FabSwingers.com forum: When you were younger

By *he love cats OP Couple
over a year ago

South Wales

or are you still now a Goth, a skinhead, a punk, a mod, a rocker or something else?

Did you wear the clothes or was it just a music choice?

Have a lovely weekend all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am still at heart a rock chick. I know that at nearly 50 I'd look ridiculous dressing how I used to so I've updated a bit and I dress to allow for the fact I no longer have my late teens/ early 20s body/ looks sadly.

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

i was more of a mod like the clothes

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

Still a Rocker/ Metalhead… haven’t had the long hair for years and did have a period where I mainly listened to britpop, but regained the love eventually and will often be seen in a band shirt

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I had a brief flirtation with trevira suits and a Ben Sherman and I always veered towards smart and fitted clothes rather than any particular group. I'm still the same now

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
over a year ago

Next Door

Rock chick - mod

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By *anes HubbyCouple
over a year ago

Babbacombe Torquay

I was post skinhead, crombies....prince of Wales check trousers, tassel loafers, Fred Perry's and Ben Sherman's.

Was heavily into Motown and still am, and have one of the biggest collections of old Motown vinyl in the country, including over 40 "white labels" destined originally designated for radio stations.

I've been to Detroit, been to Hitsville USA West Grand Boulevard several times and have met and interviewed many Motown greats including the founder Berry Gordy.

Motown nerd.....

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
over a year ago

Glasgow / London

I loved the way you could spot a kindred spirit by the style they dressed or the band T-shirts they wore. I think those days are gone now. You don’t get cohesive youth tribes the way you used to. Kids today have broader tastes and cross genres easily.

I used to get hugs from complete strangers in the street for being into the same band they were.

I remember being in a student club, halfway through a conversation with one of my flatmates, and spotting a girl in a Compulsion shirt across the venue. “Hang on Dougie, I’ve just fallen in love with a T-shirt. I’ll catch you later.” I made my way across the club to talk to the girl, took her to bed later that night, and we were together for a few months. Just because she went out that night in a T-shirt that said ‘Josephmary sings like a mockingbird’.

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

Punk for me got into the music first at 11.. wore the clothes as soon as I could afford to buy em.. I'm still doing it.. I'm still clinging onto my youth like a mountaineer clinging onto a crumbling rock face...my looks a bit tamer now but I still stand out..and I've also incorporated the look into my trannie side as well..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can remember going on a date wearing grey stay press trousers and a burgundy tank top .

I'm still mortified.

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By *laything1966Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

1979 revival mod, too fat to pull off a decent suit now, but my love of the music has never died

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By *anes HubbyCouple
over a year ago

Babbacombe Torquay

I still own over 20 various "Pork Pie" hats.......and wear them regularly.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I can remember going on a date wearing grey stay press trousers and a burgundy tank top .

I'm still mortified."

I'm still waking in the night screaming over memories of an orange satin shirt dress worn with lace gloves

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By *laything1966Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I still own over 20 various "Pork Pie" hats.......and wear them regularly."

I still have my American parka with 80's scooter rally patches on

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

I’ve literally never had a ‘look’.

When I was young my mum was a tight c**t and only used to get me clothes from markets or second hand shops/hand-me-downs. It was horrible. We were not poor at all, she just wouldn’t spend money. I used to avoid going to parties or whatever because my clothes were so tragic.

By the time I’d grown up and got my own disposable income, I was well past following a particular look. I’ve always been a bit of a classic dresser - shirts and jeans/chinos.

Luckily I’m sexy af and can make it work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"or are you still now a Goth, a skinhead, a punk, a mod, a rocker or something else?

Did you wear the clothes or was it just a music choice?

Have a lovely weekend all.

I was a bit of a chav clothes wise

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By *ansoffateMan
over a year ago

Sagittarius A

Some kind of grungy, stoner, clubber hybrid.

Yes I tended to wear clothes most of time. Although this varied especially when clubbing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I can remember going on a date wearing grey stay press trousers and a burgundy tank top .

I'm still mortified.

I'm still waking in the night screaming over memories of an orange satin shirt dress worn with lace gloves "

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Ive always been a mix of hippie rock chic

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

"I still own over 20 various "Pork Pie" hats.......and wear them regularly."
,,, i do like a pork pie hat

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By *illy71Couple
over a year ago

Staines

Ramones and Iron Maiden growing up, now is stripped back acoustic and Scottish folk!

Ramones look easy, jeans and tee-shirt, never really had the long hair though

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By *an1978Woman
over a year ago

GONE/TIMEOUT (No DMs please)

Too late to be proper punk, born too soon to be emo.

I think I was a kinda indie-grunge wannabe-sk8rgirl type thing?

I've not changed on the inside...but can't get away with wearing the skinny jeans nor baggy trews at my age

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

I was a Madchester chick in the early 90's. Still have some Kickers and a bucket hat, but that's it.

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

faded levies,, como shoes,, crombies.. night time the tonic suit came out

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
over a year ago

Glasgow / London

I was a mid-’90s alternative/indie kid. Denims or Dickies. A pair of Vans. Band T-shirts over long-sleeved T-shirts. Bleached blonde hair that later ended up spiked and brightly coloured as I got into skateboarding and punk rock.

But I came from the countryside, and small-town Yorkshire, so all that stood out like a sore thumb until I got myself out of there and into art school.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was a massive chav. Or “Charva” if you’re from the north east. Thank god I’ve grown out of it but the music is still my guilty pleasure.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

New Romantic to start... Explains the eyeliner!

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

I was an emo teen.

Yep one of those. Loved the music. I was obsessed with My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional and P!ATD.

Slightly too tight band t-shirts. Studded belts. Artfully ripped skinny jeans. Massive fringe. Hair tied up using a chopstick. Thick eyeliner. Fake lip ring. Vans.c

I'd lurk in libraries, poring over Dracula and Wuthering Heights, seeking solace in the brutal coldness of far off lands, the tortured romantic twin flames doomed to never truly be together.

It wasn't a music choice. It wasn't a fashion choice.

It was everything.

And I'm so fucking glad I'm over my emo self.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I loved the way you could spot a kindred spirit by the style they dressed or the band T-shirts they wore. I think those days are gone now. You don’t get cohesive youth tribes the way you used to. Kids today have broader tastes and cross genres easily.

I used to get hugs from complete strangers in the street for being into the same band they were.

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Somehow I knew this allegorical parable would end with you taking someone to bed!

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

Always have been a New Romantic…. Always will be

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

Still a goth but just more sophisticated style now.

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

through the mod era love 80s era fashion new romantics fun times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

West Country twat, jeans, gingham shirts and boots.

Still am tbh. Just slightly better fitted items.

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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago

london stratford

had a bit of a semi goth thing in my 30s.

Now just a tad quirky/eccentric (or so I am told)

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By *oomarangMan
over a year ago

Chester

"or are you still now a Goth, a skinhead, a punk, a mod, a rocker or something else?

Did you wear the clothes or was it just a music choice?

Have a lovely weekend all.

Biker rocker and play electric guitar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dr Martens are extremely poor quality and always have been. The stitching around the side Is cosmetic. Wake up.

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By *untimes wantedMan
over a year ago

Huddersfield

Biker/Rocker

Still have the leather jacket /cut off with club colours etc but not fitted me for years

These days tends to be open neck shirt and jeans and the long hair fell out years ago lol

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By *ixed MisterMan
over a year ago

London

"I am still at heart a rock chick. I know that at nearly 50 I'd look ridiculous dressing how I used to so I've updated a bit and I dress to allow for the fact I no longer have my late teens/ early 20s body/ looks sadly. "

You look rather good naked or in a dressing gown though tbf

Not sure if this is just for goths and rockers, but I was a typical 90s RnB/Hip Hop head to the point I wore a shiny PVC suit to my prom thinking i was in a Puff Daddy video. Luckily my dress sense has evolved since that point.

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By *aulhornyladMan
over a year ago

Sunderland

I still dress as a mod/skinhead

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By *he love cats OP Couple
over a year ago

South Wales

Love this thread.

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By *ts the taking part thatMan
over a year ago

southampton

Rudeboy! Still have a Harrington & 2 pairs of Docs.

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Indie Kid

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By *irtyKittenCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

Still dress like student from later 90's early 00's (tracky bottoms and t shirts) but lost spiked up manga hair, in fact lost hair almost completely (bald

K hasn't changed much either just got more curvy with a lot bigger boobs.

What has changed is how much more are into sexually.

Oh yes and I haven't got any stamina anymore

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By *uietbloke67Man
over a year ago

outside your bedroom window ;-)

Starteted of with the 2 Tone Rude boys of the late 70s then moved into the Mod movement.

I'm still an old Mod at heart.

Still have my original M51 Korean Parka, though it fits me now lol.

Mods ya Bas....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was a chav

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never really had any favs. since I liked all styles and was driven by the art/music. Same todate, have taste for all kinds (eclectic taste).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

im still a nobody tbh.. not much has changed

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

I was a skater, Punk. Product of the late 90s early 00s and still very much have a similar style if not aged up a little and without the blue hair

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

"Dr Martens are extremely poor quality and always have been. The stitching around the side Is cosmetic. Wake up."

I had my dms for 35years wore them every day for at least 10 years it's only where there is a fold in the leather there's a tiny hole.

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By *riel13Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

I am a rocker/metalhead... I wore the tight jeans and biker leather in my teens... Attempted conformity in my 20s but once my 30s hit I found my own groove... Still into the music but look wise, I just wear what I like, it's rarely fashionable though, especially these days... I fucking hate beige and shapeless

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By *mf123Man
over a year ago

with one foot out the door

I was none of those things i was an athlete who like different musics im now a fat athlete who only likes only a few musics

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"or are you still now a Goth, a skinhead, a punk, a mod, a rocker or something else?

Did you wear the clothes or was it just a music choice?

Have a lovely weekend all.

Hmmmmm. I was alt, but not really deep into any one subculture. I enjoyed and still enjoy music from a wide range of genres but did go pretty Goth/emo for a while but never 100%. I always hung around with people from lots of different subcultures and none, also.

I now probably dress like a mid 30s mother who has to tailor fashion choices for wheelchairing. Whatever that is. My music tastes haven't changed though.

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By *ts the taking part thatMan
over a year ago

southampton

"Dr Martens are extremely poor quality and always have been. The stitching around the side Is cosmetic. Wake up."

Best stump up the money & not buy seconds cheapskate, proper DM's last decades.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Dr Martens are extremely poor quality and always have been. The stitching around the side Is cosmetic. Wake up.

Best stump up the money & not buy seconds cheapskate, proper DM's last decades."

My DMs purchased in 1999 are still going strong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dr Martens are extremely poor quality and always have been. The stitching around the side Is cosmetic. Wake up.

Best stump up the money & not buy seconds cheapskate, proper DM's last decades."

Solair are better than today's DrMartens unless they still do that ridiculously over priced made in England line. They are really well made.

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By *he love cats OP Couple
over a year ago

South Wales

Many pairs of DMS between us and not a single problem with any of them.

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By *obwhateverMan
over a year ago

Stirling/ London/ Yorkshire

Did the grunge thing as a teen, then went to Uni and realised techno and d’n’b was more fun. Then got old and sensible and discovered jazz!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was shy, awkward and antisocial when I was younger...and I am still all of these things now haha

Mrs

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

Punk for me, I used to love the clothes, excitement and raw music. Nowadays I still go and see those bands when they're touring, still love the music but don't bother with the clothes anymore.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"or are you still now a Goth, a skinhead, a punk, a mod, a rocker or something else?

Did you wear the clothes or was it just a music choice?

Have a lovely weekend all.

I was a twink and massive Madonna and Kylie fan, and wore crop tops and short shorts everywhere! And knee high boots - still

Love Kylie and Madonna but if I dressed like a twink now I’d be arrested for indecent exposure lol

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