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The styling is so cool...
Tight pants, v-neck, nice shirt, short jacket, very very nice.
Well done, Get Smart!

Originally Posted by OHT

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By any chance, was the skinhead thing happening anywhere else/outside the UK? Besides Australia's skinhead version(aka Sharpies).

We didn't know and never asked what was going on elsewhere! Believe it or not I never even heard of Aussie "sharpies" until I logged on to this forum!

I've always wondered why the skinhead look didnt catch on in the states. Considering how much influence both continents had on each other thru the 50s and 60s, you'd think the skinhead would have been transplanted to the States in a similar fashion. Esp since the original skins were using a lot of American fashion as part of their look.

i was a skinhead in the mid-late 1980's in denver. denver had a thriving skinhead scene back then, and besides being a punk kid into skateboarding i was very drawn to the fashion. sadly, at my age and income level all i could really pull off back then was owning a pair of 14 eyelet docs and some braces. forget finding, much less affording fred perry. now deep (about as deep as you can get) into my 30s, i still have a soft spot for the look. get smart: that khaki jacket look you have going on is so good i plan on shamelessly stealing parts of it.

Originally Posted by OHT

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I don't like the way that Ben Sherman crombie shapes in. The donkey jacket looks great though(I still can't believe it wasn't big back in the 60's skinhead scene). I think I might just get a Levi's Sherpa Trucker Jacket.

I just noticed that BS crombie doesn't have chest pocket. I also found this one for 100GBP - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-CLASSI...item563ff17813 but it doesn't have two pockets on right side but I don't know how such details were important.

Talking about Levi's jacket, I only own classic dark stonewash Levi's denim jacket - http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7050/cccfa.jpg (not much smart in that photo, it was a trip in bad weather so I reather had a hoodie)

Originally Posted by Big Muscle

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I just noticed that BS crombie doesn't have chest pocket. I also found this one for 100GBP - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-CLASSI...item563ff17813

that one is closer but just short of a classic skinhead crombie.

Crombie (known correctly as a Chesterfield coat since "crombie" is a brand's name that has become synonymous with that type of coat) should ideally have:
-hidden front placket (so you dont see the buttons when fastened)
-velvet collar
-ticket pocket
-red satin lining (tho this is negotiable)
-hit just at/above knee, not at mid thigh

Originally Posted by Big Muscle

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Talking about Levi's jacket, I only own classic dark stonewash Levi's denim jacket

By the way (and for what it's worth) the style amongst late 60s hard mods / skinheads was either to wear them unbuttoned, or to fasten one or two of the top buttons, and to turn over the cuffs once.



(I think that's a borrowed one - the bleaching marks are atrocious!)

Originally Posted by OHT

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I want to at least put effort into looking as close to the Originals as possible.

in 2010 we have about 40 years of skinhead history to draw from (for better or worse), so it's cool that guys are interested in original style, but I think it's fine to be into the revival "oi" look as well (if yer younger that is, at a certain age 14i boots and bleachers dont look too good ). and a lot of 80s skinheads were very well turned out since the revival years did look to 1969 for their foundation. I can remember seeing RAC/WP skins in the 80s (here in SoCal as well as in pics from England) looking very traditional despite their political views.

Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery

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By the way (and for what it's worth) the style amongst late 60s hard mods / skinheads was either to wear them unbuttoned, or to fasten one or two of the top buttons, and to turn over the cuffs once.

heh, to add my own version....this is me today with denim jacket

get smart: what boots are those in the above photo?

ever get any strange glances for the white laces?

Originally Posted by Get Smart

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i'm a fan of mixing/matching, this pic is from today, shirt jumper staprest and DMs pretty standard issue gear, the jacket isn't but I'm not so concerned about looking "pure" these days but obviously there is a line that if crossed no longer constitutes as remotely "skinhead"

The color on those doc's is fantastic man! Also, I am with you on the mixing and matching, I try to incorporate bits of working class Irishman fashion like flat caps and wool sweaters, it's not too far from skinhead but it gives you a little change.

Originally Posted by Black Cherry

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I randomly got the notion that I should pick up a fair isle sweater one of these days, and research led me back here, so I spent the morning catching up. Great thread, as always, and it's particularly cool to hear MoM's anecdotes. Encouraged me to polish up my Chinese cherry reds and take my first WAYW pic in well over a year (surprise, still wearing the same **** everyday).

And some extra boot Appreciation:

How old are those boots? I'm just wondering because I'm trying to get some cherry doc's and would want to know how long it takes for them to look that nice. For my first probably year and a half in the scene I wore black doc's, then just a few months ago I got oxblood ones so I still haven't had the journey of taking cherry's to oxblood.

Originally Posted by Big Muscle

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I just noticed that BS crombie doesn't have chest pocket. I also found this one for 100GBP - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-CLASSI...item563ff17813 but it doesn't have two pockets on right side but I don't know how such details were important.

Talking about Levi's jacket, I only own classic dark stonewash Levi's denim jacket - http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7050/cccfa.jpg (not much smart in that photo, it was a trip in bad weather so I reather had a hoodie)

That Crombie looks pretty sweet but my only concern is the price(it's too reasonable). That's usually not a good sign when it comes to traditional clothing.
Your Levi's jacket is nice. That's the same color I want but with the Sherpa since I need to keep myself warm and denim alone won't do that.

Originally Posted by eightdouble

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get smart: what boots are those in the above photo? ever get any strange glances for the white laces?
boots are Thorogood 685 workboots that Epaulet sells. Look a lot like DMs, design-wise. American made, really solid. I've been in a frame of mind to try and incorporate classic American goods into a skinhead style and work boots is probably the easiest way to still retain the skinhead look while coloring outside the lines a bit. white laces...sure sometimes, doesnt bother me. Lace color has never meant anything unless yer one of those types that believed media hype about colors having secret meanings. I can be pretty confrontational so if anyone said something about it it'd be like seeing blood in the water. sounds like we're from the same era (mid 80s)...dunno if you remember the Rolling Stone article that came out in like 88 or so about skinheads and they had a (incorrect) writeup on lace color and its meaning

Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery

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By the way (and for what it's worth) the style amongst late 60s hard mods / skinheads was either to wear them unbuttoned, or to fasten one or two of the top buttons, and to turn over the cuffs once.

(I think that's a borrowed one - the bleaching marks are atrocious!)

So pretty much it was exactly like this:

you should of been in that pic too then! lol

The guy sitting down looks like he's wearing a corduroy jacket. Was corduroy jackets/clothing common for skinheads back in the day?