bluejimmines
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missed the first half hour but seems a good programme for clothing fans
bluejimmines said:missed the first half hour but seems a good programme for clothing fans
manclad said:In the early/mid 70's(when I was at my most style consious),the scousers were always considered to
be the scruffiest dressers.Typical scouse attire then was white baker pants,como shoes(flat plain black cheap
shoes with a plastic sole), a cheap nylon shirt,all covered over by a dirty harrington jacket.
The cockneys always led the way in new fashion,closely followed by us Manchester boys.
The one item I wanted more than anything else was a sheepskin coat,but being a youth on crap wages I could
never afford one.Eventually I got a job with good wages & at the grand old age of 29 I managed to save a £125 and went to James Brown leathermarket in Whitworth & bought a top class "sheepie" - & within about 2 years it
had gone out of fashion & become an item of merriment - Arthur Daley etc.
So it only got worn about a dozen times before it got put to the back of the wardrobe.
I can't bear to throw it out/give it to a jumble sale ; it was something that I wanted for so long - maybe it will
come back into fashion,but I doubt if it will fit me now,23 years later.
Life is such a "woman" at times.
manclad said:In the early/mid 70's(when I was at my most style consious),the scousers were always considered to
be the scruffiest dressers.Typical scouse attire then was white baker pants,como shoes(flat plain black cheap
shoes with a plastic sole), a cheap nylon shirt,all covered over by a dirty harrington jacket.
The cockneys always led the way in new fashion,closely followed by us Manchester boys.
The one item I wanted more than anything else was a sheepskin coat,but being a youth on crap wages I could
never afford one.Eventually I got a job with good wages & at the grand old age of 29 I managed to save a £125 and went to James Brown leathermarket in Whitworth & bought a top class "sheepie" - & within about 2 years it
had gone out of fashion & become an item of merriment - Arthur Daley etc.
So it only got worn about a dozen times before it got put to the back of the wardrobe.
I can't bear to throw it out/give it to a jumble sale ; it was something that I wanted for so long - maybe it will
come back into fashion,but I doubt if it will fit me now,23 years later.
Life is such a "woman" at times.
Matty said:They didn't have one item about skull caps, anti-semitic b*stards!
Swales lives said:bluejimmines said:missed the first half hour but seems a good programme for clothing fans
Cheers for that tip, tuned in and watched a great 10 mins of the football casual fashion from the early-mid 80s.
I was around 15-16, back then and well into it.
The mancs and the scousers were always the best dressed fans. Used to get great trainers from a stall in
the Oasis part of the underground market. That scouse bloke was alright, he was a bit pissed off that "the mancs"
looked smart, but he was honest enough to admit it.
He was bang-on about the cockneys, still in 16-hole docs and donkey jackets, scruffy southerners.