Lou Reed didn’t chase glamour, he reshaped it. Emerging from New York’s underground scene, he carried an edge that was intellectual, confrontational, and unmistakably real. As the frontman of The Velvet Underground and later as a solo artist, Reed blurred the line between poetry and provocation, turning raw honesty into an art form.
Leatheracci’s work aligned naturally with that sensibility. Handmade, uncompromising, and built in New York, the garments mirrored Reed’s refusal to conform. Leather wasn’t costume, it was armor. A second skin that carried attitude without artifice, strength without polish.
Reed’s legacy lives in his insistence on authenticity. He proved that rebellion doesn’t always shout, sometimes it speaks softly, but with absolute conviction. That spirit remains at the core of Leatheracci: clothing for those who don’t perform rebellion, they live it.