Cutting a Dash As a Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Well That Was What I'd Hoped for ; Becoming a Teenager Was the Time to Experiment with Clothes and Find Your Own Style, Recalls Stuart Haywood, of Church Gresley. It Was the 1950s, When Every Teddy Boy Worth His Salt Had a Da, Drainpipes, Brothel Creepers and Outrageous Coloured Jackets and Waistcoats. But, Stuart's Wacky Sartorial Taste Did Not Suit Everyone in His Local Community, As He Soon Discovered.

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Becoming a teenager was the time to experiment with clothes and find your own style, recalls Stuart Haywood, of Church Gresley. It was the 1950s, when every Teddy Boy worth his salt had a DA, drainpipes, brothel creepers and outrageous coloured jackets and waistcoats. But, Stuart's wacky sartorial taste did not suit everyone in his local community, as he soon discovered.

I Have had a touch of the dandy about me ever since my teenage years. Until I reached that age and started to earn my own living, I had to wear what the school or my parents dictated.

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Cutting a Dash As a Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Well That Was What I'd Hoped for ; Becoming a Teenager Was the Time to Experiment with Clothes and Find Your Own Style, Recalls Stuart Haywood, of Church Gresley. It Was the 1950s, When Every Teddy Boy Worth His Salt Had a Da, Drainpipes, Brothel Creepers and Outrageous Coloured Jackets and Waistcoats. But, Stuart's Wacky Sartorial Taste Did Not Suit Everyone in His Local Community, As He Soon Discovered.

One could hardly become the Beau Brummell of Swadlincote by wearing the uniform of Burton Grammar School.

From an early age, my attempts at sartorial elegance were doomed to disaster.

Every year, my parents bought me a new suit in order to app...

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