>>1885>>1887despite current take on the subj, back then, there was very little difference between punks, skinheads and many other subgroups (source: i was there). don't get me wrong, not a question of philosophy, but rather all came from the same socioeconomic background. the scene was a poor people thing. that was before cheap soykaf from china, looking a particular way required actual effort since couldn't buy punk fashion at a store, so we went for cheap, bargain items that looked weird and out of the ordinary. now you have this crystalization of style, where punk looks "this" and mods look "that", but back then same item could and would've been appropriated by a person if it could be integrated and somehow personalized, just because there weren't that many sources to get bargain clothing. bomber jackets specifically weren't sold at a department stores, they were exclusively military surplus items: they were cheap, rugged, functional and worn exclusively by misfits and dregs, including former military who for whatever reasons were still clinging to that one defining moment in their lives. so if you wore a bomber jacket back then, you'd personalize it of course, you know skinheads would wear it straight, go for a cleaner look, punks would fuck it up somehow, spray paint it, but whatever you were, you stood out and it was obvious that you weren't some kind of ordinary 9-to-5 person.
