Hi
I will have to hunt through my loft for photos, but I do have something to share.
I was very much into the fashion of Northern Soul when I came on to the scene around 1977. the fashion over the next 18months to two years changed completely.
My first visit to Wigan Casino was in 1978 the guys I went with, and the majority of lads at the casino tended to where Bags, these were either Spencers with the multiple flaps on the rear pockets and multiple pleats at the front. The also were 30inch wide and generally wore slightly half mast. I couldnt afford these or at least wasn't in a posisiton to buy them since they were sold at the Casino.
For us in Stockport of my age (still at school) we got ours from Bogarts in the Arndale Centre in Manchester. Mine were Grey (Cotton I think) 40nch bottoms with 10 pleats at the front.
Footwear at this time was usually brogues or Gibsons. A polo or tee shirt on top. The most important apparel was the Barafia blazer (black) with the Wigan Casino Oldies All Nighter badge on the Left poket . The tendancy was to have multiple silver button from the wrist to the elbow on each arm.
Within 6 months the fashion changed, and Pegs and the classic Harrigton jackets was the norm. The footwear was loafers with tassles, but in the classic real shoe style.
By 1979 the fashion and the music became was heavly influenced by Southern scene and arguably was the beginning of the decline of Northern Soul from its peak, the clothes we were wearing was Haweiian shirts with baggy jeans (a pleat sewn in, the full length) with a white belt with end part of the belt left hanging downards. The footwear was moccasins.
After this period the fashion was heavily influneced by the revived mod/Ska scene that started as a consequence of the Quadraphenia movie.
