Of the Moment | True Grit

Call it grunge, punk or biker chic, but fall’s abundance of bad girl gear is sure to arouse the inner rebel even in the tamest types. Designers sent loads of leather down the runway, so there’s just the right moto jacket for everyone to climb on back when the Wild One pulls up. Where leather in all its variations—colored, cropped, slashed, quilted—doesn’t appear, it’s mimicked through materials with slick treatments for pieces that transcend traditional coats. Add slouchy sweatshirts, studs and stripes, and the youthful versions of Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith and Kate Moss seem like only yesterday.