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

[Chandler]

Damn, I was sure that any comparably 50-plus [or younger too] person can recognize Ian Gillan without any hesitation

Nope. If, as Burt says, it's the lead singer of Deep Purple they had fizzled before I started getting into music.

If it had been Burton Cummings or one of the Three Dog Night (Chicago or the original Doobie Brothers lineup) I'd have recognized them.

 

[Micawber]

Early Deep Purple = memories of coursework, exam revision, hot exam halls, girls, a lot of laughs and worry…. did I mention girls?

 

[Tattoo A2]

Early Deep Purple = memories of coursework, exam revision, hot exam halls, girls, a lot of laughs and worry…. did I mention girls?

I dont know how many of us got speeding tickets with deep purples Highway star blasting on the 8 track in the car, LOL

 

[Chandler]

I dont know how many of us got speeding tickets with deep purples Highway star blasting on the 8 track in the car, LOL

Was Golden Earring -- Radar Love, for me.

Later on it was James Dean by the Eagles.

(But it was a CD player -- probably my first midlife crisis )

 

[B-Man2]

Iron Butterfly …. In the Gadda Da Vida.
17 minutes long and the first bad ass drum solo that just blew me away.
If you’ve never heard this take 17 minutes out of your busy schedule to check it out

 

[caddyd]

All very groovy ~ But I go so far back I saw Thunder Road in a drive-in theatre. haha. And I used to rock to all that while roarin down the highway like a big ole dinosaur. ho ho.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Ian who? Deep what? I guess it’s true, “if you remember the 60s, you probably weren’t there”

 

[caddyd]

Clapton sporting some sort of U.S. Naval variation.

 

[Dumpster D]

Seen Mike Oldfield in an Irvin, there was an ELP member who had an Irvin.

 

[Erwin]

 

[caddyd]

In the days of old when we were bold and finding an original Irvin in good condition could be done.

 

[ZuZu]

Rock Hudson in "Battle Hymn"! I thought it was a big Aero but maybe a Star?... anyway... a la Tom Cruise... it's padded!

 

[ZuZu]

Very obvious padding:

 

[ZuZu]

His buddy in the movie (Don Defore) wears a gigantic brand new jacket- from the lining color maybe a Star but impossible to tell...

 

[caddyd]

Michael Parks wearing a Navy leather in the sixties flick Wild Seed.

 

[Silver Surfer]

those McCartney pix were taken at the 1st jetty in east Hampton ny, near where Lindas pop had [has] a house. must be baby Stella packed in the jacket. time flys like arrows and fruit flies like bananas

 

[ZuZu]

David Janssen wearing a Rough Wear. So much for all my complaining about droopy RW shoulders on repros...

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[caddyd]

Jeff Conaway on "Taxi", looks like an original A-2

 

[johnwayne]

Not sure about those knits on Jannsen’s jacket!