Although typically versatile in nature, outwear steers our fashion choices. And just like every season, runway trends for fall and winter are great places to start before venturing out looking for the essential coat or jacket. The classic trench coat or an amazing leather jacket inspires tailored pieces—wide leg trousers, a modern blazer and the quintessential great white shirt. Ski puffers and hoodies mirror an even more active lifestyle, sometimes punctuated with sartorial elements like the chunky boot. Quilts, cable knits, ponchos and textured trimmings tend to be more nostalgic in nature. They lend a Boho-chic layer to any fall ensemble.



Few items of menswear come packaged with just as much attitude, heritage or unfiltered masculinity as a leather jacket. Synonymous with punks and pilots, motorcycles and Marlon Brando, the leather jacket is high-testosterone menswear, but it's also an amazingly versatile classic. No well-edited wardrobe is complete without one.



Men have been wearing hides and skins since our knuckles stopped skimming the floor, but the best leather jacket as we know it today stumbled on prominence in early 1900s. Brown leather flight jackets were worn by the early aviators and the military, most notably the German Air Force in World War I.



The first contemporary-looking style found its way to 1928. A Manhattan raincoat maker, Irving Schott, designed a motorcycle jacket for Harley Davidson. Dubbed the ‘Perfecto,' after his favorite cigar, this leather jacket was built to protect riders from the elements and accidents. During World War II the flight jacket became called the bomber and was prized because of its warmth having been made for wear in open cockpits.



Between then and now, leather jackets have appeared everywhere from in cult flick The Wild One to on the backs of the Sex Pistols. It's standard-issue for mavericks, scoundrels and sex symbols.



Today Wool Coats, the garment is probably be one of the very expensive additions to a wardrobe, so don't be considered a rebel without a clue – make a shrewd purchase. If for no other reason, an excellent leather jacket is one of many few long-term relationships you should have in fashion. They're created to last, age as you do and pair with an increase of items than you may expect. So, if you don't consider Danny Zuko a mode icon, that's fine – you will find other ways to wear it that don't include leather pants.



We know leather jackets are great, but sometimes you need something significantly more than the standard brown or black. Here is the year for expression, so you might not want to be stuck wearing the exact same dark motorcycle jacket everyone (and their dog) has been rocking for the last few decades. And to stick out sometimes, you've to have a little risk – a sky blue or race-car red seems appropriate to us. Additionally it is nice to know the risk won't have any compromise in quality.