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Quote[/b] (TrueBlue @ Mar. 14 2005,17:23)]
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Quote[/b] ] I certainly don't remember the lads from the early 80s being that concerned about fashion ...
Before my time Mike but from some of the books I have read Fashion side of things started in the 80s thats just from what I read brands like Fila and Lacoste which are every day anybodys gear!
so many people now with stone island on give it time and somthing new will take its place!
The reason people switched to "casual attire", hence the name, was that in the late 70's early 80's many of the lads involved in trouble were skins. The old bill easily clocked onto the uniform, fligh jackets, cropped hair, DM's etc and could easily identify who was likely to start trouble.
The Stone Island, Paul & Shark, Burberry, Aquascutum brigade are no different from the skins in the past. They are easily identifiable and the police only have to look for the uniform to keep a lid on things.
I've got no objection to the CS lads having fun with their counterparts across the country but please do us a couple of favours.
1.) Ditch the uniform for a more individual look, maybe write to Trinny & Susannah at the BBC to see if they can give you a makeover.