Skinhead Culture

The Skinhead Fashion. 

• A grade two or three closely-shaved head for men and a Mod-style short feather cut for girls.
• The Ben Sherman trend prevailed from mod fashion with button-down, gingham shirts. The size of the check denoted your place in the gang - the larger the check the more authority you had in the group.
• Sta-Prest slacks and jeans were the choice of trousers and many skinheads would sit in a bath of water with their shrink-to-fit Levi 501 jeans to get the extreme skinny-legged look.
• Jeans were inevitably tucked into a pair of Dr Martens boot.
• The look was completed with a pair of braces and a trilby or pork pie hat

Skinheads are members of a subculture this firs started in the 1960s in London. In late 1970s the Skinhead look became associated with inner-city racism. The movement began from an interest in working-class values and the sharp styles of Jamaican rude boys and British mods. Over time, skinhead style and politics grown and become popular in the 1970s.