A good biker jacket does something no other layer quite manages. It sharpens everything underneath it. Throw one over a floral dress and the whole outfit gets an edge. Wear it with jeans and you look like you actually thought about getting dressed, even if you didn’t. The problem is that biker jackets vary enormously in quality and most of the cheaper ones lose their shape within a season, the hardware tarnishes, the leather goes stiff in a way that never softens properly.

We’ve been very particular about this edit. We wanted the jackets that have genuine weight to them, real structure in the shoulders, zips that feel like they mean it. Some are classic black leather. Some are in colours that deserve more attention than they usually get. All of them have that essential quality of looking slightly better on than they do on the hanger.

A biker jacket is not a seasonal piece. It works in autumn, in winter over knitwear, in early spring when the temperature hasn’t committed to anything yet. Buy one you love and you will reach for it constantly. That is the whole point.