How to Wear Leather Pants

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MOVE AWAY POOR PEOPLE. ROYALTY COMING THROUGH. That is precisely the fashion statement you're making when you wear leather pants with your girl. This ain't no stroll motherfuckers, it's a procession. So make yourselves scarce if you have less than $100,000 in your bank account and bi-bi-di-ba-bi-di-boo your broke ass out of the immediate vicinity.

If anyone knows about haters, it's LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Wade and Bronny deal with hecklers and non-believers all the time, so they're definitely not checking for a stranger's style advice. It also doesn't hurt that the championship-winners wear them well.

Next to the obnoxiously large chain, nothing screams "I have more money than I know what to do with" than a pair of leather pants. Wearing them to the strip club is a signifier that "this man is about to make it rain because clearly he has enough money to buy leather pants." No other pair of pants says "let's do hoodrat things with my mountains of cash."

2 Chainz happened to be wearing leather pants while he was booked for marijuana possession. He was acquitted for the charge soon after. This is due to a) he was too stylish to be frisked, or b) the cops did not want to touch his pants, for fear of sweatiness.

You're already wearing one animal, so why not wear another? Cozy boys? Nah, furry boys is what's up next winter.

The best part about pulling off leather pants is rocking them with the other stuff in your wardrobe. People might notice or Jordans or sweater first, and then they'll be caught off-guard by your leather pants. That's when you act all nonchalant and say something like, "Oh these? Yeah I just pulled them out the closet." Guaranteed cool guy move.

Leather pants aren't for everyone. Sometimes, too much of the luxurious material on your bottom half can look overwhelming and awkward. Try out the leather trend with a jacket or a snapback instead.

At 6'2" and 300 pounds, you're large enough to obliterate anyone with a fart, so the rules don't apply to you. Wear leather pants. Hell, wear them in bright red like Rick Ross. Take off your shirt. Add gold links. They won't bat an eyelash.

The best way to wear leather pants is to incorporate them into your wardrobe as you would jeans. Don't be too self-conscious just because they're leather. They go with anything and everything if you let 'em. Peep Theophilius London for inspiration.

Take in the Caribbean air and let the salty wind blow through your tresses as you chill in your best street goth ensemble à la Victor Cruz. One thing we learned from Summer Jam is that it's never too hot for leather.