![Photographed by Henry Grant: “These young men are dressed in the ‘Teddy boy’ style, which blended Edwardian and American fashions. Through slicked quiffed hair, draped jackets with velvet collars, narrow ties and peg trousers, the ‘Teds’ expressed their rebelliousness. By the mid-1950s Teds had attracted a reputation, especially among the media, for violent and criminal behaviour.”
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Photographed by Henry Grant: “These young men are dressed in the ‘Teddy boy’ style, which blended Edwardian and American fashions. Through slicked quiffed hair, draped jackets with velvet collars, narrow ties and peg trousers, the ‘Teds’ expressed their rebelliousness. By the mid-1950s Teds had attracted a reputation, especially among the media, for violent and criminal behaviour.”
Posted December 5, 2009 at 12:13am in teddy boy fashion style edwardian british britian england UK mods rockers quadrophenia fifties sixties 60s 50s
