Leather jacket

:A leatherjacket is a type of crane fly.

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A leather jacket is a piece of outerwear, often brown, dark grey or black. This item is often associated with bikers, military aviators, and police. Frequently called motorcycle jackets, they were in vogue with North American teenagers during the 1950s and pre-Vietnam War 1960s, made popular by Marlon Brando's Jimmy Strabler character in the film, The Wild One (1953) and by James Dean in 1955's Rebel Without A Cause as well as Michael Pare in the Eddie And The Cruisers film

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Leather - Jacket - Outerwear - Black - Bikers - Military - Aviators - Police - North America - Jimmy Strabler - The Wild One - James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause - Michael Pare - Eddie And The Cruisers

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An example from the entertainment industry later depicting that era is the one worn by "The Fonz" in the television series Happy Days whose black leather jacket is now in the Smithsonian Institution. As well, leather jackets can be seen being worn by the "T-Birds" in the Grease movies that likewise depicted teenagers in the 1950s and in the 1974 film, The Lords of Flatbush.

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The Fonz - Television series - Happy Days - Smithsonian Institution - Grease - Movies - The Lords of Flatbush

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The leather jackets worn by aviators and members of the military were brown in color and frequently called "Bomber jackets" as seen on numerous stars in the 1940s and 1950s such as Jimmy Stewart in the 1957 film, Night Passage. While the black leather jacket fad ended in the early 1960s, bomber jackets, often with sheepskin collars, were popular for many decades and can be seen in the 1986 film, Top Gun.

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Jimmy Stewart - Night Passage - Sheepskin - Top Gun

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They were also a popular trademark for the T-800 character of The Terminator movies, in which became the main trademark of the Terminator cyborg. In all three movies, the T-800 cyborg (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) wears the famous Leather Jacket- which eventually lead to his adoption of the biker-persona that officially became his trademark since .

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T-800 - The Terminator - Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Former WWE Wrestler Bret Hart wore a leather jacket and pink sunglasses to the ring- in which both were characteristics that made him excessively popular during his career.

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Leather jackets can now be often see mainly worn by Metalheads and Punks.

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Metalheads - Punks

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There is a substantial difference between leather jackets made for fashionable purposes and for protective purposes (for activities like motorcycle riding).

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See also: Motorcycle safety clothing

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