Detroit has, arguably, had the hardest time of any city in the US over the past 5 years. The economic downturn hit the big automobile manufacturers hard and layoffs, unemployment and plummeting house prices have taken their toll on the residents of Motor City.
Wearing jeans on a motorcycle is totally fine, until you come off. Once you become separated from your motorcycle above asphalt, regular jeans offer very little protection, trust me on that, I’ve tried it.
Schott have made a name for themselves creating some of the most iconic jackets of the 20th century, Marlon Brando single handedly made the Perfecto line of jackets famous by wearing one in the 1954 cult classic “The Wild Ones”.
It’s always great to discover a new and somewhat unusual label, Summerjunk is a UK based, boutique clothing label with a unique line of hoodies, tees and headgear.
The Peregrine TT Jacket has clear British design influence, mostly from the pre-WW2 era and resembles the jackets offered by companies like Belstaff.
Stylemartin produce some of the best looking retro motorcycle boots money can buy, they seem to have found a niche where they build boots with modern safety elements inside a vintage design, largely aimed at people who ride classic motorcycles.
Iron & Resin is a Southern California based clothing label with an emphasis on comfortable gear that you’ll wear daily.
Some say that the T-Shirt is the uniform of the 21st Century billionaire, they may be right, but it’s also the uniform of me so I’m always on the look out for unique, low volume designs to add to my overflowing collection.
Although linen belts are perhaps not a common choice, I love this example by Stighlorgan, it’s exceedingly well designed and well executed. Stighlorgan is…
It isn’t always easy to find a good-looking retro motorcycle jacket that also offers all of the modern safety benefits of CE body armour and impact absorbing foam core-plates, fortunately Alpinestars offer this, the Drift Leather Jacket.
The Lowly Gentleman is a California based clothing and accessories label known for producing fad-proof gear for those with gasoline in their veins. This is the company tee, it’s the sort of thing that works well with a pair of jeans and a cup of coffee.
Sometimes the tried and tested leather motorcycle jacket just isn’t warm or waterproof enough for the depths of winter, Tucano Urbano decided to tackle this issue with this, the Libeccio Jacket.
