# Ask the 1950s Style ex-Teddy Boy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565 "2008-03-24T18:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/61 "2008-06-16T18:09:29Z")
Ignorance fought! From the title, I was picturing something like [this](http://www.bearporn.com/bearporn/samples/leather.jpg), but wearing a teddy instead of leather. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/62 "2008-11-04T19:33:05Z")
For anyone interested (UK) there is a programme on BBC2 tonight, Tuesday Nov 4th about street fashion. Teddy Boys are featured prominently. Who knows, they may have been secretly filming me. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/63 "2008-11-04T20:59:36Z")
Aaaaaaaaaah! Zombie Teddy Boys! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/64 "2008-11-05T01:35:40Z")
Re-read this thread and find it very fascinating! Chowder, I wanted to ask, what became of your style after your teens? How did you dress in the 60s, 70s through to today? Did you save any of your beloved suits? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/65 "2008-11-05T08:05:28Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Re-read this thread and find it very fascinating! Chowder, I wanted to ask, what became of your style after your teens? How did you dress in the 60s, 70s through to today? Did you save any of your beloved suits? Well I got married aged 22 after a stint in the army. I signed up, conscription missed me and I figured as the country had taken care of me then it was time I gave something back. I saved my first suit until my wife turfed it out :😭: My style of dress after my Teddy Boy days were over were more or less conservative and in line with the fashion of the day. I was a married man y’see:D, I had responsibilities and much of my dress sense was dictated to by 'er indoors so to speak. It made sense really, I was more likely to find employment dressed decently than to roll up for a job interview dressed in full Ted regalia. I’m now almost 67 so my clothing is still conservative altho’ my good wife passed away some years ago:( That said I do not have my pants up around my armpits:D ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/66 "2008-11-05T08:49:22Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Well I got married aged 22 after a stint in the army. I signed up, conscription missed me and I figured as the country had taken care of me then it was time I gave something back. > > I saved my first suit until my wife turfed it out :😭: > > My style of dress after my Teddy Boy days were over were more or less conservative and in line with the fashion of the day. > > I was a married man y’see:D, I had responsibilities and much of my dress sense was dictated to by 'er indoors so to speak. > > It made sense really, I was more likely to find employment dressed decently than to roll up for a job interview dressed in full Ted regalia. > > I’m now almost 67 so my clothing is still conservative altho’ my good wife passed away some years ago:( > > **That said I do not have my pants up around my armpits** 😃 That last bit made me lol. Excellent thread, and _excellent threads_, **chowder**. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565/67 "2008-11-05T12:27:08Z")
I don’t care for (the presenter) Robert Elms, but the Teddy Boy and Mod sections of the programme last night were neat… Meurglys, more of a hippie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565.md?page=3)