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These only really work in David Lynch creations...James Hurley, Donna Hayward (basically every teen in the town of Twin Peaks), Sailor Ripley, etc.

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Mar 15Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

big fan of the coolness water metaphor. may we stay hydrated.

i also want to note the styling and grooming failures in the first collage. double riders belong with unwashed hair and chipped nails. whenever i see dan levy sport a pair of spotless tortoiseshell frames with rick owens.......... i cry. would love to hear your thoughts on how the recent uptick of vintage pieces contrast with the painfully manicured standards of the 2010s and beyond.

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100% agree with this and even the nuances you captured. Like the same vibe of Target and UO creating band Tees captures it so well hahah

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Mar 14Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

I love the decrees and the willingness to issue them, even when they might alienate some people. I was with you on this one--too much going on, too much hardware, too aggressive, too much carbon emitted to make--until about five years ago. Hedi Slimane, Caroline de Maigret, and Kate Moss look amazing in their perfectos, IMO.

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i've wanted one of these jackets since I was a little punk teen and finally bought myself one a couple months ago... it's one of my favorite garments i've ever purchased so I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree on this one!! go off though!!!

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Mar 14Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

my first leather jacket (many a moon ago but I will not out myself as to how f-ing old I am) was an honest to god cop jacket without the double flap clap trap or epaulets. I did have small grommets for pinning your badge without compromising the leather integrity. It smelled like cloves bc I went to hardcore shows, shaved the side of my head and could be seen smoking cloves in the alley between bands.

I also had my grandfathers 70s Serpico leather jammer that I only confidently pulled off in the mid-90s.

And full disclosure I’ve had a vintage Hermes joint in my sights a time or two.

Looking forward to BBSP leather round up.

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Mar 14Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

Biker jacket: retired. Oversized aviator jacket as seen in late-season Sopranos, Michael Imperioli Central Jersey shore: back in rotation

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It's like buying lotto tickets. There's an incredibly small chance that it will work out but the reward is so enticing that people keep on trying.

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Mar 14Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

Very conflicted about this post--on one hand I celebrate the message as an anti-epaulets absolutist, but a double rider also protected my elbows and torso from significant scrapeage when I ate shit riding a scooter a few years ago

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Mar 14Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

.000001% of the population is about 7800 people. So you're saying I have a chance?

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Mar 14·edited Mar 14

Love y'all for this. Not Ryan Tedder in the collage! As my friend's music industry father once decreed, apropos of nothing save maybe his own midlife crisis, "son, don't buy the leather jacket."

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It’s nice to have your opinions validated first thing in the morning 😁

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Negan.

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I wish I could find the tweet now (it was prolly from Die Workwear), but it was basically noting that the double rider over bland-but-very-slightly-nodding-to-fashion business casual is the go-to uniform for C-Suite white women in tech

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Bought a vegan biker in February 2020 ... so excited (vegan!) then the world fell apart and I would just periodically put it on, decide it looked stupid, and not go anywhere. Biker jackets with always be associated with death and isolation now. This is hot truth.

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