Featuring over 1300 examples of rare vintage clothing from the swing counterculture & blank generation eras detailed photographs & factual stories of the clothes origins alongside many previously unseen fashion & film stills The book traces how these distinct street punk styles were originally put together & worn by the predominant teenage sub-cultures that emerged between 1940
- 1980 & set these kids apart from mainstream fashion With 50 years& experience collecting vintage street fashion costume designer stylist & former mod the author supplied original mod clothing for the 1978 cult film Quadrophenia before establishing the Contemporary Wardrobe Collection to provide street fashion for TV & Film He went on to dress literally hundreds of influential bands from David Bowie to the Rolling Stones The archive now exceeds some 20 thousand items & serves as a valuable resource for leading fashion & film stylists designers & important museums around the world Rebel Threads is prerequisite for all lovers of vintage clothing collectors fashion students designers costumiers & anyone fascinated by the history of street style