Style

Leather is the most loaded material in a wardrobe: it carries rock, motorcycling, couture and evening wear all at once. Well cut, a leather piece dresses an entire silhouette. Badly cut, it freezes it.

This section looks at leather as clothing rather than as material: which cuts work, which pieces outlast seasons, which houses hold their level year after year.

What you will find here

• The pieces: dress, trousers, jacket, biker, jumpsuit, skirt, and what each one demands.
• The silhouettes: how to wear leather without turning it into a costume.
• The houses: our selections and comparisons, competitors included, on real merit.
• Price markers: what a buyer actually pays for.