Fashion Leather Jackets

hi! is it ok to have your shirt longer than your jacket? FASHION ADVISE!! d:?

hi! im a 14 year old girl. and i was thinking of wearing this: but i dun think its very fashionable:
i need sum fashion advise

dark blue tank
hollister cream colored baby doll top.
jeans
leather bomber (brown, but its shorter than the top/shirt)
and rainbow leather flip flops that are blue. or sperrys that are like brown dock/boat shows. (topsiders)

thanks.
and is it tacky to wear shirt longer than jacket if jacket is leather bomber?

its ok if you think it ugly… it kinda is. jacket come from london. (topshop)

thanks..
no i dun wear tanks longer than shirt! lol i only wear them w/ low cut tops or sheer like material. and i agree w/ topsiders. thanks! and idk if i should w/ the jacket b/c its not to cold out today (wear i live)

thanks!

can you find me a leather jacket like this :)?

http://mtblog.teenvogue.com/style/blogs/fashion/l_5317576c027e42288ac2010f48758b37.html

he jacket gabe saportas wearing

It doesn’t have to be that exact one or color i just want a cool leather hoodie jacket for teen. thanks

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There are few of those in the world who are not aware of the popularity of Harley Davidson. This popularity is not restricted to motorcycles only. They extend to accessories like gloves, boots and helmets.

There are even t-shirts with the logo and some popular bike models printed on them. All of these together make a strong style statement for those who embrace it. Men are obsessed with owning the motorcycle along with all the accessories that come with it. Owning anything that has to do with Harley Davidson will surely make you stand out in the crowd.

Some of the following products are the most suitable while riding the motorcycle:

Since riding a motorcycle involves having to expose yourself to harsh weather conditions including wind, rain and dust, it is a good plan to wear something that can withstand all of that. Leather jacket in black is the best option in such a situation. They look smart and give a wild, tough look to the rider that goes well with riding the best bike in the world. That is why it is very popular among men who ride the Harley Davidson.

The most obvious piece of clothing that compliments a black leather jacket is a pair of black leather pants. They look sexy on the wearer and teamed with the jacket make for a strong style statement.
They also act as protectors to the legs during harsh riding conditions in case of bruising or scratching.

They go well with the biker look complete with the bike, the helmet and the jacket.

The biker look is not complete without the quintessential leather boots. They are not only good to look at and make a mark in the fashion scene, but also protect the feet in case of sudden injury. They are made of tenacious leather and can withstand harsh weather conditions. They last long and can be worn during long rides on the bike.

Helmets are very important when you are riding a motorcycle. They protect the head for severe injuries. The impact of many accidents is controlled by the use of helmets. Although their use is widely supported and advised, there are many irresponsible bikers who avoid wearing helmets when they are riding a bike.

Wearing the Harley Davidson helmet will not only satisfy the protection criterion but also make for an appreciable style statement for the wearer. They are built very sturdy for maximum protection.

To add to the zing of the entire Harley Davidson fashion attire you may wear the goggles made by this company as well. They are very much in fashion and at the same time they protect the biker’s eyes form the sun’s glare when he is on road.

They are available in many shades and styles to suit a wide range of customer preference.
For most bikers who are interested in the Harley Davidson look, most of the above items of fashion are included in their style statement. Although most of these products are built to protect the rider while riding a bike, they also provide for smart fashion.

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The use of animal hides for clothing and basic survival items can be traced back as far as Early Man in the Paleolithic period. Cave paintings discovered in caves near Lerida in Spain depict the use of leather clothing. Man hunted wild animals for food but removed their hides and skins from the dead carcass and used them as crude tents, clothing and footwear.

Early man realized that the skins rapidly putrefied and thus became useless. They needed a way to preserve the hides. The earliest method was to stretch the hides and skins on the ground to dry, rubbing them with fats and animals brains while they dried. This had a limited preserving and softening action. Primitive man discovered also that the smoke of wood fires could preserve hides and skins, as did treating them with an infusion of tannin-containing barks, leaves, twigs and fruits of certain trees and plants. It seems likely that man first discovered how to make leather when he found that animal skins left lying on a wet forest floor became tanned naturally by chemicals released by decaying leaves and vegetation.

Much later the use of earth salts containing alum as a tanning agent to produce soft white leather was discovered. The alum leathers could be dyed with naturally occurring dyestuffs in various plants. In Egyptian times leather was used for sandals, clothes, gloves, buckets, bottles, shrouds for burying the dead and for military equipment. In Egyptian tombs, wall paintings and artifacts depicted these uses of leather.

The Romans also used leather on a wide scale for footwear, clothes, and military equipment including shields, saddles and harnesses. Excavation of Roman sites in Great Britain has yielded large quantities of leather articles such as footwear and clothing. The manufacture of leather was introduced to Britain by the Roman invaders and by religious communities, whose monks were expert at making leather, especially vellum and parchment for writing purposes.

The ancient Britons had many uses for leather from footwear, clothing and leather bags, to articles of warfare. The hulls of the early boats, known as coracles, were also covered in leather. Through the centuries leather manufacture expanded steadily and by mediaeval times most towns and villages had a tannery, situated on the local stream or river, which they used as a source of water for processing and as a source of power for their water wheel driven machines. Many of these tanneries still exist, but in many towns the only remaining evidence is in street names, like Tanner Street, Bark Street and Leather Lane.

The earliest crude leathers were made by first immersing the raw hides and skins in a fermenting solution of organic matter in which bacteria grew and attacked the hides or skins, resulting in a loosening of the hair or wool and some dissolving out of skin protein. The hair or wool was then scraped off with primitive blunt stone or wooden scrapers and fat or meat still adhering to the flesh side was removed in a similar manner.

Tanning, the conversion of pelt into leather, was done by dusting the raw stock with ground up bark other organic matter and placing them in shallow pits or vats of tannin solution. Further additions of ground bark, were made from time to time until the tannin solution had penetrated right through the skin structure, taking up to two years for very thick hides. The leather was then hung up for several days in open sheds. The dressing of the leather involved paring or shaving it to a level thickness, coloring, treatment with oils and greases, drying and final treatment of the grain surface with waxes, proteins such as blood and egg albumins, and shellac to produce attractive surface finishes.

During the Middle Ages leather was used for all kinds of purposes such as: footwear, clothes, leather bags, cases and trunks, leather bottles, and harness, for the upholstery of chairs, and couches, book binding and military uses. It was also used to decorate coaches, sedan chairs and walls. The majority of the leather was tanned with oak bark but soft clothing, gloving and footwear leathers were tanned with alum, oil, and combinations of these two materials. With the discovery and introduction of basic chemicals like lime, tanners gradually abandoned their traditional methods and leather production slowly became a chemically based series of processes.

The growth of industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries created a demand for many new kinds of leathers, e.g., belting leathers to drive the machines being introduced into industry, special leathers for use in looms in the textile industry, leathers for use as diaphragms and washers, leathers for use in transport and for furniture upholstery.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the invention of the motor car, modern roads, new ranges of coal tar dyestuffs, the demand for softer, lightweight footwear with a fashionable appearance, and a general rise in the standard of living created a demand for soft, supple, colorful leather. The traditional vegetable tanned leather was too hard and thick for these requirements and thus, the use of the salts of the metal chromium was adopted and chrome tanning became the “tannage” for modern footwear and fashion leathers. It produces soft, supple, beautiful and fine leathers, reflecting the way we live.

With all that history behind it, it’s no wonder we still use leather to make fashionable and protective jackets out of leather today.

I hope you enjoyed this little history lesson!

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