Styleforum › Forums › Men's Style › Streetwear and Denim › Fred Perry and Skinheads
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Fred Perry and Skinheads

post #1 of 94
5/7/08 at 11:47pm
Thread Starter 
Does anyone know how Fred Perry came to be part of the skinhead uniform? Just curious.
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 94
5/7/08 at 11:56pm
By skinheads, do you mean neo-nazis?
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 94
5/8/08 at 12:04am
:Paging Get Smart:
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 94
5/8/08 at 12:06am
Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Pe...clothing_brand

Quote:
Originally Posted by RyJ Maduro View Post
By skinheads, do you mean neo-nazis?
No.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 94
5/8/08 at 12:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by RyJ Maduro View Post
By skinheads, do you mean neo-nazis?

by skinheads, i think canvas means useless pieces of bald-headed crap.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 94
5/8/08 at 1:14am
let's just wait until get smart gets here
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 94
5/8/08 at 1:30am
Quote:
Originally Posted by imstr8trippin View Post
by skinheads, i think canvas means useless pieces of bald-headed crap.

Whoa there.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 94
5/8/08 at 1:44am
Quote:
Originally Posted by imstr8trippin View Post
by skinheads, i think canvas means useless pieces of bald-headed crap.

You might want to brush up on your knowledge of skinheads...
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 94
5/8/08 at 2:04am
Robin already posted the answer if you care to read the wiki article. It's not just a "skinhead" thing, it was more or less a mainstream company that a few related brit subcultures (notably the mods and skinheads) adopted as their own. Similar to how Doc Martens started as working class factory boots (yellow stitching denoted a safe steel toe boot for factory work), the Fred Perry shirts were also adopted by the working classes. Skinheads just haven't found a need to evolve their style much since those days...
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 94
5/8/08 at 5:53am
I've always thought of it as more of a mod thing... if there's a skin wearing Fred Perry, I'm not worried. Not that I've seen such a thing more than once, mind.
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 94
5/8/08 at 6:12am
Well the general rule was Fred Perry polo's and Ben Sherman dress shirts, Levi's and braces. Those brands were/are still pretty iconic in the subculture. The anti-Nazi and non-racist skins tended to dress the best.
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 94
5/8/08 at 8:36am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smells Like Poor View Post
You might want to brush up on your knowledge of skinheads...

why dont you enlighten me? to my knowledge, a skinhead is one who thinks whites are the supreme race and hates on all others? if i'm wrong, i'd like to know.
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 94
5/8/08 at 8:51am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinhead

Originally a working class music scene in the UK.
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 94
5/8/08 at 10:53am
You are straight trippin'!
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 94
5/8/08 at 10:58am
Quote:
Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife View Post
You are straight trippin'!

hahaha

sorry, didnt realize there were different varieties of skinheads. the problem is, when someone mentions the word "skinhead", majority of our society will associate that with racism.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Streetwear and Denim
Styleforum › Forums › Men's Style › Streetwear and Denim › Fred Perry and Skinheads