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But speaking of loafers, the "skinhead" loafer is a tassle loafer with a vamp (kiltie optional, but I think most prefer no fringe).
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But speaking of loafers, the "skinhead" loafer is a tassle loafer with a vamp (kiltie optional, but I think most prefer no fringe).
I do mine in a light grey thread, it blends in with the weft side of the turnup. and you should stitch all the way around, not just every few inches so that it can gape open at the spots not sewn down. 1/2" is the usual amount for the sewn down turnup
not a fan of patent leather! but thanks for the heads up on that shop, never heard of it
Was Squire the place that was located along Shaftesbury? Would love to go back in a time machine to places like that...
maybe MoM can add his first hand info on this, but what I've heard from an original 68 London skin was that the white boys were skinheads back in the day, and there really weren't any black skinheads, but rather that the ones in the same circle who went to clubs and hung around were classified as rude boys. But no white boy would have been a rude boy. And to dispel the myth that original skinhead was a racially harmonious kum bah yah circle jerk fest, the black fellas werent generally allowed into clubs unless they came with whites who were their friends, as if you were vouched for. So of course there was a mix of black and white youth, but there's a lot of mythology out there that skinheads were originally created by black kids.
maybe MoM can add his first hand info on this, but what I've heard from an original 68 London skin was that the white boys were skinheads back in the day, and there really weren't any black skinheads, but rather that the ones in the same circle who went to clubs and hung around were classified as rude boys. But no white boy would have been a rude boy. And to dispel the myth that original skinhead was a racially harmonious kum bah yah circle jerk fest, the black fellas werent generally allowed into clubs unless they came with whites who were their friends, as if you were vouched for. So of course there was a mix of black and white youth, but there's a lot of mythology out there that skinheads were originally created by black kids.
It seemed to take off mainly amongst white kids; you saw the occasional black skinhead (there was one in a group of mates of mine, Fred Dove was his name). The overt racialism, however, was a tail-end thing in the 60s scene and I wanted absolutely no part of that because I had black/Asian/Chinese friends outside the scene.
when it became more of a mass movement, quite naturally one began to find the prejudices of the general population absorbed.
on my For Life's i've been doing the usual rotation of oxblood (I use Cherry Blossom, or Timpsons or Carr & Daily which all make great oxblood polish) and black (kiwi). I also threw into the rotation Trickers neutral, which really gave the boots an extra kick as far as deepening the leather and shine. The boots are kinda dull when new (as most DMs are), but after about a week and half of polishing nearly daily, they look great now, as far as getting that deep color and a proper shine.
What's everyone's consensus on DM's Adrian Tassel loafer?