Best photos of famous people wearing true vintage leather jackets (military, but not only)

[Chandler]

...not knowing your jackets measurments

Definitely plan to add those in the new thread, but it's tight on me and I usually wear a 44 (US), or at least a large 42.

 

[Smithy]

...and here is something from the 80s. Screenshot of british band "New Order"'s singer Bernard Sumner wearing a West-German Luftwaffe grey leather Pilot Jacket.

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Great band. They are incredibly loud live, at least they were back in the day (80s).

 

[Grant]

Hardly famous, but looks like Joe Jonas is wearing a vintage Vietnam era G-1.

 

[autopilot]

Paul Simon. N-3B?

 

[autopilot]

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Woops wasn't leather..

 

[Cyril]

Curd Jürgens in "the Devil's General" (1955) based on Carl Zuckmayer's novel. For the film, three original JU-86 -built by SAAB under licence for the swedish air force- were lent by the swedish.
a good film!

 

[flyincowboy]

buzz rickson the war lover

 

[MikeyB-17]

Woops wasn't leather..

Don’t worry about it. I think it’s an N3-B, I’ve sniffed around and seen an alternative photograph (with a dog), which shows a bit more of it, including the sleeves, which have internal storm cuffs as opposed to exposed knits. AFAIK N-2B’s had the exposed cuffs.

 

[Bluechel77]

That’s interesting thanks for posting that. I knew that his jacket was located in the National Air Force Museum, I snapped a picture of it during my last visit . Here’s a close up for you Bretta.
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Love it! "worn by the donor" hilarious!

 

[Cyril]

there is another picture with James Dean in his N-1 showing it better,
but still a nice one

 

[flyincowboy]

Bing Crosby Dyna Shore Normandy 1944

 

[flyincowboy]

DYNA SHORE

 

[Chandler]

there is another picture with James Dean in his N-1 showing it better,
but still a nice one

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Looks like his cohort is wearing roughouts or boondockers.

 

[Tattoo A2]

Ron 'Pigpen" Mckernan , original member of the Grateful Dead wearing an original A2 jacket with a CBI patch.

 

[ZuZu]

Ron 'Pigpen" Mckernan , original member of the Grateful Dead wearing an original A2 jacket with a CBI patch.
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90% sure it's a Spiewak. Always with the raised epaulets. When I moved to SF in 1978 I was able to get 2 Spiewaks with thick goatskin. I spent hours wetting the eps and trying to get them to flatten out...

 

[Tattoo A2]

90% sure it's a Spiewak. Always with the raised epaulets. When I moved to SF in 1978 I was able to get 2 Spiewaks with thick goatskin. I spent hours wetting the eps and trying to get them to flatten out...

Thanks, I have other photos of him with the jacket on, always wondered what make it was.

 

[ZuZu]

Thanks, I have other photos of him with the jacket on, always wondered what make it was.

Here's me in 1979 with one of my Spiewaks. I made the blood chit and the CBI badge on the sleeve. In real life it was dark russet- not a redye as it seems.

 

[ZuZu]

Here's me in 1979 with one of my Spiewaks. I made the blood chit and the CBI badge on the sleeve. In real life it was dark russet- not a redye as it seems.
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Both of my Spiewaks were very small in the back of the collar- 2" at most raised- and then swooped to a deep pointy collar. Don't know if there are repros which do that.

 

[ZuZu]

Cool guy- didn't know he was in the 27 club...

Spiewak for sure1

 

[ZuZu]

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