The biker style trend is back in for AW22
Nothing evokes more feelings of freedom, escapism, and coolness than a motorcycle. Think of Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson riding away in The Batman (2022) , or of Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) with their dangerous stunts and freewheeling selves — both very cool and very hot. Remember Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) and Pam Anderson in Barb Wire (1996) ? Hot! Well, if you’re into any of that, then you’ll love bikercore, the freewheeling trend that skidded across the Paris runways this season. A delicious fusion of the soft butch energy we saw as an undercurrent for much of AW22 with womenswear designers’ abiding obsession with the dichotomy between daintiness and toughness, it is, to put it plainly, the moment. Of course, there’s a rich history behind the deployment of biker and moto-motifs in fashion. The story behind the moto jacket – an iconic piece deserving of in-depth study in and of itself – can be traced back to 1928, when ...