One day in 1965, the five-year-old Robert Elms saw his brother return to the family council house in a petrol blue, Italian-cut mohair suit he'd just had made for him by a tailor in Kilburn. On the record player was Too Hard to Handle by Otis Reading. This, Robert realized, was it. This was what you grew up for. At the age of 22, the same kid from the slums of Notting Hill Dale found himself at the epicentre of hip London. Writing for the new style bible, Face, his pronouncements on what to wear and what not to wear, what ...
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One day in 1965, the five-year-old Robert Elms saw his brother return to the family council house in a petrol blue, Italian-cut mohair suit he'd just had made for him by a tailor in Kilburn. On the record player was Too Hard to Handle by Otis Reading. This, Robert realized, was it. This was what you grew up for. At the age of 22, the same kid from the slums of Notting Hill Dale found himself at the epicentre of hip London. Writing for the new style bible, Face, his pronouncements on what to wear and what not to wear, what to listen to and how to be cool, dictated youth taste to the post-punk generation. In an era that saw style become a mainstream preoccupation, Robert Elms was the high priest of a new cult.This is the story of a life's obsession. It's about why you'd rather not go out at all than go out in the wrong sort of brogues, and why the particular cut of your jeans really can seem to matter.
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Add this copy of The Way We Wore to cart. $73.25, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Picador.
Add this copy of The Way We Wore: a Life in Threads to cart. $79.39, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Picador.
