Leather's cool -- no question. (See Brando, Marlon in "The Wild One." Case closed.) 
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<p style="margin-top: 8px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> So&nbsp;<a href="http://66.54.17.122/topics//7_for_all_mankind" style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(23, 72, 134); ">7 For All Mankind</a>&nbsp;offers guys a simpler, cheaper alternative -- coated denim. Get leather's slick sheen and denim's comfort in their new coated denim jacket, $278, or slim jeans, $198, at Bloomingdale's and <a href="http://7forallmankind.com" target="_blank">7forallmankind.com</a>.

Leather's cool -- no question. (See Brando, Marlon in "The Wild One." Case closed.) Still, it's problematic. Leather pants can be heavy, and hot (and not in the sexy way). And a few droplets of rain can ruin your jacket. So 7 For All Mankind offers guys a simpler, cheaper alternative -- coated denim. Get leather's slick sheen and denim's comfort in their new coated denim jacket, $278, or slim jeans, $198, at Bloomingdale's and 7forallmankind.com.

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