We’re guilty of focusing a lot on The London Leatherman’s significant role in punk rock history, but the label really was founded as a leather fetish maker that dictated what was to become the leatherman look not only here in London but in Europe and the east & west coasts of America in the late 1960s, 70s and 80s.
The LP7 Wrestlers Suit with zip through crotch, adjustable with chrome poppers and leather lacing is a piece that featured consistently in The London Leatherman catalogues from the early 70s into the mid 90s. Here’s one we have in the archive:
The Leather LP7 Wrestlers Suit we have in our archive originally purchased in the mid 70s.
A page from a The London Leatherman mail order catalogue circa 1982.
A The London Leatherman ‘leatherwear’ mail order catalogue from circa 1982.