DETAILS, FICTION AND MOTORBIKE LEATHER JACKET

The tailored asymmetrical leather motorcycle jacket worn by Brando became the need to-have anti-institution symbol for 1950’s youth. The orders skyrocketed for this leather jacket creating Irving Schott and his son Mel to improve their workforce and grow the Schott factory. From the mid 1960’s the Perfecto® mens jackets had also caught on Whil