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22/06/2025

Will Camp as Lord Darnley in “Reign” Watch the video https://facebook.com/encuir/videos/707557858801660/

14/06/2025

Which look with a Schott leather jacket do you like more?
🔥- Leather jacket with a black turtleneck (sweater)
👍- Leather jacket with a hoodie (sweaters with a hood)
⚡- Leather jacket with a shirt and tie
👌- Leather jacket on a T-shirt (tank top)

14/06/2025

There are clothes that transform any person, even the most modest, and not having model body. Be it a wedding dress for a girl, or a well-tailored business suit for a man. And there is a jacket with a slanted zipper, rivets, shoulder straps and belts, putting on which, you turn into a dashing daredevil! Only in Russian such a leather jacket is simply called a "kosukha" due to the slanted zipper, going from the bottom left and to the top right. In American English, the jacket is named after the designer Irwin Schott, who came up with the idea of installing a zipper on a leather jacket for bikers. This was in the distant 1930s. Zippers had just become widespread as fasteners for clothing, competing with traditional buttons. To reduce the load on the mechanism, Irwin Schott placed the zipper diagonally, in the manner of military uniforms from the time of the American Civil War. Who would have known that this "diagonally" part would remain a signature recognizable element of this type of leather jackets.

I bought my first Schott leather jacket aka Kosukha in an online store. I ordered several models of different styles to choose from, from very rocker ones with rivets, huge belts and high collars, to a very simple one. And I chose this one (on the 1st and 2nd pics). The Jack Jones brand jacket was made in India from soft smooth leather. The lightweight model fit me well. But in reality, of course, the collar of this jacket was not as high as I would have liked. It was impossible to up this collar steeply, like in the movies. Over time, the leather in many places became unsightly wrinkled, which immediately spoiled its appearance. Nevertheless, I wore my first Schott leather jacket for quite a long time. I even wore it over a warm sweater in winter.

Then, of course, there were more brutal, more fashionable and better-quality Schott leather jackets, with bright silver fittings, and not even black colour. And every time the reflection in the mirror pleasantly pleased me with my own transformation from a modest guy into a daredevil and even a little rebel. Every time there were comments and tongue clicks from friends when I put on this or that leather jacket. All the comments came down to one denominator: it's catchy and creates the image of a self-confident person.

Today, a Schott leather jacket has long been not a purely biker attribute, but just a jacket. Well, of course, not just, but a leather jacket for those who want to stand out. Fans of the classics and bikers choose functional models made of thick leather with folds on the back for comfortable riding. And ordinary guys wear fashionable leather jackets with a T-shirt or a tank top, on a sweater, turtleneck or hoodie, they wear a leather jacket with a shirt and tie – different styles, but always the same message: to be free, bright, brutal, to go creaking and catch the glances of those who are on the same wavelength with you.

08/06/2025

Whether for a walk or for a Queen reception, Sir Dudley wears leather trousers and embroidered coats. Based on “Reign”. Starring Charlie Carrick.

08/06/2025

02/04/2025

Actor Val Kilmer passed away on April 1, 2025. Let's remember his cool leather look in the film "The Salton Sea", 2002. To forget about his grief – his murdered wife, the talented musician dresses up as a punk! Now his wardrobe is leather pants, a leather shirt, a leather jacket and a mountain of silver rings with skulls. He got a skull tattooed on his back too and put a mohawk on his head. Only in this look can he save his soul from pain and take revenge on the criminals.
Part 1 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DFjzsSx62/
Part 2 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1XQbqxvGSF/

Val Kilmer, The Salton Sea

21/03/2025

The treasured thing, or revelations of a shopaholic

You are a former student, just starting an independent life, just got a job. You rent a room on the outskirts of the city and count every penny. You have only two pairs of jeans and one warm jacket for the whole winter. And then you go into an inconspicuous store in a local shopping center and see... a cool down jacket made of real leather! Your breath catches from the barely perceptible smell of leather, from the quality of the leather, from its shine, from the style of the jacket, from the even, perfectly stitched seams on the powerful large leather "bubbles" of the down jacket. Your breath also catches from... the price. A huge amount of money for a jacket – a price that is too much for you to bear. But you still go to try on this leather. And, damn, it fits you perfectly. You are a leather astronaut in a shiny down jacket, as if you just stepped off the fashion catwalk!

The tempting seller is ready to give you an installment plan: after paying the entire amount, they will give you the treasure you cherished. You run through scenarios in your head, where to get money, who to borrow from, re-borrow, etc. But... common sense wins: "How much more of this stuff will I have in my life? I'll buy it when I earn it," you reassure yourself and leave...

But years later, no matter how many leathers you try on, no matter how much stuff you buy, you always remember that treasured little thing you couldn't buy. It will forever remain the coolest leather jacket you'll never have... Even if it was an ugly down jacket with protruding feathers and a crooked fit, which seemed the coolest to you back then. Right?

15/03/2025

How long have you been wearing leather?
🔥- As long as I can remember
🔥- 3-5-10-15 years
⚡- I started wearing leather recently
😢- I don't wear leather

15/03/2025

How long have you been wearing leather?

It's hard to say when, at what age, the leather style of clothing caught my attention and became mine? I only clearly remember the shaved heads of the guys from the neighboring entrance and their leather backs. It was the height of cool. Shaved and leather became fashionable! Then in the provinces everyone wore Turkish long jackets with a belt on a drawstring or bombers. It was the mid-to-late 1990s. For a young guy, especially a schoolboy, to have a jacket made of genuine leather was considered prestigious. This, as a rule, meant that his parents were wealthy and could afford it. Expensive fashionable things were like hard currency, and often sons wore leather jackets from their fathers and brothers. The thing was passed down as an inheritance.

I saw a leather biker jacket and leather pants in real life only in Moscow. It was a pleasure to watch rockers and fashionistas in the early 2000s. I remember that at the institute where I studied, there was a designer who wore leather pants, a long sweater and a long leather jacket. I liked this style so much that I started to put together a similar look for myself with the first money I earned. I bought my first leather jacket for 3,500 rubles in 2004. And my first leather pants were bought in a rock store for 2,900 rubles. Ridiculous money by today's standards. That's how the look came together, and I even showed up in it a couple of times at a lecture. A black turtleneck, leather pants and a jacket. I thought I was the coolest guy in the class!

Then I spied another leather look somewhere on the street, with a bomber-down jacket and a white sweater. By that time, I had gotten rich with a second pair of leather pants, but with lacing. I really wanted to feel what kind of style it was and how it would suit me. The pants were heavy, but everything looked very brutal in combination with a huge bomber jacket and powerful boots.

It's interesting to remember how everything used to be searched for and bought exclusively at markets and in shopping centers. You see a cool jacket on someone. Where can you find it? Now it's enough to take a photo of the item on your phone and open an image search. They'll give you a ton of webstores where you can buy something similar. In the 2000s, you had to go to a shopping mall and go around all the stores hoping to find something similar. Pushy salespeople would come up to you and ask what I was interested in. Once, I tried to explain that I wanted a black down jacket, but not a long one, but like a bomber jacket (with an elastic band), something like that. They looked at me and said: "I understand! Do you want the one with mother-of-pearl buttons? Are you a customer from this series?" (it’s from soviet comedy "The Diamond Arm", the saleswoman made fun of me and lost the customer.)

It's been twenty years since I've been in leather. Styles change and mix. You try one, two, three. But leather is always timeless, it's always about boldness and brightness (despite the fact that most leather clothing is black). So men's leather pants were, are and will be the most difficult item of clothing due to their characteristics and belonging to various subcultures. But you can wear leather jackets as much as you want, you can find all sorts of styles now. Even the long ones from the 1990s are coming back.