CC fashionistas, I picked up a gorgeous black leather motorcycle jacket at Rack’s 30% off clearance sale but am having second thoughts about cutting off the tags. Is mid-fifties too old? Dread looking like mutton dressed as lamb.
Would a leather pencil skirt be a more age-appropriate way for me to wear leather?
Lots of older people wear leather when riding motorcycles.
I’d say a leather jacket is more age appropriate than a leather pencil skirt.
Both could be quite appropriate - depending on the style and fit.
My 88 yr old Mom has gorgeous leather pants and she looks great in them.
I don’t believe there is an age limit on anything leather.
I agree it is purely in your head. I was too old at 18 to wear leather.
And mid 50’s is young.
I hope you’ve cut those tags off already!
MIL has a black leather jacket she still wears and she is 84. I have a black leather coat which only works when it is below 20 degrees, and a faux leather jacket for the 40-degree days. Agree that it really depends on the style and fit. Attach a pic in your avatar if you want more thoughts 
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No to a leather skirt. Unless your body is perfect…and you don’t wear panties. A leather bomber jacket? Un…yes.
@sylvan8798 I am embarrassed to admit that despite multiple attempts, I have never managed to successfully change my avatar, but here is a link to a very similar jacket:
Yes. Wear that jacket. Very cute.
I had a good laugh at the mutton dressing like a lamb!
Fine at any age. Depends on the item and the person at any age.
FWIW, S’s GF’s M was rocking a black leather jacket last weekend at age 52. She looked fabulous. Admittedly, she is a former model with a figure that is beyond perfect, but still. 
My black leather jacket is more like a blazer with a zipper than a motercycle jacket, but it never occurred to me that there was an age limit to wearing a leather. I’m over 60 and it’s the perfect weight for winter in Texas. Cuts the wind during recess duty.
If you have to ask, you are too old.
For this sort of thing, age-appropriateness is in your own head.
I say yes to both the skirt and the jacket @yauponredux. But not together!
For the jacket, as you get older you have to be careful what you wear it with. Like I wouldn’t wear it with ripped jeans and a tee, but it could work well with lots of other stuff.
Absoluely no to an all leather outfit. Balance your leather with soft, textured fabrics. A leather pencil skirt (not butt hugging mini) goes well with a cashmere sweater or a tweed jacket. A moto jacket like that goes well over a soft tee (or turtleneck) paired with boucle skirt and boots.
I just wore my black leather jacket to work on Wednesday. I wore straight leg ( not quite legging) work slacks, nice dressier tee and ankle boots. I also wore a scarf. I got both complimented and “checked out” (in the way woman check each other out. Haha). No, OMG, she is too old to wear that look. And H says I look great in the jacket.
I wouldn’t wear a leather skirt with a lot of studs. But a longer, to the knee or slightly above, skirt with a conservative top would be fine.
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Seriously, I’d love a leather jacket. I asked for Christmas one a few years ago and got one styled like a blazer, not like a motorcycle jacket. 