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Swipe the Style #2 - Strange Town

26/9/2017

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I've always liked this song. Again, the video is great because Weller's look is on point as usual. But it's also when I started getting that military-jacket-style vibe.

I've had a cheeky look around and you can get this look quite easily, again approximately £300.

Also I promise the next one won't involve Paul Weller.
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Mandarin Jacket in stone - Pretty Green
Price: £100
The main event in this particular look. I suspect Weller's would have been tailored, but for those of us of more modest means, this is a good recreation. I've got one in navy and it fits well, looks great.

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Black suit trousers - Adaptor
Price: £75
Weller looks to be wearing some standard black suit trousers so you might as well make 'em a good pair. As the Ivy Leaguers used to say, natural fibres always look the best.

However, if you're looking for a more cost-friendly option, CX London do a black pair of Sta Prest for less than 1/2 that price.

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Jam Shoes - IKON
Price: £75
Classic Jam, probably not what you'd wear down the pub but I'm sure everyone's had a pair at one point.

IKON do a decent pair for a decent price.

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White socks - Primark
Price: £1.80 (5 pack)
Very much a Mod revival thing, the white socks are a classic accompaniment to Jam shoes. But you hardly ever see original Mods (1960s) wearing them.

Nowdays they're super cheap so you've got no excuse not to have a pack handy.

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Fred Perry in "duck-egg" blue - Woodhouse
Price: £55
Hard to see what he's actually wearing under his jacket so I'm going with a hunch here. FPs are always a bit pricey I'm afraid but I imagine a decent shirt would do just fine for this look.

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Rod The Mod link
27/9/2017 12:07:27 pm

Point of order # 1:

In the 'When You're Young' post you referred to 'Ice Cream Weller' which I take to mean a reference to his jacket, which is in fact a boating blazer. 'ice cream jackets' are / were white cotton drill jackets cut in the style of a blazer, the kind you'd see ice cream men wearing while serving from the back of a van.

Point of order # 2:

These Gibson style Jam shoes aren't badgers. Badgers are the second wave Jam shoes usually in black suede with a white vertical stripe going down the instep to the toe and two curved white stripes on each side. These are what Bruce appears to be wearing on the cover of 'When You're Young' and is definitely wearing in the video of 'Going Underground'.

I recently found some very decent versions of the Gibson style shoes (in all black- I'm not that brave any more!) Goodyear welted with leather soles by Robot which I'll write up when time allows.

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TC T.
27/9/2017 02:24:09 pm

Thanks Rod - goes to show you (or I, in this case) never stop learning.

Fair point on the ice cream jacket, that was more of an offhand gag at the dazzling effect that boating blazers sometimes have.

However! I would say that in some places the black and white Gibsons were referred to as badgers.

But I agree with you that the suede ones are the first that come to mind with that name. On this occasion I shall correct the post to reflect this.

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