80s Casuals: The Fashion of an Urban, Working Class Culture, with a Love of Training Shoes and Designer Sportswear

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in the mid a ft ernoon sun getting some fresh air. Th e fi rst couple of glasses had gone straight to his head. We did hope he wasn’t too hot as his string vest could soon be We cannot authorise that parcels be left in bins, in sheds or over the fence. Items may be left with neighbours as long as the item is signed for". Twenty or so found a hostel just around the corner, in a dimly lit street that tended to see most of its action in the twilight hours. The kind of hostel that you could smell downwind, a few hundred yards before you arrived at its unlit and distinctly worrying doorway. Not the sort of place that could accurately be described as being in any way pleasant. The kind of place, in fact, you’d recommend instantly to someone you don’t care much for. Somewhere to dump bags and nothing more. The title of the business is supposed to be a bit tongue in cheek - a bit of everything really - the 80's was, as you know, the era of looking the business and hopefully the film itself, is the business. For some people anyway!

You obviously wanted to do an 80's film with all the designer sportswear but was it always going to be a gangster film? The music is from different years throughout the 80's, so it's hard to define a year, but was there was a reason for this? Friday night saw scally rappers Eat My Dog , performing for the very last time, and I can say with complete confidence (and without offending the band in the least) that they will not be missed.”Bill Osgerby is an author and professor with a focus on modern American and British media and cultural history — with particular regard to the areas of gender, sexuality, youth culture, consumption, print media, popular television, film and music. Amongst other he has published, Youth in Britain Since 1945 and Biker: Style and Subculture on Hell’s Highway

Andy Carrolland future Creamsupremo James BartonDJ’d for the weekend, and Liverpool artist Luke Walsh spent the whole weekend working on an enormous graffiti piece in the venue, while the bands played. Acclaimed Liverpoolphotographer and filmmaker Mark McNultywas brought in to catalogue and capture the mayhem and the madness, and many of his images from the weekend can be found in his book Pop Cultured. Vinyl is an analogue recording, whereas CDs are digital. Analogue captures the original sound, capturing the waveforms accurately, and capturing a truer sound to that played by the bands,” Hewitson explains.! I thought, let’s keep this 80s ethos going, and do a limited run on coloured vinyl,” Hewitson (right) says.! Housed in what was once a 1930s cabaret, Le Don Juan ,the hotel retains the charm, and the spirit of those heady days with a quiet dignity. History hangs heavy in these streets. Streets where Picasso, Lautrec, Monet, Dali, Mondrianand Van Goghlived, worked and sought their inspiration. And in the dark hours, the streets ran green with Absinthe. Hedonism was king. Usually we do not allow this due to resources, but if we have the time to we'll accommodate customers as best we can.My favourite gear from the 80's was both Fila and Sergio. I think the fact they were Italian tennis gear made them exotic. Fila BJ was the holy grail, Terrinda and the Sergio Dallas in light blue and cream was of another planet. I also liked some of the Fila colours from 83/84 when they got a bit nutty with colours, although I think I'd rather shoot myself than wear some of that gear now - but I still have a Terrinda in dark blue (worn by Charlie in the business) a Sergio Dallas and red Fila wham top (white stripes on left arm) in my wardrobe!