Northern Soul

I'm sure some of you know by now, the hit song by John Newman "love me again".  In actual fact this song is heavily influenced by the genre Northern Soul. For those of you that don't know, Northern Soul is a music and dance movement that emerged by the north of England in the 1960's from the British mod scene. The British mod scene is best described by the people that wore trendy clothes such as Fred Perry polo shirts and were quite rebellious by perhaps riding around in a mod scooter. 

Other fashion statements that were part of the mod meaning included;  button downed Ben Sherman  shirts, blazers, trickers, brogue shoe and the famous flare trousers. Scene in the video of the John Newman song you can see all the people involved wearing  buttoned up Fred perry polo shirts, flare trousers and navy blue Parker jackets. From this I can see a massive comeback with this style with many people going out and buying these designer labels thanks to the popular music such as John Newman and also shown in the 2008 hit song Mercy by Duffy. 

This style was most popular in the late 1970's and early 1980's which i previously noted further down my blog about the casual's were the supporters of most football teams used to wear when having a scrap with rival football teams.