The thus-dubbed bombers were functional, practical , and they quickly became a cultural icon in the years to follow. Naturally, Hollywood helped catapult it to fame: Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, Steve McQueen in The Hunter, Ryan Gosling in Drive, and Daniel Craig in nearly all his Bond flicks are just a few notables of the style.
Alpha Industries began producing bombers for the masses. The style was adopted by blue-collar workers and British skinheads in the ’60s, ’70s,