When we were into it and still are the clobber always came first ....

Not now as long you as you have a neck tattoo or palm tattoo your made

Seen a clown walk in tonight a pair of shoes a somalian wouldn’t put on but he had the right tattoos shocking man

The thing that's always mystified me is in a culture steeped in getting 'the next thing (brand)' how some brands have stayed in fashion for a longer term. Particularly when quality isn't the main driver. I can get something like Paul and shark staying the course.... understated, good quality, MII.... but some of the others? Not given the alternatives now available.
As for haircut it's now just another part of the whole gentrification scene. Tone I think the big change is just that it's another area where pricing is exploited. Hair was always a big thing but we didn't have to pay over the odds for it. Now that market is seen as virtually as big as the female one. Id say the younger gen now on match days is somewhere between old school hoolie brands to made In Chelsea style penny. Loafer spray on chinos...etc.... don't see many young lads wearing a styling I look at and think 'well done son. That's smart. And different. And well put together'. Too easy to slap on si skinny jeans etc....

Unlike our day where exclusivity was easier without the internet half the fun was seeking out something off piste. Now before you get something home it has been discussed and dissected online and available to everyone.

How I long to go back to shops such as Bizarre, Cecil Gee, Cruise (pre fat mike), Buzzini and the like.

You just don’t need to work hard for it now, I mean you can’t get “taxed” by Hibs on the internet whilst trying to get your threads home.

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Unlike our day where exclusivity was easier without the internet half the fun was seeking out something off piste. Now before you get something home it has been discussed and dissected online and available to everyone.

How I long to go back to shops such as Bizarre, Cecil Gee, Cruise (pre fat mike), Buzzini and the like.

You just don’t need to work hard for it now, I mean you can’t get “taxed” by Hibs on the internet whilst trying to get your threads home.

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The kids now just copy each other , instead of trying to wear something that all your mates haven't got. The Nike air trainers they wear now are fucking hideous!

I refuse to pay more than a tenner for my Barnet to be trimmed, and you can fuck off with the hot towel carry on an all.

I reckon my mrs pays around 100 a month or every 6 weeks at least on her Barnet as some of your Mrs wil as well, it’s fucking ridiculous

Pay £8 at the local barbers for me barnet, usually trim me own beard but every know and again I grow Anglo Saxon style then have it trimmed at a trendy joint in town which is £18 with a beer thrown in....

As for the kids, Stevie pretty much summed it up

8 quid for me. Hitting problems though as always too busy and normally haven't time to wait. I get mine shaved every week. Tried a place near work this week. It's ok but not sure it's a long term solution. Funny thing is.... for literally getting your Barney shaved as close to the wood without just leaving skin appears to be a complex given the variety of lengths I get left with. Surely it's not that difficult. If it doesn't leave pure skin like a mac3 would but is the tightest you've got.... then that's it!
T my bro loved the old Turk routine... even singed his ear hairs off as well!

15 for the doo and 5 tip.

Had a discussion wae a boy in work and he said when he went intae Glasgow wae his pals over Christmas for the sales the awe bought the same gear. No individuality at all.

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8 quid for me. Hitting problems though as always too busy and normally haven't time to wait. I get mine shaved every week. Tried a place near work this week. It's ok but not sure it's a long term solution. Funny thing is.... for literally getting your Barney shaved as close to the wood without just leaving skin appears to be a complex given the variety of lengths I get left with. Surely it's not that difficult. If it doesn't leave pure skin like a mac3 would but is the tightest you've got.... then that's it!
T my bro loved the old Turk routine... even singed his ear hairs off as well!

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Mate, you've got to try it, your face feels like a freshly shaven fanny.

You'll find yourself stroking your face with your left hand whilst playing pocket billiards with your right!

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The kids these days never look smart to much influence from TV no style no swagger no individuality.. looking like you haven’t tried is the goal, “init”

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It's a different game to what most of us started out on I think, when we got into it there was no such thing as social media and the mainstream media didn't have a clue which helped keep it interesting and fresh.
Unfortunately football culture as we know/ knew it is pretty much dead so it's hard for the youngsters to keep things fresh especially when in some ways it's already been done before etc.

The other thing is that when we were younger blokes in their 50s and 60s dressed like old men ( or teddy boys god forbid ), nowadays older lads probably spend as much as the youngsters

More fashion over style and brands everyone is wearing or wants...
I pay 5 to 6 pound for my haircut and started to trim my own beard recently...
Wearing ankle socks or no socks in Winter baffles me!

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The thing that's always mystified me is in a culture steeped in getting 'the next thing (brand)' how some brands have stayed in fashion for a longer term. Particularly when quality isn't the main driver. I can get something like Paul and shark staying the course.... understated, good quality, MII.... but some of the others? Not given the alternatives now available.
As for haircut it's now just another part of the whole gentrification scene. Tone I think the big change is just that it's another area where pricing is exploited. Hair was always a big thing but we didn't have to pay over the odds for it. Now that market is seen as virtually as big as the female one. Id say the younger gen now on match days is somewhere between old school hoolie brands to made In Chelsea style penny. Loafer spray on chinos...etc.... don't see many young lads wearing a styling I look at and think 'well done son. That's smart. And different. And well put together'. Too easy to slap on si skinny jeans etc....

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The thing that's always mystified me is in a culture steeped in getting 'the next thing (brand)' how some brands have stayed in fashion for a longer term. Particularly when quality isn't the main driver. I can get something like Paul and shark staying the course.... understated, good quality, MII.... but some of the others? Not given the alternatives now available.
As for haircut it's now just another part of the whole gentrification scene. Tone I think the big change is just that it's another area where pricing is exploited. Hair was always a big thing but we didn't have to pay over the odds for it. Now that market is seen as virtually as big as the female one. Id say the younger gen now on match days is somewhere between old school hoolie brands to made In Chelsea style penny. Loafer spray on chinos...etc.... don't see many young lads wearing a styling I look at and think 'well done son. That's smart. And different. And well put together'. Too easy to slap on si skinny jeans etc....

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The thing that elevated the 'casual' subculture above all other youth cultures imo was the constant evolution of styles. All other subcultures have a uniform and it never evolves but this was different. And then along came Stone Island and that was that. It became a uniform and to see young lads wearing it is proof that the scene is dead.

There were still people dressing as Teds in the 70s & 80s and they looked fucking ridiculous Seeing an eighteen year old in Stone Island nowadays is not much different tbh. It's never cool to dress the same as your old man!

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The thing that's always mystified me is in a culture steeped in getting 'the next thing (brand)' how some brands have stayed in fashion for a longer term. Particularly when quality isn't the main driver. I can get something like Paul and shark staying the course.... understated, good quality, MII.... but some of the others? Not given the alternatives now available.
As for haircut it's now just another part of the whole gentrification scene. Tone I think the big change is just that it's another area where pricing is exploited. Hair was always a big thing but we didn't have to pay over the odds for it. Now that market is seen as virtually as big as the female one. Id say the younger gen now on match days is somewhere between old school hoolie brands to made In Chelsea style penny. Loafer spray on chinos...etc.... don't see many young lads wearing a styling I look at and think 'well done son. That's smart. And different. And well put together'. Too easy to slap on si skinny jeans etc....

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The thing that elevated the 'casual' subculture above all other youth cultures imo was the constant evolution of styles. All other subcultures have a uniform and it never evolves but this was different. And then along came Stone Island and that was that. It became a uniform and to see young lads wearing it is proof that the scene is dead.

There were still people dressing as Teds in the 70s & 80s and they looked fucking ridiculous Seeing an eighteen year old in Stone Island nowadays is not much different tbh. It's never cool to dress the same as your old man!

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