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Originally Posted by yankmod 

Thanks for the info Ed.In the US DM's are worn by subculture folks.Most commonly by folks who came from Punk and 2 tone(the dm shoes.My ex wife use to wear them as she was 2 tone)But also Hard Rock and Heavy Metal(the Black clothes,piercing,tatoo folks)I stuck with Clark's desert boots.My friends who had DM boots said they were cold in the winter so I wasn't interested.

Originally Posted by Get Smart 

quick pic from over the weekend, DJ Mick Jeffries from UK (far right) and Marco/Sussi from Sweden/Canada were visiting town for a big skinhead reggae weekender. Mick is an original from 68-9. Good folks, good times.

Originally Posted by flyfronted 

I live in Teddington and every girl between the age of 10 and 18 wear DM's in all colours and designs on em ..  funny that its the middle class kids who wear em the working class kids from across the 316 in Feltham seem to stick with trainers .. complete turn around . In fact working class kids seem to have avoided ' youth cults ' while the student types happliy take bits of Mod / Skin / Punk .

Originally Posted by Get Smart 

quick pic from over the weekend, DJ Mick Jeffries from UK (far right) and Marco/Sussi from Sweden/Canada were visiting town for a big skinhead reggae weekender. Mick is an original from 68-9. Good folks, good times.

Originally Posted by Get Smart 


you think?? if you look at the DM catalog it is 95% stuff that punks/skins would never wear. when I see them being worn outside of a skinhead 'do or punk gig, it is always by normals.

Originally Posted by browniecj 

Where was Mick from,Get Smart?

Originally Posted by Ed Vaughan 

10/10 great pic... any beer left?

Originally Posted by yankmod 

You may call them Normals but they think they are subculture.DM's certainly have a more mainstream visibility,but they are still a subculture fashion in the USofA.

Originally Posted by browniecj 

Where was Mick from,Get Smart?

Originally Posted by browniecj 


Do not forget "Trendy"A&R Men(the ones that were middle aged,had grey hair-tied back in a "Pony-Tail"-going bald on top)flitting around trying to do Deals.These were seen a lot around the West End.And the worst of the lot-Middle Class "Socialist" Politicians going around with Jeans,Boots,a Plastic Briefcases saying they were with the "Working Classes".This was very evident in Boroughs like Harringay,Hackney,Tower Hamlets etc.I saw Alistair Darling dressed like that(during the 80s)in Wood Green.That was the biggest Insult.

Originally Posted by Lasttye 

See Mick at doos , Nice Lad.

Originally Posted by browniecj 

I used to go to a Soul/Reggae Do,in Kingsland Road(Coast To Coast).It was mainly Students that went there,but because they all seemed up for it, it started me going back to Reggae Dos.

Originally Posted by HughJ 


There was a long stretch in the late 90s where I don't think there was a more ubiquitous shoe in North America.