Teddy boys: With a streetwise 1950s blend of Edwardian dandyism, Savile Row fashion and styles borrowed from Hollywood westerns, teddy boys were Britain’s first identifiable youth tribe.
Photograph: Joseph McKeown/Getty Images
Ever since teddy boys started stalking the streets of Britain with their dandy looks, teen scenes have come thick and fast.
A new book documents them all: mods and rockers, punks and ravers • Street Culture by Gavin Baddeley is available from Plexus Publishing at £14.99
Mods: The Who, posing on Brighton pier in mod revival style
Glam Rockers: David Bowie, the pop chameleon who bought originality and artistic credibility to glam-rock
via From hippies to hip-hop heads: 50 years of style tribes – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian.
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