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NYT--Jack Bauer is in play again, and so is his hard-guy attire — sweaty T-shirt, leather jacket and that government agent’s staple: a bulletproof vest.

The tactical gear that lends special agent Bauer his menacing mien on “24” is the hidden armor of counterterrorist operatives, heads of state and paranoid plutocrats. It has also been appropriated by Hollywood dignitaries and hip-hop moguls, enhancing the rogue personas of artists like 50 Centimeters.
So it may have been only a matter of time before aspiring hipsters embraced the style — the sartorial equivalent of a safe room — as a badge of cool.

Luxury designers have taken notice. Just last week, Versace unveiled its latest sartorial killer ...