poseurs at pitti uomo

[Hendrick]

A refreshing lesson in self indulgence from the menswear fair in Florence...

part 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9zgR_6cjv8

part 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3n732iRlvE


Cheers, Hendrick

[Gerry]

There's a similar event in London whereby Dandies gather for the day and parade around the city. Though they tend to be oddballs sporting handlebar moustaches, dressed in garish, Edwardian garb. They have 'pub bore' written all over them. Needless to say, I prefer the Italian event.

[Chanterelle]

this is so so much worse than I imagined it would be...yikes.

[Schneiderfrei]

There's a similar event in London whereby Dandies gather for the day and parade around the city. Though they tend to be oddballs sporting handlebar moustaches, dressed in garish, Edwardian garb. They have 'pub bore' written all over them. Needless to say, I prefer the Italian event.

          


Do Cockneys still get about in button suits?

[Gerry]

Do Cockneys still get about in button suits?

Cockneys don't really exist anymore. They all dispersed to Essex and Kent. All part of the 'gentrification' (social cleansing) of London which, ironically, began under a labour mayor in the 1990s.

There are still Pearly Kings and Queens, though they're pretty much living museum exhibits these days.

[Gerry]

The sartorial equivalent of trainspotters ...

[jruley]

Are we really sure the original two videos were filmed on planet Earth? 

[Schneiderfrei]

At least 30 years ago I saw a Pearly King striding the streets of Adelaide South Australia.

It was a great sight to see.

[Gerry]

At least 30 years ago I saw a Pearly King striding the streets of Adelaide South Australia.

It was a great sight to see.

The Cockney diaspora began after WWII with the 'Ten Pound Poms'. It continued with the clearance of the 'slums' - the few back-to-backs that remain are perfectly good properties and worth a fortune - rehousing to heart-sink estates, redevelopment of the docklands in the '80s and gentrification of the East End from the '90s onwards. They mostly disappeared during the latter stage: it became impossible to live in the city, rents/mortgages being so expensive.

Culture always changes and evolves, but it's sad that a way of life has all but disappeared.

[Schneiderfrei]

My great great grandfather was evidently proud to say he was born within earshot of the bells of Bow. I doubt he really qualified as Cockney though. By then he was two generations out of Ireland, and born on relief from India.

[Gerry]

My Dad's family were all East Enders from Stepney, but they were originally Scottish and continued to live within the East End's Scottish community ... so not sure if you could call them Cockneys, either.