Summer 2010 Trends: Biker Chic

The biker jacket trend is one look that refuses to give up and in the summer 2010 collections it remains the trophy item for countless fashion brands (including Pepe Jeans as pictured above), from the catwalks to the high street.

Part of its charm is the biker jacket's versatility. At the last round of catwalk shows the runways, as well as the audience rows, were littered with vertiginously heeled stick-thin models and fashion reporters in biker jackets - some teaming chic clean-lined moto jackets with ultra feminine skirts and dresses as seen on the New York catwalks at Lamb (above left) and Philip Lim (above centre), while others worked the biker jacket into a more hard-edged 1980s look or, like designer Tracy Reese (above right), opted for a more casual denim-led look.

At Pepe Jeans we're loving the tough girl biker look and have even interpreted the style into a more layering-friendly, sleeveless leather gilet (pictured left). The subtly refined lapel and silver studded surface texture screams rock'n'roll glamour and is a certified statement piece that looks as great over a sexy mini-dress as it does over a slouchy goth-rock T-shirt and spray-on jeans.

Whatever your take is on the biker jacket trend, it's one of those looks that your wardrobe cannot afford to be without this summer.