I’m not generally a fan of the ‘Purp, but earlier stuff like this I can tolerate more, and i must say they do look fine. Bouffant hair, orange satin Knickerbocker trousers, and Hugh Hefner in the middle of it when he wasn’t QUITE such a creep.
Style guides for then forthcoming party season welcomed.
Years after Yves Saint Laurent’s coup, safari jackets are making a come back , get ready!
Kenneth Kaunda aproves of this.
With the autumnal chill setting in, I`m following Midge Ures sartorial choice….
Or the seventies:s tuxedo?
Why does long hair with skinny jeans look awful, and also short back and sides with bellbottoms? Is it just a matter of tradition or more a matter of shape and proportion, I wonder?
Similarly, I have worked with people who wear a tie with jeans. I have also known those who would wear a tie with a leather jacket.
There are even some, I believe, who would wear gloves with a blazer.
In the 1970s I worked as a taxi driver in Cape Town, and there was a law that cab drivers had to wear a tie. You could actually be fined by a cop if you were caught driving without one (as I was once). So some of the guys used to wear a tie with shorts and flip-flops in summer, because of course you couldn’t see the lower half from outside the car. You could even appear quite smart like that.
I wish Neilo would come back and tell me what a peacoat is and what you wear it with. Is it an Irish thing?
A peacoat is classic double-breasted outerwear of seagoing types. Usually navy blue in colour with large lapels and collar and three quarters in length.
If you have ever watched the rather marvellous BBC series “Shetland” you will have seen the character played by Douglas Henshall sporting an example in many scenes.
I own one myself. It’s about ten years old now and as warm and comfortable as the day my late wife bought it for me. They are one of those magical garments that actually improve with the wear that only much use can impart.
Sounds great.
A greatcoat was often worn to Prog concerts. Easily identified even before the wearer came into view from the stench of patchouli oil that proceeded his (it was ALWAYS a he) appearance.*
*See also Afghans.
Oh I remember those only too well. I even had an Afghan at one stage. I bought one in London — it was somewhat smelly — and brought it back to Cape Town, where I could never wear it again because it was too hot even in the middle of winter. Never had a greatcoat though, they always looked too dull and military to me.
I had a greatcoat that I loved and wore non-stop for several years – it was a Women’s Royal Army Corps one, with bust darts, bosoms for the accommodation of, in a fetching shade of green. It got stolen, unfortunately, along with the Mini it was left in. I always maintained it was the coat they were after.
Back in the day it was a second-hand Crombie.
I wrestled it out of the gnarled hands of an ancient Valkyrie crone at a jumble sale.
I wore it for years.
It cost me 25p.
Needless to say I used to draw pitying looks at Yes concerts.
You went to Yes concerts?!!
I pity you.
I’ve seen Supertramp too………………………………………………….
…….they were shite.
No surprise there, then.
Oi you two! A love a bit of whiny middle class angst and Crime of the Century fulfills that need.
I too had a crombie 20p if I recall correctly.
Afghans there you go.
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Oddly enough without looking at the name on the clip I thought it was Ian Brown – never knowingly properly dressed.