Biker Jackets 101

If there is one item that should, not only be a staple, but an absolute must-have in everybody's wardrobe - it is a leather (pleather, duh) jacket. 

As far as my personal prefence goes, the more studs, spikes, and patches the better. Customising your own 'punk' jacket is fun, therapeutic, rewarding, and a billion times cheaper than walking into a shop and paying through the nose for something that someone else has made. 

Customised jackets should be like fingerprints - totally unique to the person wearing them.

Hunt around in your local thrift/charity shops, and you should be able to pick up a plain leather jacket nice & cheap just waiting to be studded and spiked to within an inch of it's life. 
I just picked one up recently for dirt cheap - it's oversized, distressed, and black pleather and I'm planning to add fringing to the sleeve (a la the one below), and cover the back with a giant Slayer or Led Zeppelin patch - I'll keep you posted with progress pics.
Party on...