Mod to Suedehead

[benj84]

@bovverglam
This guys instagram has plenty of good pics

 

[Mr Knightley]

not bad how much higher is the rise compared to modern jeans, think i prefer the more relaxed lees tbh but i have always preferred baggier jeans.

And when you remember we were all fairly skinny kids back in the day, it says a lot about how the ‘shape’ of the look has evolved over time. I agree that the higher rise and fuller cut are far more flattering and comfortable too.

 

[donkeyjacket2]

Higher rise of course, just how I like them.

me too

 

[donkeyjacket2]

And when you remember we were all fairly skinny kids back in the day, it says a lot about how the ‘shape’ of the look has evolved over time. I agree that the higher rise and fuller cut are far more flattering and comfortable too.

I got some selvedge jeans from a charity shop recently, they were nice quality but they were so low waisted they were agonising to wear, they made my belly look far bigger too, unflattering and uncomfortable.

 

[covskin]

Low rise just doesn't work for skinhead. When you shorten the hem you need to visually lengthen the leg.

 

[donkeyjacket2]

only works on nice lookin birds nothing else

 

[Botolph]

...and they can be few and far between in a subcultural setting!

 

[donkeyjacket2]

dont think i have ever seen 1 good looking modern skin girl in real life thats why i always went for normal lasses.

 

[covskin]

Shouldn't be too harsh, have you seen the state of the blokes? For every biffer there's at least 10 fat bastards.

 

[donkeyjacket2]

Gonna be honest kinda glad i don't consider meself to be a skinhead anymore for a number of reasons.

 

[donkeyjacket2]

Prob mentioned that before lookin back goin senile

 

[covskin]

When was the last time any of us talked to a proper skinhead anyway, you know, someone who looked like they could get into trouble just because of the way they looked?

 

[Ivyskin89]

You probably won't see many skinheads unless you go to south east Asia or Mexico. Even then you'll have to go out of your way to find them. They'll be wearing Ronald McDonald shoes with yellow lace's and some neon coloured button down with a 6 finger collar. Besides there's not much place for skinheads in the new world technocracy. I'm considering going off grid, seems some scary 1984 **** is afoot...

 

[donkeyjacket2]

When was the last time any of us talked to a proper skinhead anyway, you know, someone who looked like they could get into trouble just because of the way they looked?

Never in my life time i was the only skinhead in town apart from an 80s style skin i saw wearing a union jack shirt once, looked younger than me, saw some middle aged blokes in typical skin gear in larger towns but didn't put much thought into it. you have to watch out more for little scrotes wearing sports gear and selling drugs on street corners so you don't get stabbed.

The age of subcultures is kind of over to be honest which is a shame in a way.

 

[Thin White Duke]

Never in my life time i was the only skinhead in town apart from an 80s style skin i saw wearing a union jack shirt once, looked younger than me, saw some middle aged blokes in typical skin gear in larger towns but didn't put much thought into it. you have to watch out more for little scrotes wearing sports gear and selling drugs on street corners so you don't get stabbed.

The age of subcultures is kind of over to be honest which is a shame in a way.

Im reaching back around thirty years so those more knowledgable can chip in but there was a quite famous documentary on the telly about football violence. It was a huge revelation to the authorities cos they had been chasing after thuggy looking skinheads when it turned out the real perpetrators were more a version of casuals wearing ‘designer’ gear and travelling to away matches under the radar by inter city train not the bus. I suppose Harry Enfield’s ‘Loadsamoney’ character was a caricature of this.
As for the death of subculture, I blame Nirvana and grunge, that was when it all ended for me. Before that I can remember looking round our sixth form common room in the eighties you could tell exactly what music anyone was into by their Barnet! It was a great time to be alive and even though we moaned every week about how crap TOTP was when you see the retro shows they do there was always a couple of decent bands on in that wonderfully eclectic time.