Kate Moss bring back the wild one' Matchless motor

By Robert Johnston 21 March 13

Matchless is the UK's oldest motorcycle brand, founded in Plumstead, south east London back in 1899. Among its many plaudits, it won the first ever Isle of Man TT in 1907, ridden by Charlie Collier who went on to be its managing director. The Matchless marque ceased production in 1967, but now it has risen phoenix-like from the ashes and, to misquote Bruce Springsteen, has found the sexiest pair of legs yet to wrap around its engine. And they only had to look down the road from where it all started, to the streets of Croydon and that borough's greatest gift to the world - Kate Moss.

The Malenotti brothers, who until recently owned Belstaff, are behind the renaissance and this June they are launching the Matchless range of outerwear, including some of the best leather jackets you can find. The campaign, shot in Hackney by Terry Richardson, features Moss astride a vintage Matchless bike à la Brando on his Triumph in The Wild One. And if that doesn't have you lusting after the label's amazing leather jackets, nothing will.

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Marlon Brando during the making of "The Wild one",