Casuals

Football, Fighting and Fashion: The Story of a Terrace Cult

Nonfiction, Sports, Football (Soccer), Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Sociology
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Author: Phil Thornton ISBN: 1230000203310
Publisher: Milo Books Ltd Publication: December 17, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Phil Thornton
ISBN: 1230000203310
Publisher: Milo Books Ltd
Publication: December 17, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

First came the Teds, then the Mods, Rockers, Hippies, Skinheads, Suedeheads and Punks. But by the late Seventies, a new youth fashion had appeared in Britain. 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.

They were known as scallies, Perry Boys, trendies and dressers. But the name that stuck was Casuals. And this grassroots phenomenon, largely ignored by the media, was to change the face of both British fashion and international style.

CASUALS recounts how the working-class fascination with sharp dressing and sartorial one-upmanship crystallised the often bitter rivalries of the hooligan gangs and how their culture spread across the terraces, clubs and beyond. It is the definitive book for football, music and fashion obsessives alike.

'The rise of the casual is revealed!' DAILY RECORD

'Thornton's intricate study and compilation of eye witness accounts is the new standard bearer.' THE WORD

'An essential read for all purveyors of terrace culture.' WHEN SATURDAY COMES

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First came the Teds, then the Mods, Rockers, Hippies, Skinheads, Suedeheads and Punks. But by the late Seventies, a new youth fashion had appeared in Britain. 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.

They were known as scallies, Perry Boys, trendies and dressers. But the name that stuck was Casuals. And this grassroots phenomenon, largely ignored by the media, was to change the face of both British fashion and international style.

CASUALS recounts how the working-class fascination with sharp dressing and sartorial one-upmanship crystallised the often bitter rivalries of the hooligan gangs and how their culture spread across the terraces, clubs and beyond. It is the definitive book for football, music and fashion obsessives alike.

'The rise of the casual is revealed!' DAILY RECORD

'Thornton's intricate study and compilation of eye witness accounts is the new standard bearer.' THE WORD

'An essential read for all purveyors of terrace culture.' WHEN SATURDAY COMES

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