Originally worn by Jackson in the 1984 soft drink promo, it fetched the whopping six-figure sum at an auction by London memorabilia specialists Propstore.
It had been estimated to sell for between £200,000 and £400,000.
It wasn’t the only leather jacket to go for big money. A biker number worn by George Michael in the music video I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me), with US soul queen Aretha Franklin, sold for £93,750.
Jackson wore the jacket to film the Pepsi advert shortly after his record-breaking success with the Thriller album. The Pepsi ad became notorious for an incident in which Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming, leaving him badly burned.
The jacket he wore for the video for the title track of the Thriller album, an instantly recognisable red and black design, went for an even bigger sum at auction in 2011. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Texan gold trader Milton Verret paid an incredible $1.8million for it.
Josslyn Shi from California College of Art has been crowned Overall Winner of the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition at a glittering final event held at the U.S. Embassy in London.
Here to provide some balance in the raging debate about the use of our land, fast fashion and our future – Rewind is a new documentary series. Courtesy of The Wine Show and Blue Juice’s award winning Director Carl Prechezer, and funded by Real Leather.
A leather strop is the best way to keep your blade sharp through the years. For an old-school barber cut there’s no finer maintenance method.
Think small is where RLSD takes a look at some of the companies around the world that we think are doing the right thing with leather. This is a greenwashing free zone – no matter what they produce, sustainability is at the heart of what they do.
The festival this October brought together more than 250 makers, designers, brands and galleries and leather featured strongly throughout!
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