Documenting the 1970s Revival of Teddy Boy Style

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With the post-war economic prosperity which swept Britain in the 1950s came a slew of unprecedentedly flamboyant fashions – not least among them the Teddy Boys. Characterised by a ‘Drape’ – a long, velvet-lapelled and -cuffed overcoat – and an extravagantly ruffed collar fastened with a shoelace tie, these were working class men with a disposable income, however small, who were fixed on establishing themselves as part of a style tribe. They were tough, elaborately coiffed…