Leather armor (Fallout: New Vegas)

The leather armor is a piece of armor in Fallout: New Vegas.

It is an enhanced, one-sleeved, black leather jacket. The female version also lacks a left sleeve and has football shoulder pads in place of the Road Warrior style pauldrons.

Locations
Leather armor can be found in a range of places, most commonly worn by mercenaries, the earliest you could get leather armor in New Vegas is in the defending/attacking Goodsprings mission, you must convince Chet with a barter or speech check to give everyone in town some to defend themselves.

Behind the scenes
It being black and with just one sleeve is a reference to the outfit worn by Mad Max in Road Warrior, just like the leather jacket in Fallout and Fallout 2. The female version also lacks a left sleeve, and has football shoulder pads in place of the Road Warrior style pauldrons.