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although its not my personal taste in clothing now ! , i did it , i see the young people in their massive trousers , circle skirts etc , can you remember what it was like ? getting the uniform ready to go to an allnighter , creases in the trousers you could shave with . Their passion for the music or scene in general is wonderful to see , their outfits are a loud shout to say "this is what i am into and i love it "

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Each to their own Steve, I can't make comments on what folk wear because I don't look too good in anything {porky Paddy} but could you not say technology has moved on and why do folk keep playing music on record players.

Hi Paddy

I've been trying to get my CD's to play on record players but the grooves seem to shallow :dash2:

Steve

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Couldn't care less what people wear that's their choice , baggies are not my cup of tea and if I'm honest I always thought they were a bit naff even in the 70s and there were plenty of us who didn't wear them but if folks want to wear them why not - I wouldn't want anyone telling me what I could or couldn't wear.

Cheers

Manus

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In the 8ts, when flare groove was at it height and the 70's seemed to have a peverse apeal to rail against the ubercool look of , 2nd hand 501's, capper DM's, and MA1's, the 'wigan look' had its appeal. For me now it just reveals an anti fashion aproach, of many who clearly just wish it was 1975 again, some 7ts clothes look great and for me it was an era of great style for a few and ugly lumpen garments for the many, the Wigan vest's bags and hoop skirts is defiatly part of the later.

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Guest Byrney

I find it a bit rich that anyone who's into music from more than 40 years ago can criticise people for wearing old fashioned clothes :elvis::D

It's not about old fashioned clothes, it's about a particular look.

In my view the nostalgia scene baggy look does not stand the test of time as a look (unlike say Mod, Casual, Suedes, all 'old fashioned'') and looks incredibly poor on today's nostalgia crowd ( just my view, sorry if some don't like it but it isn't going to change).

I like today's music too, so am I ok to have an opinion ;)

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Guest nubes

You don't have to have them made , companies still sell them like this one !

https://www.soulclobb...og/Trouser.html

I just choked at the price of the trousers :ohmy: ...the last time baggies was sold was only a tenner back then...i loved if one is over a certain waist size that yer had to add an extra tenner!!!! :lol: Delxxxxxx

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Not keen on the dressing up bit. I don't think too many people can pull it off today. As someone else said, it kind of looks like an extreme caricature. But each to their own. Live and let live.

By the way, here's an advert for some originals. I think I've got a blank order form from the Casino somewhere.

Cheers

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I didn't get into soul till I was 17, but wore 3 button waistband Birmingham and Oxford bags and vests and three star jumpers with 5 inch ribbing, tank top and cardi twin sets (remember those!!) etc from 73 to 77 until I discovered punk, everyone I knew did - they were just the clothes of the period that everyone wore !! But I do remember that bags felt brilliant to play football in ! The flow and swish as you ran down the wing felt great and looking at old clips of Wigan dancers it really does make good footwork look graceful in a way that drainpipes just don't. So maybe that's what people find appealling about wearing them ?

IMO of course !

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Sorry, folks, but it´s really sad slagging some young uns off about what kind of clothes they think are cool.

Still remember being young some :wicked: years ago and begging to differ in clobber and musical choice.

Ok, I don´t wear 10 hole Rangers anymore nowadays, but loved them back then :lol:

So, to cut it short, if your british youngsters think that´s cool and they start rejuvenating the british scene with most folks being 40+ish why the f... do you have to mourn?

All imho, of course...

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I just choked at the price of the trousers :ohmy: ...the last time baggies was sold was only a tenner back then...i loved if one is over a certain waist size that yer had to add an extra tenner!!!! :lol: Delxxxxxx

There's a lot more material required now a days due to "Inflation" LoL
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Guest Droylsdonian

Let teh kids do whatever they are comfortable with. They will do it anyway, so relax you Nazis!

Personally, I just wear regular clothes to go to NS dos - teh sort of gear I go to teh pub in.

There are some rather frightening aspects to many of teh folk I have met since I came back on teh scene, just after last Xmas.

Not least of which is their psychotic belief that they 'own it'.

Be assured that there are many more of us still underground , where I think I'll go back to, collecting & listening.

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Surely this is about taste ? most of us all have different tastes in music even though we all call it northern soul

it spans a long period of time so why can't people dress acording to the period they enjoyed the most ?

Not for me , but neither is some of the music under our umbrella , but i'm not going to knock them

Yes Mickey your right this is about Taste"BAD TASTE".!

This fashion for Baggy pants and circle skirts is in "my" opinion a very sad reflection of the scene today.

Most of the people wearing this gear are returnees or new comers. Most soulies I know evolved with the fashion of the day

Although men still wear parallels in style.

I agree people can wear whatever they like but just why "Adults" would want to dress this way is way beyond me .!!

Outsiders must think it's fancy dress.? o.k. it is Fancy Dress.!!

& no we dont all call it Northern Soul, I call Modern MODERN.!r&b R&B,house HOUSE etc etc.

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Most of the people wearing this gear are returnees or new comers. Most soulies I know evolved with the fashion of the day

Although men still wear parallels in style.

This is the post I've been waiting for. It's the same on any scene... You can spot those who've lived it straight through from those who've just come back:

They expect it to be exactly how they left it. We see it all over the scooter scene - the lifelong mods look so much better than the returnees due to a practiced sense of buying style, instead of just catalogue shopping and the new skins wearing turned up jeans and knee high boots compared to the more restrained skins who've never been away,

The other side of the coin is that of youngsters who discover the scene and the only reference material they can easily find of the dress 'code' dates back largely to Wigan.

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Guest miss nancy

Actually they said they do:

"...the apparel oft proclaims the man." - Polonius in Hamlet

Which is why I always wear Primark. :thumbsup:

I actually lol 'd at my desk to this :)

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I wear owt that fits me these days, but hopefully i'll be back into my 501s slim fit when i stop the w/end binge drinking :dash2:

Sod giving up the drinking Just chuck the 501's and buy some tracky botts :D
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All I know is I'm not as slim & good looking as I once was and Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.

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All I know is I'm not as slim & good looking as I once was and Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.

The older you get

The less people want to get into your pants LoL

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I remember feeling the need to wear patent leather shoes to a St Ives nighter many moons ago. I never went for Spencers & beer towels, but that look never bothered me and I'd go so far as to say I'm glad there were and still are those types about.

A Soul Sourcer's signature once read 'don't criticise a man for his trousers'..

Those of us who don't go for the Spencers look can still be found in our more low key uniform of Levis, Ben Sherman shirts and Loakes loafers/brogues ... :)

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an afterthought. why not get a retro look going along the lines of "those who refused to tow the line 71-74 a la tony jebb and colin curtis'. there'll be massive run on crushed velvet pants, cheesecloth shirts and chelsea boots, I'll bet.

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an afterthought. why not get a retro look going along the lines of "those who refused to tow the line 71-74 a la tony jebb and colin curtis'. there'll be massive run on crushed velvet pants, cheesecloth shirts and chelsea boots, I'll bet.

So now you're having a go at my usual 'going out' gear...?

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Guest Dave Turner

Not keen on the dressing up bit. I don't think too many people can pull it off today. As someone else said, it kind of looks like an extreme caricature. But each to their own. Live and let live.

By the way, here's an advert for some originals. I think I've got a blank order form from the Casino somewhere.

Cheers

40" bottoms FFS

I got 27" inside leg . can you imagine :lol::rofl:

No, not for me but can appreciate why they were considered essential wear for Casino :D

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This is the post I've been waiting for. It's the same on any scene... You can spot those who've lived it straight through from those who've just come back:

They expect it to be exactly how they left it. We see it all over the scooter scene - the lifelong mods look so much better than the returnees due to a practiced sense of buying style, instead of just catalogue shopping and the new skins wearing turned up jeans and knee high boots compared to the more restrained skins who've never been away,

The other side of the coin is that of youngsters who discover the scene and the only reference material they can easily find of the dress 'code' dates back largely to Wigan.

How I see it is there was no "dress code" at Wigan but I could understand for youngsters watching the only existing footage that it might appear that way. I think for most of us of our generation it's been about evolving styles as other posters have mentioned - I wouldn't have dreamed of wearing the Harrington or Crombie that I was wearing in 1970/71 in say 1974 although I liked both in their day and thought they were the dogs. Nor would I I have worn the high waisters or bowling shirts I wore in 73/74 later in 75 as it was about pegged trousers then for me and visits to shops like What the Dickens in Shepards Bush market - which was the best shop in the country in my opinion for trousers around 75/76 and frequented a lot by Soul fans. But I agree with Mak's point the music is the most important thing and again for some it's been about evolution - enjoying the great records of the past but still having a thirst for the new and I guess it's no surprise that those who still carry the original ethos of discovering new sounds mostly dress in a contemporary style.

As I said earlier I think it's about personal choice and even though in my opinion baggie trousers have always looked naff if someone wants to wear them then fair play it doesn't hurt me. But I do get a bit narked that this is seen as some sort of uniform when they were only worn by some and for a short period in the history of allnighters.

Cheers

Manus

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That aside the original post is on about the scene in general , or that is how I've read it .

Reread the original post and you´re right, I think he had a dig about the "oldies" in seventies gear.

Read the whole thread yesterday so maybe the pics of some youngsters and the related posts put me on the wrong track....

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Guest Matt Male

All I know is I'm not as slim & good looking as I once was and Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.

:lol:

I was thinking If I looked down I probably couldn't even see the edges of a pair of 12" bottoms :P

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Just exactly what did they have in mind would happen when wearing this gear?

To get funkified ...Mo Fo... :D ....ha ah ahaaaa... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ..Delxxxxxxx

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