The Bag I'm In: Underground Music And Fashion In Britain 1960-1990 Hardcover

Sam Knee

Fashion and music has always gone hand in hand in the underground world of British youth scenery. Throughout the decades, young people sought to define themselves sartorially, reflecting their identity in terms of regionalism, class and crucially, musical taste, through their clothes. This book is a comprehensive survey of the looks and sounds of 36 underground `tribes' that roamed the streets of the UK from 1960 to 1990. From mod and rocker roots through the permutations of skinhead to punk and the indie sub-scenes beyond, each movement is captured in meticulously researched, previously unseen archive photography. Explanatory texts in Sam Knee's evocative tone provide context, and an illustration section by Florence Bamberger breaks down each look element by element. A powerful graphic document of Britain's fashion evolution through the ages.

1908714263

9781908714268

English

Cicada Books Limited

15/Dec/15

330

Sam Knee: Is a fashion and music writer living and working in London. His previous books include Vintage T-Shirts (Carlton) and A Scene In Between, a key backlist title for Cicada. Florence Bamberger: Florence is a French illustrator and art director whose work has appeared in everything from Givenchy campaigns to Elle Magazine.

British music and fashion, when they come together and when they come together well, are almost always the creation of the lower classes. So argues Sam Knee in his introduction to The Bag I'm In, a glorious photographic compendium of styles and street cultures from the last half-century.@TheGuardianThe Bag I'm In offers a rare glimpse into the lives of skinheads, goths, punks, rude boys, indie kids and almost 30 other youth movements. It is a joyful celebration of the social scenes that emerge when youth has room to flourish and seamlessly brings together photos of iconic scene figureheads like Bobby Gillespie and Edwyn Collins with the young people who supported them in the thralls of their adopted tribes.@CrackMagazine.