What happened to Sub-Cultures ?

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,333]

1 hour ago, TRUEBRIT66 said:

Still buy the odd thing off here when Im having a "moment" more for nostalgia than anything  80’s Casual Classics: 80s Casuals, Fila Vintage, Sergio Tacchini, Adidas Originals, Ellesse, Pretty Green.

My brother ran the skins UK website for a number of years. I went to one of the get togethers in Bristol and I was surprised how much clothes were part of the scene with skins I thought it was just doc martins,fred perry, braces and jeans but they were right into their fashion.   

I’ve had a few things off there 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZh3XMna20

 

[Greyman 29,182]

2 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’ve had a few things off there 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZh3XMna20

 

Stockings and a basque??? 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,333]

7 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Stockings and a basque??? 

Only on Fridays , you know this x 

[WILF 47,903]

19 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’ve had a few things off there 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZh3XMna20

 

[gnasher16 30,529]

3 hours ago, TRUEBRIT66 said:

Still buy the odd thing off here when Im having a "moment" more for nostalgia than anything  80’s Casual Classics: 80s Casuals, Fila Vintage, Sergio Tacchini, Adidas Originals, Ellesse, Pretty Green.

My brother ran the skins UK website for a number of years. I went to one of the get togethers in Bristol and I was surprised how much clothes were part of the scene with skins I thought it was just doc martins,fred perry, braces and jeans but they were right into their fashion.   

For the mens 80's clobber keep an eye out for the Mr Bransons chain of shops mate they're opening up all over the place.....some cracking little finds ive bought a few bits and bobs just to hang on the wall 

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[TRUEBRIT66 1,725]

19 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

For the mens 80's clobber keep an eye out for the Mr Bransons chain of shops mate they're opening up all over the place.....some cracking little finds ive bought a few bits and bobs just to hang on the wall 

Had my midlife crisis moment a few years back bought a pair of electric blue Adidas Gazelle's, Fila track suit top and Lois cords thought I looked the bollocks until I saw the picture my misses took and I looked like one of the pictures with the wrong head superimposed on the wrong body. Took it all off and its been in the wardrobe ever since      

[gnasher16 30,529]

55 minutes ago, TRUEBRIT66 said:

Had my midlife crisis moment a few years back bought a pair of electric blue Adidas Gazelle's, Fila track suit top and Lois cords thought I looked the bollocks until I saw the picture my misses took and I looked like one of the pictures with the wrong head superimposed on the wrong body. Took it all off and its been in the wardrobe ever since      

Lois cords....not them sandy colour ones that made your tackle look twice the size it really is !

Bin the Gazelles off they was pony even back then,just cheapo Super Sambas......i was a Forest Hills man myself 

I love an 80's party all the birds with their big hair and earrings......thats the time to bring the Lois cords out 

[TRUEBRIT66 1,725]

Just now, gnasher16 said:

Lois cords....not them sandy colour ones that made your tackle look twice the size it really is !

Bin the Gazelles off they was pony even back then,just cheapo Super Sambas......i was a Forest Hills man myself 

I love an 80's party all the birds with their big hair and earrings......thats the time to bring the Lois cords out 

Yep thats the ones chunky cords but in light blue. I still have a weakness for trainers though and at my age I can still get away with a pair of stan smiths as long as its with a nice shirt and a pair of chino's. Im not quite at the elastic band trousers yet (unless its around the house) and as Bob Mortimer said the elastic waistband man is a happy man!    

[gnasher16 30,529]

6 minutes ago, TRUEBRIT66 said:

Yep thats the ones chunky cords but in light blue. I still have a weakness for trainers though and at my age I can still get away with a pair of stan smiths as long as its with a nice shirt and a pair of chino's. Im not quite at the elastic band trousers yet (unless its around the house) and as Bob Mortimer said the elastic waistband man is a happy man!    

Oooo not sure about that.....white trotters over the age of 40 is a big no no for me i think the only trainers us older gents can really pull off are the old Super Samba or them dark lightweight ones......i must have 20 pairs of 80's trainers still in the original boxes upstairs.....im not really a hoarder as such just cant bring myself to sling them out 

[WILF 47,903]

For me, a funny fad of late is this casuals/football hooligan thing middle aged blokes who like football seem to be trying propagate……my pal seems to be into it, bless his heart, he probably chooses to ignore the fact some of us remember he would dive under the table if it went off somewhere when we was young things ! lol 

The only difference between him at 22 and him now is that he has no hair and wares a corset to keep his beer gut in check ! lol 

[Daniel cain 46,350]

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[mushroom 13,268]

We’ve had hipsters, peakies, etc still get the North Face lot.. I go to rocker bars but it is rare to see sub-cultures en masse in the streets. I’ve even see the hippy types here wearing those pants that make them look like they’ve shit themselves (which was big) disappear over the last 14 years.

I’m drs, jeans/pants and shirts/polos I’m winter and shorts, T-shirts and flip flops the other 9months  

[pesky1972 5,361]

Bunch of tramps. The best trainers ever were ZX 600’s, (the original grey/yellow/black) absolutely no contest. Turn up in a pair of them early 80’s and even the dog’s bollocks turned green. Originally came out early 80’s.., then re-released 2005, before another release last year. I’ve bought them each time (two pair of the original colour scheme + two other colours last year). When they came out in the 80’s they were twice the money of ‘ordinary’ trainers and sorted the dressers out from the rest.

 

[pesky1972 5,361]

37 minutes ago, WILF said:

For me, a funny fad of late is this casuals/football hooligan thing middle aged blokes who like football seem to be trying propagate……my pal seems to be into it, bless his heart, he probably chooses to ignore the fact some of us remember he would dive under the table if it went off somewhere when we was young things ! lol 

The only difference between him at 22 and him now is that he has no hair and wares a corset to keep his beer gut in check ! lol 

Same here. I know blokes here who are in their fifties and think they’re part of a crew but when they were young and should have been into it, were nowhere near it. Like a lot of things, music is another one.., few lads I know all over the Stone Roses gigs a few years ago, but when I was listening to Fools Gold in ‘89 they were into Guns and fcukin Roses.., no joke. All a bit pathetic really.