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Paul Smith
'If I could write and had to write a book about clothes, this would be it. A bloody brilliant book.'
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'Funny, accurate and touching'
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am not particularly fussed about clothes but thoroughly enjoyed Robert Elms's touching and wonderfully written autobiography. Clothes - and Elms's obsession with them - are lovingly chronicled in some detail. With each new subculture, or trend, came a new look or variation on a current look. Mods to skins to suedeheads to soul boys to punks etc etc. If you lived through this era and have any interest then you should enjoy this book. I must say I found it thoroughly absorbing but then I was an early punk and participated in the Billys/Blitz scene where Robert Elms played a starring role. One of the reviews on the back of the book makes a comparison with Nick Hornby's 'Fever Pitch', I think that's spot on. Just as you don't need to be a fan of Arsenal FC to enjoy Hornby's book so you don't have to be a clothes horse to enjoy this book. Well done Mr Elms, I doff my retro-velvet Stevie Wonder-style hat in your direction.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Clothes as a metaphor for the times we live in - this is not the first time it's been done, but here Elms does it well and accurately, and if you can remember those times.
Elms was one of those kids many would have wanted to be - at the centre of things, but he has some nice self deprecating tales to tell while beautifully linking Clothes, politics, music and growing up
if your interests extend to the way you look (ed) then this is an excellent read. Those who are not will find it all very superficial no doubt - I loved it
Elms was one of those kids many would have wanted to be - at the centre of things, but he has some nice self deprecating tales to tell while beautifully linking Clothes, politics, music and growing up
if your interests extend to the way you look (ed) then this is an excellent read. Those who are not will find it all very superficial no doubt - I loved it
Format:Hardcover
I'm giving this book 4 stars although I felt it faded badly once he got to university but the first few chapters about a working-class bloke and the mod/skinhead/soulboy continuum are worth 4 stars alone they're that good. As you'd expect from a smart working class geezer the attention to detail is amazing but as is so often the case once the writer starts to hobnob with the stars everything tales off.And this is written by an ex-New Romantic!
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Burnt Oak calling
This is a must read for any male over 40 years of age who grew up in London.
I am biased as, like Elms, I grew up in Burnt Oak and his account of "Little Moscow" is spot on... Read more
I am biased as, like Elms, I grew up in Burnt Oak and his account of "Little Moscow" is spot on... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2008 by P. M. Flaherty
Baggy trousers
Evocutive and accurate description of the periods 60's to 80's in London. Would suggest you may find the books subject mater too esoteric if you are not (a) Male (b) Over 40 (c)... Read more
Published on 20 May 2008 by J. Travers
THE WAY IT WAS
Robert obviously knows his stuff and about the clothes i cant disagree, where he lets down is bringing his left wing politics & views. Read more
Published on 13 May 2007 by Mr. Nj Hewitsonmrs J. Hewitson
A Journey through one man's self-obsession
Dont bother unless you are a member of the authors family or a close personal friend and therefore likely to be mentioned with glowing approval. Read more
Published on 19 May 2006 by R. Dawson
Recommended reading
THIS book goes way beyond merely talking about youth fashions: I found it to be a fascinating read, a social history written in the first person from a man who became clothes... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2006 by Mr. P. Bailey
mmm.
Maybe my first review got lost?
For clothes oriented males. The boundary between mods and punks does not exist, and this book proves it (again?). Read more
For clothes oriented males. The boundary between mods and punks does not exist, and this book proves it (again?). Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2005 by Stefano Galli
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