Johnny Strabler’s The Wild One reportedly didn’t have a costume designer. Marlon Brando (Johnny) did all his dressing by himself, from head to toe. From his T-shirt, known for its ring-piped design, to the jeans he wore to his engineer boots that he cross-utilized for his bad-boy persona, everything was handpicked out of his wardrobe by himself.

While we make the closest to the real replica of the Marlon Brando Leather Motorcycle Jacket, we can’t keep ourselves from admiring the craftsmanship of Schott Perfecto 613 or 618 Star, the jacket that Marlon Brando (Johnny Strabler) wore while shooting for The Wild One.
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And, since Schott claims it is the same jacket, we don’t need more endorsements saying it wasn’t the real one. Marlon Brando (Johnny Strabler) loved wearing biker jackets and, due to his rock-n-roll bad-boy nature, used to blend into such characters effortlessly. The prime, you know as Marlon Brando.

If you look closely at Marlon Brando donning the Jacket in the movie, you’ll find a lot of customization at the front and the back. For starters, there’s Johnny written at the front, then there’s the Skull and BRMC on the back, all these editions were part of his character to indulge profoundly as Marlon Brando, the bad-boy biker.

You will be surprised to know that Schott wasn’t asked to manufacture this jacket for the movie, it was Johnny who wanted to wear it custom, leading to the worldwide sensation and millions of units sold for now known as Marlon Brando Leather Jacket.

The deeper you dive, the more you know. But, what you learn is not always correct, may as well be rumors. One of which says that Johnny Strabler didn’t wear the original Schott, rather its replica from some lesser-known brand. While it can be true,