Fashion
Jeans vs. Leather
Sheryl Crow: Haute Hippie
Crow's classic rock wardrobe with an haute twist goes perfectly with her easygoing music. Whether she's dressing up jeans with a YSL Rive Gauche velvet jacket or working a leather vest, she has the neo-hippie look down flat. It doesn't hurt that she's a devotee of Henry Duarte's custom-made lace-up leather plants and embellished jeans, which also grace the backsides of other pop luminaries like Lenny Kravitz and Dave Navarro.
Bon Jovi: Hair Apparent
Bearing in mind that they came of age in Hair Metal's golden age, it's hard to blame Bon Jovi for the skintight jeans and miles of leather fringe they proudly wore in the "Wanted Dead or Alive" era. Thankfully, the proportion of their silhouette has changed in recent years, and the T-shirts are now tighter than the jeans (to show off chiseled pecs), with the occasional tasteful leather jacket thrown in for good measure.
Iggy Pop: Treasure Chest
Pop's main fashion accessory is his sinewy, bare torso, which he likes to pair with either super-tight jeans or leather pants, a la Jim Morrison. Either way, the nude top half of his look (see the Raw Power, New Values and American Caesar album covers) makes it easy for him to indulge in his legendary stage antics, such as smearing peanut butter on himself and having the audience lick it off.
Lou Reed: Prince Of Darkness
Reed was a leather man during his days with the Velvet Underground in the '60s, even though flowy, hippie garb was more the norm. Once he went solo, his love of leather became more pronounced, as he added elements of fetish-ware, such as the studded leather cuffs and necklace he wore on the cover of 1974's Rock n Roll Animal. As Reed shifted into the role of rock elder statesman in the late '80s and '90s, jeans started to appear in his wardrobe, as seen on the cover of New York, where they're paired with—what else—a long leather duster.
