of the adjectives that usually get my mouth watering, but it does its duty, the perfect outwear for that summer dress as well as those black skinnies and shimmery top. Even better, it has started to degrade so that the brown flecks show at the elbow, turning it into something uniquely mine. I have grown to love this jacket, it’s not a piece I worry about spilling a little wine on, or shoving into the bottom of a bag with god knows what lurking in its depths. Plus, I’ve worn it on some pretty Important Life Events, so it has sentimental value.
However, this homage to “the little knock-off that could” does nothing to satiate my lust for a real lux leather bomber jacket of my own. Upgrading from “does the job” to a really well-made, so soft you want to wear it to bed leather jacket is a dream of mine. Currently, I have my eye on this gunmetal leather jacket as well as the more traditional black bomber pictured above.
Like the LBD or the trench, the white t-shirt or whatever other fashion staples make it on the quintessential List, I wholeheartedly add leather jacket. It’s a year-round must-have, yet a decidedly appropriate investment for fall. Trust Ms. Amos (and me) on this one, ladies.
(Lyrics, Leather by Tori Amos)
