Leather can go from sweet to scary faster than you can say “motorcycle mama.” This spring, take your cues from the runway and iconic French singer Françoise Hardy so you can style a head-to-toe look that doesn’t chafe.

Daytime? Nighttime? We don’t care. This strapping leather shorts combo from Cushnie et Ochs works at any hour.

Stand out from the black pack with a pair of shorts in caramel ($212).

It looks sugary sweet from afar, but Eugenia Kim’s leather bow ($154) is about as hard-core as hair accessories get.

Knock out two trends with one punchy red-leather dress by Adam.

Waste not, want not. That’s why Manimal pieces together its suede horseshoe necklace ($70) from discarded moccasin scraps.

Wayne’s nature-inspired collection features loads of leather — from corset belts to athletic shorts.

Trapeze tops ($424) knock our socks off — especially when they’re made from super-soft leather.

Only one small strip (courtesy of Leifsdottir) saves this forlorn model from indecent exposure.

If hard-to-find, one-of-a-kind jewelry is your game, you better snatch up Elsinore Carabetta’s hand-stitched leather pendant necklace ($50) right this second.

Indian princesses will swoon over AK Vintage’s fringe earrings ($130) made from layered leather.

Rock ’n’ roll specialist Elise Overland’s badass, naval-grazing leather jumpsuit.

Cushnie et Ochs leather bat-wing pants look like they roll with a vampire posse.

For those who missed the leather-legging train, hop aboard the lambskin express with Belfair’s cinched trousers ($466).

Another plunging V-neck from Elise Overland.

Your closetful of boyfriend blazers will be out of commission once Hare + Hart’s leather tuxedo jacket ($575) skims your shoulders.

He’s not known for edgy, but Michael Kors’s oversize leather shirtdress can go from uptown to downtown in the flick of a cow’s tail.