Biker chic goes beyond the street. Wear it as a jacket, vest, crop vest or crop jacket. Removablesleevesandwaist. Frontzip with snap closures. Imported cotton.
Cooper might consider taking style points from Eddie Redmayne whose off duty look for the event (a layering of black leather bikerjacket, unbuttoned chambray shirt and white tee over gray pants) was an exercise in looking cool.
For the rest of us, Topshop presents a knotty dilemma: the rewards can be great (a leather bikerjacket I bought seven years ago is still regularly mistaken for Balenciaga) but the sacrifices are akin to a root canal (confusing layouts, too much clothing and herds of teenagers roaming with hyena-like intensity).