It’s not unusual these days to spot high street retailers such as H&M or Next styling their window mannequins in leather pants or jackets.
In recent years we’ve even seen the strong and durable material make its way back into fashion with it being available to buy in shoes, handbags and accessories.
However, members of one of Merseyside’s most hidden communities, The Leathermen, would argue it never went out of style, to begin with.