Mod to Suedehead

[Ivyskin89]

Let's talk about this. If this is true, it reframes everything for me. I knew about the collegiates and greasers. But it blows my mind that they were referred to as skinheads in America in the 60s.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

My take is that it seemed to happen independently.

 

[Ivyskin89]

My take is that it seemed to happen independently.

I bet every country had their own take on it

 

[Thin White Duke]

I bet every country had their own take on it

Yeah like the Mods in London and Drugstore crowd in Paris. I wonder how much cross pollination was happening there but I’d guess not much.
I’ve seen some skins / suedes claim that their look borrowed from that of the Apollo era astronauts. The timing would be about right but I still find this to be a bit of a stretch.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

My take is that it seemed to happen independently.

Having thought a little more about it, if the UK greebs were, by the late 60s, starting to borrow culturally from US Angels, then it is possible that the term did make the trip across the pond. But, yes, it's a bit of a stretch too.

 

[Yorky]

Selfie of me and the missus

 

[Gsvs5]

1966 501's... in 1966

I discovered LVC a couple of years ago, and have learnt so much from these pages - thank you all - that I thought I'd try to give something back. On a summer holiday with my family in Devon, England in 1966, when I was 12, my older sister said why don’t I spend my holiday money (£5), on a pair of...

supertalk.superfuture.com

An enjoyable nostalgic read that mirrors the experience of many on here.

 

[Inkss]

Solovair Toast 'monkey shoes'
I actually like the look of these compared to their full-on take on the monkey boot. Prefer the original non-air monkey tread on trad chimpers.

 

[Ivyskin89]

Check out the last paragraph

 

[Botolph]

Check out the last paragraph

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Very interesting! Pretty crazy.

 

[Yorky]

A few pics seeing as we are in the final and its Wimbledon this weekend.
Sweatshirt with Year of England's last cup win and the year of my birth, my dad says that I watched it, but can't rember as I was only about 4 months old.

A few new Fred Perry's
Navy untipped MiE

Knitted FP top (salesman sample from TKMaxx) and black monkey jacket on the chair beside me.

Sunspel Henley with an Italian affogato al caffe

 

[benj84]

A few pics seeing as we are in the final and its Wimbledon this weekend.
Sweatshirt with Year of England's last cup win and the year of my birth, my dad says that I watched it, but can't rember as I was only about 4 months old. View attachment 1636530
A few new Fred Perry's
Navy untipped MiE
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Knitted FP top (salesman sample from TKMaxx) and black monkey jacket on the chair beside me.
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Sunspel Henley with an Italian affogato al caffe
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Are those adidas rekords

 

[Clouseau]

A few pics seeing as we are in the final and its Wimbledon this weekend.
Sweatshirt with Year of England's last cup win and the year of my birth, my dad says that I watched it, but can't rember as I was only about 4 months old. View attachment 1636530
A few new Fred Perry's
Navy untipped MiE
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Knitted FP top (salesman sample from TKMaxx) and black monkey jacket on the chair beside me.
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Sunspel Henley with an Italian affogato al caffe
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I like that plain (untipped) MiE FP. I’ve got a vintage Navy one like that (my older one), and bought a few years ago the MiE Black (with yellow laurel) that is the same of one of the first I had early 80s.

Good luck for Sunday !

 

[Yorky]

Are those adidas rekords

They are called Overdubs, but apart from the name they are identical to Rekords came with a spare set of green laces as well, haven't tried them yet.

 

[Yorky]

I like that plain (untipped) MiE FP. I’ve got a vintage Navy one like that (my older one), and bought a few years ago the MiE Black (with yellow laurel) that is the same of one of the first I had early 80s.

View attachment 1636543 Good luck for Sunday !

They are far better quality than the standard FP polos, and fit well, the way that I remember to.
Got a couple in white and black as well