60's/70's Skinhead Clobber & Music

Short film showing some of the clothing and footwear worn then and now.

[@eddieoi9444]

I’m 61 now and still wear Brutus and Fred Perry everyday... no point giving up the faith now....

[@fatboydon]

Ha ha - Snap!

[@markmeade2937]

Keep the faith and carry on I say 👍

[@NUBBY39]

Same 63 and still wearing the style , North London Skins Spirit of 69.

[@DAVIDSMITH-xs8bx]

Oi Oi Oi Beat you mate, born in 1952, DM's & braces everyday, went into a West Indian takaway to buy a pattie a couple of weeks ago, A group of Jamaicans in there stopped talking, I heard one say to the others "look, rudeboy" nice I thought, the ultimate compliment.

[@cnoc500]

Ditto that. Doc Martens for 47yrs now. Ben Sherman shirts a plenty, (even a watch into recently).

[@MG-id7hl]

At school in the late 70s and early 80s, I had my loafers, my RAF surplus canvas school bag with Madness, Specials and Bad Manners logos drawn on it in marker and when the Walkman came out, journeys on the school bus became bearable listening to bootleg Madness and Specials tapes my mates and I shared. Now in my 50s, I remember those great days with fondness.

[@dazeyevans9093]

I remember the never ending search as a 14 year old girl in 1969 to find Trevira suits in a colour non of my mates already had and tights with the patterns going up the sides of the legs in a pattern/colour combo no-one else had .I didnt get my first Dm's until my 20's because they didn't make them small enough then for my tiny feet but I had a pair of black loafers shown in the film with SEGS bashed into the soles so they made a noise/sparks as I walked down the street ! A Brutus shirt and Gingham perfume completed the outfit !

[@dicklane5863]

Spot on 👍

[@annewinder7838]

I remember having to have a suit made by a local tailor cause our shops didnt sell -em 69

[@russell6777]

Yes I remember the girls dressing in that style, I prefer the suedhead look and still incorporate it in my style today (I’m 64)

[@gordonmcmoose1653]

👍🏻💕

[@georgerobartes2008]

And the girls wore satin knickers........

[@user-mg3jr2tz1o]

Levi jeans ,tonics, Ben sherman shirts ,Harrington jackets, loafers ,10 hole oxblood dms ,sta press trousers, Ben sherman towelling socks, half inch peanut braces ,and fortunate enough to have a real sheepskin coat .an original skin 69. Chelsea shed boy .Great days .

[@lordred4116]

Early 70s seemed every kid like me was wearing a button down Benny, 501s with a 1 inch turn up, red v neck jumper and a black Harrington.

[@dianerogers8805]

Those were the days,, 63 now. Us girls wore Brut as well as the lads., Brutus and Ben Sherman shirts, Trevira skirts and coats, Crombies, Harringtons, Levis, monkey boots, braces, great days.

[@northwalescoast7911]

Monkey boots 👍

[@kazniks9022]

Brilliant reply Diane. Hope your still wearing the gear!

[@dianerogers8805]

Can't find Trevira skirts or ladies crombies, bigger size Levi jeans now 😂😂Dr Martens shoes now. Still listen to the reggae,

[@DAVIDSMITH-xs8bx]

Girls like you, best ever !! Me, born in 1952, DM's & braces everyday, Still wear my two tonic suit, went into a West Indian takaway to buy a pattie a couple of weeks ago, A group of Jamaicans in there stopped talking, I heard one say to the others "look, rudeboy", nice I thought, the ultimate compliment.

[@dianerogers8805]

@@DAVIDSMITH-xs8bx Wish I could get into a trevira skirt now. Don't do plus sizes 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@70tezskin]

Later 60s Early 70s skinhead. Guisborough North East England. Still a Skinhead today at 68 .. Skinheads Life Would Never Be The Same..

[@glennturnbull5652]

OMG.....wish I was a teenager again. What a time to listen to these tunes. Every weekend these would get played with me mates, cider, ciggies and somewhere to babysit.Great days.....😁

[@stoneageman18]

Is "this is England" a good representation of that time? Seems it relates alot to the culture of the video? I'm a 90's kid so I have no idea

[@glennturnbull5652]

I come from Dyke House in Hartlepool and it had a large skinhead youth culture. Some trouble and plenty of laughs but we were all teenagers so it was cool. Music at the time was all ska, punk, mod and ub40. Good memories

[@haxio17]

​@@stoneageman18the Film kinda annoys me But it probably comes somewhat close Although i think it depicts second wave ?

[@jonrend]

Some great gear use to love wearing it and listening to all my Trojan records.

[@Westhamskin]

couldn't afford ben sherman and Fred perry back then we was poor family, so I wear it now making up for lost time .

[@johndoyle1810]

I remember Dublin 1984 ska mania took over,scooters lambretta and the clothes were mega

[@jlcrproductions301]

wish i was there for it

[@paulyoung6981]

Tighten up,,,,’Those were,,, our,,,,, Golden,,,, DAYS…🤛🏿🤝🎵🎶” Sharp as … a Razor… parting,,,..” at,,, the ,, Barbers 💈,,,”…. Mint!!!⭐️

[@chrisdarling5004]

1969 I was 12 years old my brother and mates were all skins, spent my Saturdays in Philips Reading spending my hard earned paper/milk round money on Fred Perry shirts 3 button collar pleat and hanger back. Saved up and with my Birthday/Christmas present money I bought a petrol blue grey tonic suit and a down payment on a Crombie, with red pocket hankie and tie pin, I had to wait another six months for a pair of ox blood loafers tassel front. Good times.

[@vespasuper150]

you looked smart....even if you had to complete the look.

[@paulselkirk2345]

I used to wear those clothes back in the day 🤩😊😎🤗

[@paulselkirk2345]

Love the music and clothes 🤩😊😎🤗

[@SONGSTICKS]

what a fantastic blast back to my youth :O) Every other picture and I'm like... OMG I had a pair of those !

[@2007Tarkus]

In 1972 I was wearing a Prince of Wales check suit, Ben Sherman shirt, Yellow Braces and Monkey Boots I was 9 years old

[@fatboydon]

Nice.

[@2007Tarkus]

@@fatboydon It Was I fuckin loved that suit

[@fatboydon]

@@2007Tarkus we didn’t take many photos back in them days. Would love to look back at my little gang with our shaved heads n boots etc

[@rogerpeachey2212]

Got all the original tracks.classics.👍

[@marionnye3690]

hell yeah remember those Trevira suits xxx

[@davidsmith5899]

Skinheads were a late mod phase....the classic mod period was round 65/66

[@evanricheson1630]

Yes, When the original mod scene was dividing because some mods were going down the hippy route and others decided to shave their heads instead of the regular mod cut. They were all hanging around rudies anyway and just adopted the ska sound

[@davidsmith5899]

Yep spot on 👍

[@pamvernon6730]

I was often taken for a boy when i wore all my skin head gear.i didnt mind.i loked and felt good.oh to go back there again.good times.

[@dianerogers8805]

Same her, got searched going to a football natch once when I had my parka on. Steward changed his mind when I opened my coat. Great days 👍👍👍

[@swifty8538]

omg I love the skinhead girl look wish it came back from an old rude boy

[@user-ii9se4qo2o]

SKA LOVE IT IN EVERY WAY ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@loyalsmith4096]

🎅 HAPPY CHRISTMAS,🎄,thankyou,💘.

[@johnlewis960]

You have to include BRUTUS shirts, Crombie, and wear a splash of BRUT.

[@richardsinclair9449]

The 70s and for mod/skin/suede head, red socks, loafers, DMs, Tonic suits, Brolly, Lambretta scooter, and hankies to the Crombie and Jacket pocket, with a Woolworth gem pin in the hankies and tie, oxford bags, number six coupon in the pork pie if you were so inclined....

[@oliverkitkat6860]

Spot on

[@dicklane5863]

Spot on 👍

[@mrbillhicks]

I think that goes without saying John

[@siypic]

@@richardsinclair9449 Solatio loafers with the basket weave...quarter tipped.

[@SensibleMoniker]

The biggest decision in those days was whether to go for ox blood or black dms - I went for the former and regretted it.

[@garymiles1363]

no crombie or staypress which were iconic

[@fatboydon]

I know, Terry Towelling red socks, haircuts, Brut ……quite a few bits missed on reflection. I’ve got em all, but I do say in the film description, "some of the clothing" I might make an edit at some point. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the music.

[@hughjarse3808]

The original skinheads were from the east end of london. They dressed the same as their working class fathers. Collarless shirts, braces and bloody big boots. It was a rebellion against the mods and the expensive clothes they wore. They were, in effect, the 1st punk rockers, rebelling against fashion and the system.

[@swifty8538]

I'm an walthamstow original rude boy oh what days they were

[@hughjarse3808]

@@swifty8538 the thing was the later skins adopted a fashion (Ben Sherman, Fred Perry, Levi's etc ) which went against what the original skins wanted!

[@swifty8538]

@@hughjarse3808 I totally agree with you the term skinhead was a total misinterpretation of what we were then as far as I know in the 80s the skinheads were shamefully rascist they undid all what we built up with the west indians I called them boneheads bunch of rascist hooligans

[@StevetheWeave.]

Not wrong there fella. I was born in the late 50's & a lot of youngsters couldn't afford any of the decent clobber back in the day, so had to do with their work boots & Donkey Jackets. We would do anything to look like the older boy's but would have shop at the markets or in The Army & Navy stores. I seem to remember Timex' used to a cheaper brand of skinhead looking shirts? I would nick my three year older sister's red cardigan & sheepskin coat whenever I could and was lucky enough to have her boyfriend's cast-offs. I looked Goood Then!

[@marymoffatt2060]

Right, grandad shirt, GI's and army surplus boots.

[@danielfinkley8585]

Love the Images !

[@fatboydon]

Thanks!

[@grayballs5486]

Some nice gear on there

[@AlejandroCruz-zn8um]

Yo no soy blanco ni negro ni amarillo, soy orgulloso mestizo mexicano amante de esta hermosa música con la cual me identificó y moriré siendo un rude boy moderno!! Larga vida al SKA , a la igualdad y la rebeldía!!

[@fatboydon]

Translation: Alejandro Cruz I am not black or white or yellow, I am proud Mexican mestizo lover of this beautiful music with which I identified myself and I will die being a modern rude boy!! Long live the SKA, equality and rebellion!!

[@AlejandroCruz-zn8um]

@@fatboydon gracias , si algún momento tienes la oportunidad de venir a mi país y conocer el ska mexicano , aquí tienes un hogar , como decimos en México " mi casa es tu casa"

[@kennethperry5500]

Worst day i had was when i put my levi,s on only to find my mum had put a ironing crease right down the front i went ape and from then on ironed them my self

[@kennethperry5500]

@Hammerschlägen M compared to today times were tight but people were better back then today everyone is selfish and living in a tv imaginary world . Are you haveing a tough time?

[@kennethperry5500]

@Hammerschlägen M lol no prob m8 it was just a joke about me when i was a kid ,how i looked was so important and creases down the front of my jeans was a no no

[@JamesJones-bb4bx]

Did used to iron crease down front back in the day 👍

[@RayKappo]

@@kennethperry5500 That had me howling. My mam ironed a crease down the front of the black Levi's I wore for school. (Got a note off me mam to wear them) I too went ape shit. She showed me where the iron & ironing board was kept & told me I should therefore do them & all my ironing myself from then on. I did. I was 10 years old.

[@ianfroud70]

Levi's jeans Doctor Martin boots oxblood yellow stitching OI!

[@roxannepearls901]

Woohoo! Desmond Dekkar!

[@olympia11296]

Cool and beautiful 😃😀

[@darylorchard1957]

Thanks for the video. However, most of the versions of the clothes shown were not available until much later.

[@fatboydon]

If only I had a camera in them early days! Would love to look back on our little gang from back then.

[@gkenway917]

Just got some new Dr Martin's

[@Itsalaugh229]

Grey flannel trousers with a slight flare, blue blazer with multiple pocket flaps and brass buttons on the cuffs. Brutus trimfit shirts. Either Salatio box tops or royals to go out at night. Levi 501 jeans and fred Perry tops with a 501 denim jacket in the day with 8 hole doc martens. Half inch hair cut with sideburns. Hung out at the pied bull in Islington😂😂😂

[@hopebgood]

Me and my London mates were definitely punks back in the early 80's but we wore whatever the hell we liked. I remember I used to mix up some light blue sta prests with tatty old Italian para boots from the army surplus shop in Woolwich with Ben Sherman shirts and a sprayed leather jacket. My mates wore equally mixed up shit and we got on fine with the local non-racist skins in our part of SE London. We were all mates. It was just a laugh. And we all listened to an equally wide variety of music.

[@terryh9684]

Splash bleach 501’s 14 hole docks red braces white t-shirt and denim jacket in the week and dress smart for the weekend.43 years later still do being a skinhead is away of life 👍🏻

[@lennoxcarlisle4742]

No bounds

[@ranger8575]

Smartest mob going

[@joehart7260]

At school in London in the late 60s they were not even called skinheads to start with, we knew them as The Hards, pronounced "Thee Ards."

[@grahamknight4597]

No mention of squire shoes with blackeys,came out before loafers.

[@fatboydon]

Like I say in the title script Graham, these are just some of the items. There are many more as people keep pointing out, but this all started from a quick look in my wardrobe one wet afternoon! I wish I could add the smell of Brut to it too!!

[@ianstewart5297]

Musics better then the clobber.

[@fatboydon]

Lasts longer to!

[@haxio17]

No, both good

[@annettestorch6935]

I love that styl i was joung i rememer me for dj‘s they Play ska music for girls they are a Winnie for sharp skins for Punks they hear the same music i Go with a friend for me to Conzert in hamburg by uncle Otto we hear die Frauenärzte and we Rock for 5 german Mark one Night Long for ska and legalize what we found in Peace of a Heart but all in Peace and Freedom but the haven is for us i‘m a Child for the see my dad is a Kapitän over all sees from the World we all together for worker in the haven and i froh up in the near for the eastcoast….every Time we hear music all a round the World every Time is Playing the Radio i have good remeber for al this Time and love and liked very mutch…..❤❤❤

[@houmm08]

Bless Jamaica 🇯🇲 the treasure isle

[@AJ-xr5tj]

I have these songs on LP

[@fatboydon]

Listen to them often and let the memories of your youth flood back. Awesome sounds of yesteryear!

[@Millwall77]

A J: These songs have been on like every Trojan compilation for the last 25 years, and god knows how many other labels that have licensed them to use on compilations-probably hundreds. So having these on vinyl isnt exacly an achievement 😉

[@fatboydon]

@@Millwall77 🤣🤣🤣

[@lonsdalebelt9689]

levi staypress

[@difficultkunt4050]

0:07I was wearing my dads ballbag.. was born in 75.😊😂

[@fatboydon]

🤣🤣🤣 and rocking it no doubt

[@GrandadsWorkshop5252]

Great vid anyone know where I can get loafers shown at 1.42 only seem to be able to get OAP loafers these deals. Thanks in advance.

[@fatboydon]

www.mazeys.co.uk/products/delicious-junction-black-rudeboy-all-leather-mod-ska-loafers-shoes?variant=23076220731492&currency=GBP&gclid=CjwKCAjw9uKIBhA8EiwAYPUS3O9o-NmMhHV9736Z4EuOZ81lSxu6dt8ULOy77-puhuKpk9zEm8H0ABoC5kEQAvD_BwE

[@GrandadsWorkshop5252]

@@fatboydon Perfect many thanks friend.

[@hansmoser989]

was that time in 80´s were punks and skins realised that were in one boat which may be crash some time. h.m.

[@kennethperry5500]

Nope these were original skins nothing like ill mannered punks

[@kopynd1]

punks were from the usa, and in britan they were called greasers. back in the late 50s, after the northern soul era, everything stopped no more fashion r gud music after 74

[@user-gq1sh4kf4w]

Punks had totally different music.

[@DAVIDSMITH-xs8bx]

@@kennethperry5500 Yes, thread is about the spirit of 1969, not fakes from the 80's, I'm 70 this year, I was there.

[@haxio17]

​@@user-gq1sh4kf4wPunks listened to loads of different music, also Reggae etc

[@tartan4turnups]

strap and buckle riders?

[@malcolmcog]

I had a pair of Wranglers jeans that I put in a bucket of bleach to fade them, went well with my cherry red Doc Martens

[@johnmcdermott2542]

Check out skamouth I go every year its great most of the skinheads are naturally bald now lol but good music live bands ska is for life

[@justintime1307]

I find it satisfying that after my Fred Perry and Ben Sherman days of the 70s going into silly days of the casual scene of the 80/90s that I'm now board silly of the Armani, Hugo Boss and other related clothes that I am now settling back into my skinhead style in older age. No pretence or other bullshit, just simple British style at it best. Damn were monkey boots not hard to find in a store though. Where's best for authentic era footwear these days?

[@fatboydon]

Try these guys: www.adaptorclothing.com/footwear/. I agree, we’ve probably all moved through some changes but I to still love the basics in my little film. I can afford more than one pair of DMs nowadays to lol!

[@waltjabsco9338]

Solovair do some fantastic monkey boots.

[@justintime1307]

@@fatboydon I love the DMs. My daughter has started wearing the boots skin tight Levis and pinched a couple of pairs of my braces. The price they are these days isn't an issue, not when DMs last for years literally

[@justintime1307]

@@waltjabsco9338 many thanks, got the wife picking up a pair of eight eye oxblood boots for my birthday. That's another colour I'd not seen in years 😉

[@waltjabsco9338]

@@justintime1307 I've got the oxbloods as well. A bit stiff at first around the ankles, but after a month or so once the leather has softened up they are smashing boots, ideal for UK winter. Then in the spring and summer some of their Gibsons or loafers.

[@derekfinch268]

All good but not the wide braces or mod shoes

[@TroijanSkinhead]

LONG BEACH SKINHEADS CALIFAS 💪 ⛱ Y-QUE

[@haxio17]

How did skinheads actually see the older teds ?

[@fatboydon]

There are a lot of similarities in cult groups; most notably their fashion, music preference, social status, and each is iconic. Each, eaking out a futuristic stance and moving their "brand" forward. All much easier today, which what makes looking at the images of yesteryear in the papers and magazines so interesting. Skin fashion was my era, still love it and reggae music is a key part of my life!

[@gizzingaj2701]

To think nowadays supposedly you look cool in a hoodie ! Strange really strange

[@haxio17]

We already wore hoodies in the 70s

[@kopynd1]

that was ok but u could of choice the original at the end

[@teddybear9029]

This is what the youth of today lack identity! All this kids today look like poxy clones.

[@fatboydon]

Clones with no style!

[@haxio17]

Actually styled like my generation, all eras and cultures we grew up in WHAT !!!!!!!!

[@BergerakBerontak-ob3po]

😆😆😆😆ouhgt dia ngambil nada nya dari sini😆😆😆😆

[@haxio17]

What

[@davidcullen1956]

their were no skinsheads in the 60's/70's

[@fatboydon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqoqYqYes18h7s. Figment of our imagination then!

[@vespasuper150]

What ?? plenty of photo's to show your wrong in any good book on the subject. Also newspaper articles exist about fights between gangs of skinheads and bikers....in late 60's & 70's.

[@70tezskin]

It is best for you to know your facts before you post, mate. Go and have a good read about the history of skinheads going back to the late 60s. I was a Skinhead in the late 60s Early 70s era.Lots of memories. Great times. Skinheads Life Would Never Be The Same.

[@haxio17]

Lol i was born in London when Skinhead came up Definitely a thing

[@helenmarquez9309]

This is skinhead music!! Get over it hente!!

[@francescoquiligotti9603]

Disarmantl

[@chrisparker6886]

Almost everything ……. Where were the Crombies with the coloured pocket handkerchiefs ??

[@fatboydon]

Left it round me Nan’s with me Harrington😂

[@mikaelgarletti8210]

come))