Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters: Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties"Between 1992 and 1994 Amy de la Haye and Cathie Dingwall acquired for the V&A's Textiles and Dress Department a unique collection of authentic subcultural clothes worn from the 1940s to the 1990s, which were displayed in an exhibition which opened in November 1994" - Introd. |
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ADIDAS American army surplus B-Boy BEATNIK BELLA FREUD belt Bhangra Blue British casual club collection colours cotton T-shirt Crazy Clothes culture customized Cyberpunk denim denim jeans DEREK FALCONER DR MARTENS dress fabrics fashion designers FETISH Fred Perry Funk garments GAVIN FERNANDES Gay style GLAM high fashion Hippy INFLUENCES inspired jewellery Judy Westacott jumper Katharine Hamnett labels late LEATHER BOOTS leather shoes LEATHER TRAINERS Lent by John LEVI'S loafers look Mike Ferrante museums necklace nylon OFFICE SHOES original outfit PAM HOGG patch PHILIP TREACY plastic PRINTED COTTON PSYCHOBILLY Punk Ragga RASTA Rave RIFAT OZBEK ROCKABILLY ROCKER sandals Shaun shirt Shoes given silk SKINHEAD skirt socks STEVE PANG style UK stylistic subcultural subcultural clothes subcultural styles suede SURFER T-shirt given tailor Teddy Boy TON-UP BOY TONIK TWO-PIECE UK EARLY velvet waistcoat wear wool woollen wore Worn and given Worn and lent YARDIE Yves Saint Laurent zoot suit