![]() Some butch gays began to imitate Brando by wearing black leather jackets, a black leather cap, black leather boots and jeans and, if they could afford it, by also riding motorcycles. ![]() The 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando wearing jeans, a T-shirt, a leather jacket, and Muir cap, played on pop-cultural fascination with the Hollister "riot" and promoted an image of masculine independence that resonated with some men who were dissatisfied with mainstream culture. These clubs reflected a disaffection with the mainstream culture of post-World War II America, a disaffection whose notoriety - and therefore appeal - expanded after the sensationalized news coverage of the Hollister "riot" of 1947. Early San Francisco clubs included the Warlocks and the California Motor Club, while early clubs in Sydney included the South Pacific Motor Club (SPMC). Pioneering motorcycle clubs included the Satyrs Motorcycle Club, established in Los Angeles in 1954 Oedipus Motorcycle Club, also established in Los Angeles in 1958, and the New York Motorbike Club. Male leather culture has existed since the late 1940s, when it likely grew out of post- WWII biker culture.
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