Ellesse Heritage Slazenger Heritage

Is it me or is the casual world going Heritage Retro Vintage classic. Once british heritage meant something to do with the monarchy today its a celebration of archive fashion brands that have a past. The rebirth of the season is Slazenger Heritage not worn by Ronni Corbett or Del Boy Trotter. 2006 Danny Dyer seemed to single handedly launch sergio tacchini heritage. look back nearly 30 years and James Bond Sean Connery steps out on the golfing green in slazenger heritage knit, Seve Ballesteros easily the coolest of golfers of the time navy blue v -neck Slazenger Heritage Knit. A retro vintage jumper that was a schoolboy classic early 80s My mate had a classic Red. The old skool writing is on the wall the Slazenger Heritage Polo Shirt has all the credentials teamed with Farah Vintage to make a smart casual return. Sleek gold panther it is.

Robe Di kappa Polo shirts

The new must have thats kicking off in casual towers is THE CLASSIC Robe Di kappa Polo Shirt known as the Robe di kappa harry Polo shirt, all the casual boys at Planet have left the lyle and scott in the wardrobe and took to new retro comeback brands like Robe Di kappa and Slazenger Heritage. Kev at 80s swears by the premium Robe Di kappa Harry Polo shirt available in endless great colours white pink, navy and pink and black and green being three popular Robe Di kappa colours- it washes well and looks great. The first tv take up had been ant and dec in the Robe di kappa black green Polo shirt and then Ollie Muirs the better one of x factor that has budded up with robbie williams in the Robe di Kappa Polo shirt in white/pink. In the winter the talk was of the excellent quality knitwear and the classic golf look argyles. In italy Robe di kappa is a premium name and some top Uk stores like manchesters Oi Polloi have picked the brand. Obviously all casuals its available at http://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/ forget any thoughts on Kappa Slappa you can wear it without being council Carl Lewis 1984 26 years on thanks little britain. Tom from Planet wears a kappa Polo small a bit tight apologies

Diadora Borg Elite Trainer

Original Borg advert if i were in your shoes I would want to buy my shoes !

After another liquidation first Lois and then Diadora the good news is they are back and you can stop paying £150 on ebay for Diadora Borg Elite Trainers in white and gold and whether they will ever release the rare 80s colours like White and burgundy.

Diadora are back with news of a Diadora Borg Elite Trainer for early 2010 on sale at reliable http://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/ who bought all world stocks out of Italy back late 2008.

Obviously picured are original white and burgundy diadora borg elites and the will not be the Borg signature as he does not seem up for doing any deals with his name with Fila or Diadora

The Diadora Borg Elite white and gold also returned in 2010 alongside teh amazing French blue Fila terrinda. We have news in all Diadora Borg Gold elite trainers have sold out again in Italy - the last 300 pairs of the classic Diadora Borg Elite were bought by http://www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/

Once a casual dresser always a dresser

Casual Now, Casual Then- I have mentioned on various sites and had endless chats that highlights everyone has their own set of memories of life as a casual an "80s casual" and clearly Nick Loves the Firm is his and a whole load of other Londoners memories of the days at Millwall , West Ham etc. In helping Nick get the gear together we found a spot on pictorial story book called the Pompey boys with loads of photos of casuals home and away, also reading other casual books the Pompey casuals were highlighted as having a completely different dress to London and the North in some peoples eyes possibly behind other areas- the pictures to me were my memories of a casual so Pompey lads as a Mid beds Casual I was bang on your page- Nick Love / Bex we were not wearing moody Kappa it was the real deal and we were wearing it with some pride.
As a home counties casual who wore clobber as purely a colourful aspirational one up monied look with my mates, non of us ever going to football or particularly up for a ruck , we were dressers who shopped up in London and hung out at youth clubs, town centres and got in the odd club or village hall disco ! We wore Farahs, Lois, Bleach jeans, Diadora and Nike trainers ( no real adidas in our parts) , Pringle and Lyle jumpers, Kappa roll necks a few boys had Fila and Tacchini and they new it, I might have seen one local town guy in an Ellesse polo although new when buying my Kappa Kagoul at 15 that the Ellesse ski jacket sat in lillywhites, jaw droppingly out of my league, I new how to rob sweets from the corner shop but how did you get an Ellesse ski jacket with fat security tags in your pocket !

Pictured Fila Tracksuit 3 colour zip off sleeve, burgundy and electric blue cords, ois jeans, diadora white blue, white silver suede and leather poncho style coat, benetton jumper, slazenger jumper and me mums blue favourite carpet.

If my regular shoppers are anything to go by and the price of clobber times have changed. Most of us could not get enough of the gear 16 year old casuals saturday jobs, YTS schemes. Roll on 2006-2009 reliving one of the best times of our lives like a kid in a sweet shop with money or a credit card or simply organising the priorities, posh meal or tracksuit or 2? I have thought myself a dresser ever since caring about what to wear taking a couple of looks in the mirror adjusting the wedge (Dom and Bex) then owning a clothes shop and eventually realising you cant be in business to please your own personal tastes as you wont have a business and guess what I was part of a casual elite of 6 in my small town. As for the Mrs will she ever get the male infactuation with a quality Fila or Sergio Track track top if she does your got a rare one !! Send her on the site on the phone to 80scasualclassics and she will choose you the mod range smart knitted polo, gabicci long sleeve polo, v neck jumper and some nice suede clarks style boots she might like the roll neck to be fair it aint a bad look. Question is will her in doors want the Fila dressing gown in the bedroom !!

Whatever Next !!
From focusing the last 4 years of my life on reliving the casual days and then aiding Nick Love with the film I must have spoke with a 1,000 old boy casuals across the country and obviously I still have many battles to get brands back up and runnng to please everyone- Cerrutti, Ellesse who knows Armani. I have a good idea of what people want having over 10,000 buyers via 80scasualclassics.

The Terrinda film club event in Bedford showed the £100 Fila terrinda to be second to none with our boys and the good news so far is no signs it will be on any Tom Dick-you got to know it to pay it. I never thought I would be wearing a red Fila Terrinda tracksuit top but cream roll neck / navy polo lois cords / Farahs and Im feeling pretty damn special in my new togs like I need a special occasion- another 80s do in Bedford with a top crowd of casual dressers ! To me its not about wearing purely what I used to wear that gives me the buzz its wearing something new , something I could not afford back then , something I aspired to wear I dont think the feeling has changed. Im not going to knock someone for stepping out in the same gear day to day when thats there way, but my buzz is knowing I have a new look, new gear can pick and choose and thats exactly what I recall from 84-85 the two years I recall being a casual and starting to become a man, although i think the buzz of new gear back then lastest longer untill I had saved up or you even swapped with your mate ! At 40 years of age eventually like a lot of people its much more fun remembering what it was like being a boy than it is to accept being a man and all that !!

Seeing a casual crew from Redditch 39+ years in full clobber break dancing at our 80s casuals do in Bedford where 100s of casuals got clobbered up just added to a major high that happened on that day - seeing

THE FIRM is nearly here!

THE FIRM arrives Friday 18th September at all major cinemas
Nick Love has been a cult director with much loved films Outlaw, Football Factory and The Business winning him many fans and some considerable Dvd success. With associations with casuals and football and already two popular films that embrace this audience, The Firm is showing Nick Love at another level and already fuelling a major casual revival that he single handely started back in 2006 when Danny Dyer and Tamer Hussan brought back much adoration for Fila Terrindas and Fila Settanta Mk1s and Mcenroe's Sergio Tacchini Navy and sky Dallas track tops in The Business.
There will be no doubt that this film shows the greatest portrayal of clothing of the time for casuals of the day. Nick Love elsewhere has suggested it’s his memories of being a casual in London and its clear each area had its own casual fashion agendas. However there is more than enough to convince any 80s casual connoisseur of the era that was, with a major thumbs up already from the North on 80s Casuals site. With 100s of Casuals in the film in various 80s splendour. Sergio Tacchini arrives with Dallas in White ( the new England supporters strip) and the tasty boy about town royal dallas. A new showing for Sergio Tacchini split star in both white/yellow and white/sky with the biker terrinda style collar and full funnel neck both key 80s tops back re available www.80scasualclassics.co.uk
Fila Terrinda arrives back on the scene in the more standout colour of Red and forms a key part of the story along with Navy French Blue and White.

Anyone concerned as to Nick Love taking a cult classic simply needs to see the Film and appreciate it for what it is The Firm is undoubtedly Nicks own film and loosely adapted from the cult like Allan Clarke short film made in 1989. Nick Love's film is set earlier in The 80s and retells a similar story to the original - but from another character point of view. The film centres on Dom a young wannabe casual drawn into the world of top boy Bex and The Firm. Dom gets accepted into The Firm and soon becomes one of the boys. As Bex and his boys clash with rival fans across the country and violence spirals out of control, Dom realises he wants out- but it’s not that easy.
Nick Loves film celebrates a more colourful way of life and the high’s and low’s of young casuals who adore their Sergio Tacchini and Fila with a particular liking for the Fila Terrinda. As ever Nick Love has added his usual humour you would expect in a Nick Love film and some major put downs. The original had its far share of one liner’s and as you can imagine Nick Love is not short of his own with much London speak of the time. With the film set early 80s, we are reminded of Blue Peters Joey Deacon, Mad Lizzie, Michael Jackson jackets and the trademark great soundtrack that could launch an 80s club scene revival.

My best mate had the Fila Navy Grey and Lemon yellow track top and we thought he was the dogs the day he came home in it, I had bought a full outfit of Farah, roll neck and knit to his Fila but kind of new he was going to get all the attention come the weekend. The Navy / cream / red Fila featured at the top is back with full funnel terrace neck called tie break available at www.80scasualclassics.co.uk 80’s Casual Classics were key collectors and contributors assisting Nick Love with the wardrobe for The Firm with much research and late nights and a whole load of collector’s product. Feedback from key faces have found the product “SPOT ON”. The Business was a centre court show of vintage 80s Tennis, Sergio Tacchini, Fila and Ellesse; primarily Danny Dyer. In ‘The Firm’ the young terrace casuals are fully clobbered up in Italian sportswear of the day and casual rarities appear throughout with the likes of Best Company Coats and Sweats, Kappa Cagoules, Australian L’alpina, Lacoste, Farah, Lois, Gabicci, Adidas rarieties, golf shoes, Munchen, Forest Hills, Benetton Rugby Shirts in Green/Blue/ Pink , Patrick, Burberry, Full Tracksuits from Sergio, Fila and Ellesse , Kickers, Nike Wimbledon’s, Ski jackets, Fila Roll Necks, Pringle Diamonds and split bottom jeans /cords and Im still leaving twice as much for casual train spotting...