Somewhere along the line, leather stopped being completely hard. It can still be hard, but it’s also perfectly capable of softness, a change really in our perception more than anything else. There was a time when leather-as-fashion was pigeonholed to the tough, rebellious, and far from mainstream; contrast that to now when leather is most perfectly paired with delicate lace, or even dramatically beautiful floral embroidery.
The photo was found over at Guerreisms.
