Is it common knowledge that Derek Hale has more than one black leather jacket? I've read fanfic and headcanon posts about a signature jacket, and other times it seems "dark clothing" just describes his shirts. Looking through google images, he has owned at least 3 different black/dark leather jackets!
I….actually can’t answer this with a definite answer? There is the signature leather jacket which most people (including Hoechlin) headcanon belonged to Derek’s dad. Apart from that, I haven’t given much thought to Derek’s wardrobe aside from that fact it is rather dark (and in the early seasons, rather rough and ready). However, that is not to say Derek hale doesn’t appreciate his dark colours:
Derek’s wardrobe choice does get a little softer as the seasons go on and the leather is swapped out for jackets or soft jumpers with holes (poor Stiles, he never stood a chance). I think it is interesting, however, when we get de-aged!Derek we see him in this brighter green ensemble:
All in all, it’s still a very Derek shirt - look at the button style - but I think it says a lot that de-aged!Derek’s shirt is brighter, that your eye is drawn to it more quickly (at least mine was). I think Derek’s wardrobe choices do often tend to reflect where he is emotionally a lot of the time. Early seasons!Derek wore a lot of leather (stereotypical lone wolf - pardon the pun - attire). Then as he started forming relationships and started to gain a little more emotional stability (as much as the writers let him, which wasn’t much tbh aside from his “evolving” arc, unless you are counting his relationship with Stiles and how Derek goes from zero trust
<3) he goes somewhat softer. Which, tbh, woah, adds to showing how strong Derek really is - he truly gets nothing but more and more screwed over as the seasons go on - the amount of mental and physical abuse the writers continued to throw at him was horrible - and yet he kept fighting and kept going until he finally got to a place where he could go LATER BITCHES
in a lovely blue shirt full of promise and hope and lovely things.
I also think it’s kind of awesome that de-aged Derek is mostly played out with Stiles: Stiles is the only one who recognises young!Derek as Derek; Stiles is the one who is very reluctant to leave Derek at Deaton’s; Stiles is the one who takes de-aged Derek home (awww). There might be nothing in it and there might be everything in it, but I like the fact that when Derek is in this soft, bright green shirt (at an age where he has lost Paige but not his family quite yet) it’s Stiles who knows him as their Derek, it’s Stiles who he gets cocky around and shows off in front of by speaking Spanish just to piss him off (ah, true love). I think it possibly hints towards the fact Derek is most comfortable with Stiles when it comes to having fun and letting walls down (also shown by the scene where he lets Stiles touch him after Boyd dies - you know, aside from the fun part). I think it also points to the fact that if there is one person in the future who he could be his whole self around again (the person who he was before the fire) it’s a future Stiles (also hinted at in the anchor scene).
And okay, so I went way off track here?? And I am sure I didn’t even make sense??? You only came to my inbox to ask a simple leather jacket related question and instead you got me rambling about emotional stability and soft sweaters?? In answer to your question, I am sure Derek owned more than one leather jacket - I don’t assume he would have risked his dad’s jacket by wearing it all the time. It’s way too important to him.
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