Comments on: Kings of Vintage: British street style – skinheads http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/ The online magazine for vintage lovers Wed, 16 May 2012 08:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: welliedanger http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/#comment-2822 welliedanger Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:02:38 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=4776#comment-2822 no mention of scooters/scooterist scene. also, a former article mentioned the rockers, but there was no mention here of the famous riffs with the mods/skins? otherwise, a very solid article! it's too bad there aren't more articles on the forefront akin to this one. no mention of scooters/scooterist scene. also, a former article mentioned the rockers, but there was no mention here of the famous riffs with the mods/skins? otherwise, a very solid article! it’s too bad there aren’t more articles on the forefront akin to this one.

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By: Tommo http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/#comment-2816 Tommo Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:02:46 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=4776#comment-2816 @Bix Belanger - Nonsense! I was a 1960s skinhead in SE London. I was an anarchist and anti-fascist, and had run-ins with the NF. Some of my skinhead mates were black, and most of my white skinhead mates couldn't have given a James Clark Ross about politics! (Yeah, but don't let the facts spoil a good prejudice, right?) @Bix Belanger – Nonsense! I was a 1960s skinhead in SE London. I was an anarchist and anti-fascist, and had run-ins with the NF. Some of my skinhead mates were black, and most of my white skinhead mates couldn’t have given a James Clark Ross about politics! (Yeah, but don’t let the facts spoil a good prejudice, right?)

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By: bigbyrd http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/#comment-2516 bigbyrd Sat, 29 May 2010 16:45:39 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=4776#comment-2516 Good to see an accurate and well-detailed article that focuses not on sensational aspects of the movement but on the stylistic elements of traditional skinheads. In relation to the comments above (Bix Belanger) - the images in this article are very typical of traditional skinheads (ie those who are influenced by the early movement, roots reggae, northern soul and rude boy culture). As a traditional, non-racist (SHARP) skinhead I myself wear white laces and braces - the colour associations you refer to are outdated and largely a myth. If you look at further photography by Gavin Wilson you will see a number of similar images of trads, both black and white dressed like the two young males pictured. Contemporary skinheads distance themselves from the aforementioned 'neo-fascists' which soured the scene in the 90s. I only hope people are gradually able to make a distinction between these two very different social groups and appreciate the subculture's unique style and culture. Good to see an accurate and well-detailed article that focuses not on sensational aspects of the movement but on the stylistic elements of traditional skinheads.

In relation to the comments above (Bix Belanger) – the images in this article are very typical of traditional skinheads (ie those who are influenced by the early movement, roots reggae, northern soul and rude boy culture). As a traditional, non-racist (SHARP) skinhead I myself wear white laces and braces – the colour associations you refer to are outdated and largely a myth. If you look at further photography by Gavin Wilson you will see a number of similar images of trads, both black and white dressed like the two young males pictured.
Contemporary skinheads distance themselves from the aforementioned ‘neo-fascists’ which soured the scene in the 90s. I only hope people are gradually able to make a distinction between these two very different social groups and appreciate the subculture’s unique style and culture.

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By: Bix Belanger http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/#comment-2490 Bix Belanger Wed, 26 May 2010 04:38:13 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=4776#comment-2490 Not to my liking at all. Unless you represent the Two-Tone Skinheads...this is nothing but fascist propaganda. The girl in the first picture is wearing white laces on her Doc's...in many circles a symbol of white pride. The two boys on the next page are represented in the 'unifrom of the NF. A rascist and neo-nazi group. This is terrible that you would even consider this as an article worth publication. If this is the direction you are taking please take me off your email list. I lived in London during the rise of these neo-fascists and will not tolerate their presence in something I hold so sacrosanct. Not to my liking at all. Unless you represent the Two-Tone Skinheads…this is nothing but fascist propaganda. The girl in the first picture is wearing white laces on her Doc’s…in many circles a symbol of white pride. The two boys on the next page are represented in the ‘unifrom of the NF. A rascist and neo-nazi group. This is terrible that you would even consider this as an article worth publication. If this is the direction you are taking please take me off your email list. I lived in London during the rise of these neo-fascists and will not tolerate their presence in something I hold so sacrosanct.

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By: kevie http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/#comment-2489 kevie Wed, 26 May 2010 03:35:56 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=4776#comment-2489 Excellent history, esp. for those of us in the US where the Skinhead culture has been totally misrepresented. Plus, a great look at real working-class style. Thanx! Excellent history, esp. for those of us in the US where the Skinhead culture has been totally misrepresented. Plus, a great look at real working-class style. Thanx!

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By: Emma Priest (2little Birds) http://www.queensofvintage.com/british-street-style-skinheads/#comment-2486 Emma Priest (2little Birds) Tue, 25 May 2010 13:50:20 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=4776#comment-2486 Really love this article, always great to view vintage from a different perspective! Really love this article, always great to view vintage from a different perspective!

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