Mod to Suedehead

[yankmod]

This went better then expected, all done by hand. Just sewn buttons on top no holes.

View attachment 820338

Looks Much Better.No need for Holes if you never un button.

 

[Donkey Jacket]

Looks Much Better.No need for Holes if you never un button.

Its kind of funny cos its got a better roll then most of my proper button downs, might consider doin it again if i see another 70's shirt for cheap.

 

[yankmod]

BBC 4 doc on The Suit. Part 1 here

 

[Donkey Jacket]

Charlie knew what he was on about, what the topman ''stylist'' chose was a disaster.

 

[covskin]

Tailor v 'stylist', no contest. The tailor works out from the anatomy, the stylist works in from the details

 

[Donkey Jacket]

I'm not saying i am a style god, because i am certainly am not, but i think i could do a better job then then the stylist who probably went to some fancy college, and i used to be a bloke who scrubbed toilets for a living.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

I think I want to F1re6om6 Topman.

 

[yankmod]

This one is about Savile Row.

 

[Donkey Jacket]

I think I want to F1re6om6 Topman.

I would rather wear the early 1900's sack/lounge suit in the second part then the Topman suit if i had no choice, would rather look like someone from 100 years ago then that.

 

[Kingstonian]

High Street tailoring shops like Burton and John Collier offered a huge range of different cloths and slightly different style options that are no longer on offer at a reasonable price.

One downside was that they might not fit as well as they should though they would alter them as much as they could.

When men found a Marks suit was less bother and took less time the Burtons lost out.

Even if the execution was not top notch, there was more attention to detail than nowadays.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

The Book:

The Book currently sits at just over 35,000 words. When a few additions are made, we might approach 40,000. However, I'm going to give what I have so far to Mr. Knightly tomorrow, so he can cast his eagle eye over it.

The fact remains that AT LAST we are getting somewhere.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

The Book - a request

In the notes I have found a reference to a 1969 documentary about skinheads (maybe the Man Alive one, but not necessarily). It was partly shot in the Phoenix Youth Club, North London. I believe it was made for/by the BBC. Does anyone know where I can view it? I don't seem to be able to get it on YouTube.

 

[Donkey Jacket]

This?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04c0lw5

 

[yankmod]

The Book - a request

In the notes I have found a reference to a 1969 documentary about skinheads (maybe the Man Alive one, but not necessarily). It was partly shot in the Phoenix Youth Club, North London. I believe it was made for/by the BBC. Does anyone know where I can view it? I don't seem to be able to get it on YouTube.

I had this conversation with Lasttye a ways back.There was the "Man Alive" doc,provided above by Donkey Jacket and there was another in B&W.There are clips of it,Lasttye said it was made for Schools.I contacted the Beeb but they never responded. This clip begins with that Doc. I later found a longer clip which showed the band the kids was dancin to but,I can't find it now.

 

[pressuredrop]

The 1970's - That Was The Decade That Was (2006)

Is it this one? Around the 13:30 mark?