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Biker jacket inspiration for autumn (and none of them is black)

— by Alyson Walsh

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Rei Kawakubo and husband/Comme des Garcons MD Adrian Joffe

Are you revving things up for autumn? Me neither. I’m feeling very Last Days of Summer: all beach hair, rooftop bars and Book Brain. One thing I do feel certain of is, that if Rei Kawakubo is wearing a red leather biker jacket, then it’s a sign. The Comme des Garcons designer/founder once said that she works in three shades of black but has since moved on. Biker jackets and leather all-in-ones have gone a bit motocross, for autumn, but there’s no need to bend it like Barry Sheene. When it comes to bikers, I prefer coloured leather or suede to traditional black. The non-black leather biker is less harsh on the complexion, not to mention less try-hard and predictable.

Alyson Walsh; That's Not My Age;

Photo: Dvora

And as promised quite some time ago, here are the winners of the M&S Twiggy competition: Sue, Dulcy and Tove. Apologies for the tiny, fuzzy pictures – if anyone knows how to increase size/improve quality in a WordPress gallery, please advise. And what a coincidence, all the winners are wearing the khaki suede biker jacket over a white top:

I’ve just read that Rei Kawakubo is the subject of a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition next spring (details HERE) and there’s a good interview with the enigmatic designer HERE.

The non-black leather biker, brum brum…

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