Casuals: Football, Fighting & Fashion: The Story of a Terrace Cult
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1903854148 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good but not as centered around fashion as you would think. Not sure what to think about this one. It was OK but centered around Manchester and Liverpool and not the early years of Casual but the 80's. Decent book but not a focused on fashion as it leads one to believe.. Book is OK hammerhead I think there are better football/hooligan style books out there. Like I said it is OK, good history of the fashion and how fast it was moving through the fans at the time, but doesn't really keep you locked in. I can put it down and pick it up later without feeling like I am missing it.. Five Stars Darren Davis 10/10.
They were known as scallies, Perry Booys, trendies and dressers. But by the late Seventies, a new youth fashion had appeared in Britain. It is the definitive book for football, music and fashion obsessives alike.. And this grassroots phenomenon, largely ignored by the media, was to change the face of both British fashion and international style. First came the Teds, the the Mods, Rockers, Hippies, Skinheads, Suedeheads and Punks. But the name that stuck was Casuals. Its adherents were often linked to violent football gangs, wore designer sportswear and made the bootboys of previous years look like the dinosaurs they were. Casuals recounts how the working-class fascination with sharp dressing a