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Thanks to the interwebs, I was able to find the quote. It's on that "A-Z Of Skinhead Style" section of the book, on the part about earrings:
"(...)Well before punk, some Sunderland skins wore small rings in their noses. An oddity of fashion, like Maidstone skinheads who spent a summer in the early seventies parading around the town wearing those big plastic ears you get in joke shops. It takes all sorts".

Odd indeed! Do you originals remember other examples of people trying to come up with innovations on the look and failing miserably?
 

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Originally Posted by PxC
Thanks to the interwebs, I was able to find the quote. It's on that "A-Z Of Skinhead Style" section of the book, on the part about earrings:
"(...)Well before punk, some Sunderland skins wore small rings in their noses. An oddity of fashion, like Maidstone skinheads who spent a summer in the early seventies parading around the town wearing those big plastic ears you get in joke shops. It takes all sorts".

Odd indeed! Do you originals remember other examples of people trying to come up with innovations on the look and failing miserably?


No. And don't breathe that anywhere around the revival guys or they'll all want one and swear it's authentic! [note: M-o-M is indulging in a harmless spot of irony]
 

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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery
No. And don't breathe that anywhere around the revival guys or they'll all want one and swear it's authentic! [note: M-o-M is indulging in a harmless spot of irony]

ooh, we can all do the "Prince Charles" of fashion...with them ear things!
 

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Originally Posted by raging_rapid
ooh, we can all do the "Prince Charles" of fashion...with them ear things!

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Originally Posted by PxC
Thanks to the interwebs, I was able to find the quote. It's on that "A-Z Of Skinhead Style" section of the book, on the part about earrings:
"(...)Well before punk, some Sunderland skins wore small rings in their noses. An oddity of fashion, like Maidstone skinheads who spent a summer in the early seventies parading around the town wearing those big plastic ears you get in joke shops. It takes all sorts".

Odd indeed! Do you originals remember other examples of people trying to come up with innovations on the look and failing miserably?


Sunderland skins wouldn't have known any better. No-one had any right to be a skinhead come the 'early 70s'
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No memory of anything like that. It was all very understated and elegant.
 

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Great pics, Yes we wore Aviators, I could not afford Raybans back then though.
 

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Originally Posted by Lasttye
Great pics, Yes we wore Aviators, I could not afford Raybans back then though.
If you were lucky you could get ex-USAF Raybans at 'surplus stores'. I had a pair of them - they lasted for years and you could practically stare into the sun. I have a modern expensive pair, they look good but are f-all practical use.
 

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It's such a great look...

I don't think anything has surpassed the skinhead style!
 

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Originally Posted by Batwing
It's such a great look...

I don't think anything has surpassed the skinhead style!


You're preaching to the converted here, mate!
 

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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery
You're preaching to the converted here, mate!

Sorry, it was not meant to come accross like that. It was meant as a compliment.

looking at your photos I thought you look very stylish
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Originally Posted by Batwing
Sorry, it was not meant to come accross like that. It was meant as a compliment.

looking at your photos I thought you look very stylish
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I wasn't having a go, it's okay. By the way, if you mean the three photos above, only the bottom two are of me and they're not actually that good photos. I can hardly believe we really did wear our cardigans like that occasionally.
 

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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery
I wasn't having a go, it's okay. By the way, if you mean the three photos above, only the bottom two are of me and they're not actually that good photos. I can hardly believe we really did wear our cardigans like that occasionally.

Thanks, I was thinking I may have come accross a bit...

Has the bloke in the first photo got tattos on his forearms?

I am on the lookout for a good cardigan... Were they usally cashmere?
 

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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery
By the way, if you mean the three photos above, only the bottom two are of me

the guy on top, he's the fella on British Style Genius taking the piss about gingham size=leader of the gang
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