Teddy boys

From mods to rudeboys and teddy boys to punks, British postwar life was bedecked with subcultures using music, attitude and clothes to try to prove themselves special.

Looking back at the most British of subcultures with Nidge, a long-time Ted and founder of the Edwardian Teddy Boy website.

Pomade. Varsity jackets. Skinny leather ties. Penny loafers with white socks. It's all part of a look rooted in 1950s American-greaser and British-teddy-boy culture—and it's all roaring back. No one embodies the new era of this retro look more convincingly than Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner

Pomade. Varsity jackets. Skinny leather ties. Penny loafers with white socks. It's all part of a look rooted in 1950s American-greaser and British-teddy-boy culture—and it's all roaring back. No one embodies the new era of this retro look more convincingly than Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner

photographic show documents the trials and tribulations of the post-war teenager

The Edwardian Teddy Boy - Welcome and Introduction

From mods to rudeboys and teddy boys to punks, British postwar life was bedecked with subcultures using music, attitude and clothes to try to prove themselves special.