Black & White Stripey Tops - irrational dislike

[ska invita]

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chunky stripes

 

[killer b]

Just realised I'm wearing stripes so this should probably go here too. Big fan of wild swimming & olive oil tbf.

 

[ska invita]

Just realised I'm wearing stripes so this should probably go here too. Big fan of wild swimming & olive oil tbf.

its just oil...whats there to be a big fan of?
as to wild swimming it used to just be called going to the seaside

 

[killer b]

nonsense, 'going to the seaside' only includes submerging the legs as far as mid-calf, and doesn't include rivers, lakes & docks

 

[ska invita]

nonsense, 'going to the seaside' only includes submerging the legs as far as mid-calf, and doesn't include rivers, lakes & docks

docks? arent the rivers polluted enough for you? eegads

submerging the legs as far as mid-calf,

get in there you lightweight

 

[oryx]

I quite liked the idea of 'wild' swimming at Beckenham Place Park until I actually went there and saw you had to share the water with several varieties of fowl. Coming face to face with a grebe while having a dip is not my idea of fun.

I like olive oil and the odd bit of Scandi noir, though.

 

[ska invita]

I quite liked the idea of 'wild' swimming at Beckenham Place Park until I actually went there and saw you had to share the water with several varieties of fowl. Coming face to face with a grebe while having a dip is not my idea of fun.

I like olive oil and the odd bit of Scandi noir, though.

i bet you like frothy coffee

(the geese are the best bit of Beckenham ponds i think! im yet to be attacked anyway)

 

[oryx]

i bet you like frothy coffee

(the geese are the best bit of Beckenham ponds i think! im yet to be attacked anyway)

Didn't see any geese - the thought of an encounter with a goose while swimming is hair-raising.

I like a good flat white, yes.

 

[hash tag]

Didn't see any geese - the thought of an encounter with a goose while swimming is hair-raising.

I like a good flat white, yes.

Would they get your gander up?

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Bit pissed tonight! (explanation for flushed face, not the jumper.)

 

[deeyo]

could've gone in the other thread, but why not this one?

here's the caravelles, a lovely 60's girl group who liked their swimming wild, with their cover of moon mullicans old chestnut, though you might remember ernest tubbs version better....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

could've gone in the other thread, but why not this one?

here's the caravelles, a lovely 60's girl group who liked their swimming wild, with their cover of moon mullicans old chestnut, though you might remember ernest tubbs version better....

I like that the guitar is joining in the stripey fun too.

 

[ska invita]

i was in stamford hill yesterday....forgot* how popular striped tops are with hasidic jewish women in particular

someone has even started a thread asking why so popular!

Question about Jewish dress code (why stripes?)

On vacation in Lancaster County, PA this week, we've encountered many Amish and Mennonite people (not surprisingly). We've also met many (we think) Hasidic Jews (also on vacation?). Some aspects & explanations of the Amish & Mennonite dress code are familiar to me, but when the girls ask ...

forums.welltrainedmind.com

(forgot because i used to live there)

 

[hitmouse]

 

[hash tag]

I'm reminded of this. Also attached is a link extolling it's virtues To Catch a Thief - Is Cary Grant Still Influencing the Style of Today?

 

[hash tag]

That led to this a Telnyashka. They often have long sleeves.

 

[hitmouse]

That led to this a Telnyashka. They often have long sleeves.
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I feel like whoever made that Scottish flag made a mistake somewhere.

Anyway, I've still never seen it, but today I learned that the Fellini film Nights of Cabiria ends with the protagonist walking along while a guy in a stripy top and his mates dance around her playing a guitar:


Ska's nightmare?

 

[JuanTwoThree]

 

[oryx]

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Where and what is that?

 

[hitmouse]

Where and what is that?

I think it's the picket outside Ska's house?

 

[oryx]

I think it's the picket outside Ska's house?

 

[ska invita]

i notice its on a boat
would be a shame if it sunk

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Where and what is that?

Mudlarking on the Thames

I googled mudlarking and found this thread :D do you need permits to do it in the rest of the country? I don't think anyone would notice if I went and poked about the mud. There was tons of industry here so I think there might be some interesting stuff waiting to be found! You need a licence...

www.urban75.net

From the page that hash tag mentions

Thames Festival Trust - Mudlarking Exhibition @ Cutler's Hall @ Totally Thames 2021 - Thames Festival Trust

The Worshipful Company of Cutlers will open their doors to the public for an exhibition of mudlarking finds and knives recovered from the River Thames.

thamesfestivaltrust.org

Singing that well-known shanty:

What shall we wear to annoy ska invita ?
What shall we wear to annoy ska invita?
What shall we wear to annoy ska invita?
Early in the morning

 

[ska invita]

I was in Whitstable the other day

Nuff said

 

[RubyToogood]

I think I have seen that choir in action and although I try not to stereotype people I have to admit I did eye the stripy tops with some suspicion.

 

[hitmouse]

Just realised this fella seems to have not just an extra stripy scarf tied around his neck, but also what looks like another stripy top tied around his waist. You have to respect that level of commitment.

 

[ska invita]

Just realised this fella seems to have not just an extra stripy scarf tied around his neck, but also what looks like another stripy top tied around his waist. You have to respect that level of commitment.

You have to what now?

 

[deeyo]

You have to what now?

...respect true commitment.

 

[Sweet FA]

I like stripey tops. Photo taken on boat to Brittany; coals to Newcastle next stop.

Stripey tops have been part of the (U.S. primarily) biker scene since the 1940s at least. I guess from the prison uniform to start with (Auburn system - Wikipedia).

Lee Marvin wore one in The Wild One (basically the blueprint for 'outlaw biker' fashion). I think he looks cooler than Brando with his magic cap and his zipped to the neck leather.



Marvin based his character's look on Wino Willie Forkner, ex WWII serviceman and founder of the Boozefighters motorcycle club in 1946, ABOUT — BOOZEFIGHTERS MC.

At The Hollister Riot in 1947 (on which The Wild One was loosely based Hollister Riot - One Percenter Bikers):



Forkner wore stripes as he was a racer for the Yellowjackets MC (https://theyellowjacketsmc.com/history-1) so there's a prison stripe vs racing club split - prison stripes are all the way across; racing stripes just the arms.



Photo taken in 1968 showing Terry the Tramp (Oakland HAMC) kneeling to the right (arm on mc wheel). Standing behind him is original San Francisco chapter president Frank Sadilek apparently wearing Lee Marvin's striped jersey from 1953's The Wild One. It doesn't look the same to me though so either someone fibbed or Marvin had more than one jumper.



Now that there's a newish wave of middle class 'moto culture' (eg Bike Shed Motorcycle Club | Dining, Barbers & Motorcycle Clothing), stripey tops based on the above are all over the 'scene'; called prison stripes...



The above possibly comes via Japan though; Japanese skaters/bikers took loads of inspiration from 40s/50s/60s US biker styles and made them incredibly cool and detailed. A guy called Go Takamine is a big name on the scene in Japan and 'invented' Brat Style (What is a Brat Style Motorcycle? Our Definition & BIKE FOR SALE | BRATSTYLE-ブラットスタイルBRATSTYLE-ブラットスタイル), stripes were/are a big part of that in the early-mid 2000s.



Though that might also be inspired by Jack Nicholson in 1970's The Rebel (T)Rousers:



Or you could go full midlife crisis O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

[ska invita]

I like stripey tops. Photo taken on boat to Brittany;

Stripey top? On a boat? TO FRANCE?
Taking the living piss

(great post btw)