tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post5067392368968138388..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: The Decade That Fashion Forgot?Steerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-21842558244163616962013-01-10T22:52:22.860+00:002013-01-10T22:52:22.860+00:00They were called Skinners because they were made b...They were called Skinners because they were made by a company called Skinners, like Levis are called Levis! Simple, really!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-12098233778691544782010-09-19T13:23:45.151+00:002010-09-19T13:23:45.151+00:00Martin - Peter Wyngarde was another influence, unt...Martin - Peter Wyngarde was another influence, until his sad demise in a <br />gentelmen's public convenience.<br /><br />On the subject of aftershave, did you wear Hi-Karate?Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-66580140449328728522010-09-18T15:26:16.108+00:002010-09-18T15:26:16.108+00:00Those wide turn-ups and platform shoes were a leth...Those wide turn-ups and platform shoes were a lethal combination, esp. on stairs.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-62722740212737668052010-09-18T09:57:22.455+00:002010-09-18T09:57:22.455+00:00In the 70s ‘skinners’ were a style of jeans. Why e...In the 70s ‘skinners’ were a style of jeans. Why exactly they were called ‘skinners’ I have no idea because they were, as was the fashion of the time, wide-legged. They also had enormous turn-ups, 5" or 6" and I wanted a pair. I talked my dad into getting me a new pair of jeans but he refused to let me have turn-ups bigger than 1" and I felt such a tube wearing them. The 70s was the only time in my life I ever attempted to be fashionable. When the style changed and everything went skinny my girlfriend bullied me into getting an outfit that was more up-to-date but no sooner did I put it all on than she realised what a mistake she had made. There was no way I could pull it off. I was far too broad. I looked a right tube. <br /><br />‘Tube’ by the way is a state/condition that my present wife has a standing instruction to watch out for and never to let me out of the house looking like one. Not that she’s exactly sure what qualifies. It also took me ages to get her to say the word right. She an American and wants to say ‘toob’ but that’s so not right: it’s ‘chewb’ and I hate looking like one.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-72481038662151211512010-09-18T07:47:55.369+00:002010-09-18T07:47:55.369+00:00Ideally, the looks of ABC with the sound of ELP (I...Ideally, the looks of ABC with the sound of ELP (I love a bit of Hammond Organ-based Prog Rock).Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-34864235349479214682010-09-18T00:35:12.094+00:002010-09-18T00:35:12.094+00:00Like you I came of age in the 'eighties... tho...Like you I came of age in the 'eighties... though I was happy, <i>very</i> happy, that punk had put paid to wide lapels. Somehow I knew that in the early years of the 21st century ABC would trump ELP in terms of looks... in much the same way <i>The Lexicon of Love</i> trumps <i>Brain Salad Surgery</i>.<br /><br />Or am I wrong?Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-10526194724099467302010-09-17T22:10:58.191+00:002010-09-17T22:10:58.191+00:00Ah, but if you want the quality skirt, it doesn...Ah, but if you want the quality skirt, it doesn't respond to lines from The Sweeney! ;- )The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-33960448058963721242010-09-17T21:00:49.011+00:002010-09-17T21:00:49.011+00:00Hmm, that suit reminds me of my wedding day. Thank...Hmm, that suit reminds me of my wedding day. Thanks for that. I got measured up for it at <b>John Temple</b>, where all the salesmen bore a spooky resemblance to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wyngarde" rel="nofollow">Peter Wyngarde</a>.<br /><br />The girls I knew, only wanted to party and have a good time, and my reading of 'The Female Eunuch' was delayed for some years. By which time, it was too late to round them all up and apologise for my appalling chat-up lines. Still, something worked. Maybe it was the Fabergé after-shave?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-70804963770866159122010-09-17T20:49:15.405+00:002010-09-17T20:49:15.405+00:00wacky and very funny except is it because I'm ...wacky and very funny except is it because I'm old or is it because I'm American that I don't know what The Sweeny is???sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.com