/fa/ - Fashion

>>15765947
The mid 70s was a bit of an awkward phase for skinhead. A lot of the style's staples fell to the backdrop, people grew out their hair, and even wore flares. Much of the culture at this time, revolved around a staple of the British working-class; going to football matches, drinking, and starting fights.
This is also when the National Front began using skinhead subculture to recruit young people, and indoctrinating them with the racist views/right-wing politics. They saw a bunch of angry young kids, starting violence at football matches, and thought they seemed promising. They would go to football matches and hand out literature, and invite these kids to rallies they were holding in the countryside.
Musically, skinheads got really associated with football chants, and glam rock (like Slade nd Mott the Hoople), as well as basically whatever was in the pops at the time. Anything that mentioned violence was celebrating, like say Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"