irisandlights: What is the difference between a motorcycle jacket and a bomber jacket?
What is the difference between a motorcycle jacket and a bomber jacket?
They look so similar to me. sometimes I think I know the difference but then I see someone walking around with one that looks completely like a motorcycle one to me and calling it a bomber one. If you could put an end to my confusion, it’d be much appreciated.
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Answer by Lisa H
motorcycle jackets are very fitted with a stand up collar. bombers are very fluffy looking. and usually have an actual collar that folds down.
It’s a dark and stormy night. You are on a flight over war torn Europe flying inside a Lancaster Bomber. It’s cold. Damned cold.
You’re sitting crouched in a bomb bay, with a 240 pounder between your legs. You’re hand reaches forward for the release…
If you were a bomber – you’d wear a bomber jacket. That had to be tight at the waist, so it didn’t tangle with your bomb-drop gear or you and the bomb would be landing in the same place.
The same idea was adopted by the biker jacket – you definitely don’t want belt-buckles or parts to get trapped when you are barrelling down a dusty road.
In both cases, they were made of whatever material was considered practicable for their purpose. The bomber jacket was always leather and had some padding, to help retain heat.
Original biker jackets were made of heavy denim – coz you might take a tumble from your bike at speed.
Somewhere down the road (think James Dean), the bikers jacket material changed to leather, coz it had suddenly got a bit of Hollywood-sponsored street cred.
Hope this helps
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